Growing Nationalism: A Muhammadiyah Political Movement in Indonesia in the 20th Century

This writing seeks to describe Muhammadiyah political movement in growing nationalism among the people of Indonesia. Muhammadiyah is better known as an organization engaged in social, religion, and education area. From this tendency, so this organization is often viewed as an organization that is no...

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Main Authors: Yusni Pakaya, Andris K. Malae
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International journal of multicultural and multireligious understanding 2020-03-01
Series:International Journal of Multicultural and Multireligious Understanding
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Online Access:https://ijmmu.com/index.php/ijmmu/article/view/1339
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Summary:This writing seeks to describe Muhammadiyah political movement in growing nationalism among the people of Indonesia. Muhammadiyah is better known as an organization engaged in social, religion, and education area. From this tendency, so this organization is often viewed as an organization that is not political. Even in some sources it is often ambivalent in describing some parts of Muhammadiyah movement in Indonesia. Although Muhammadiyah is better known for its social, religious, and educational area, but in its efforts to achieve the goal of Indonesia free of Dutch colonialism, Muhammadiyah also often uses its political means, especially in the area of practical politics. Muhammadiyah is an organization born with the aim of opposing Dutch colonialism, and thus the right way used against this form of colonialism is to instill nationalism of the society. Muhammadiyah politics in instilling nationalism is with the area itself. that is through social, religion, and education.
ISSN:2364-5369
2364-5369