Background of the Establishment of Muhammadiyah

Abstract

Muhammadiyah is an Islamic reform organization that has had a major impact on the progress of Muslims in Indonesia. The reforms carried out by Muhammadiyah cover multidimensions, such as in the fields of education, health, economy and culture. In the field of education, Muhammadiyah modernized Islamic education, which is important for the development of Islamic education in Indonesia. Muhammadiyah improved the Islamic education curriculum by incorporating Islamic religious education into public schools and secular knowledge into religious schools. The concept of HIS med the Qur'an, launched by Muhammadiyah, could mean that public schools plus Islamic subjects became a model not only for educational institutions under Muhammadiyah, but also used by other Muslim groups, which made education an area of concern. In addition, Muhammadiyah also organized the modernization of madrasahs by integrating them with the pesantren system. Modernization took place intensely in the form of the introduction of modern educational institutional elements and modern science subjects. Muhammadiyah's educational reform led to various advances in various fields of Indonesian society. The historicity of Muhammadiyah as an educational movement can be referred to the formulation of the goals of Muhammadiyah's presence from 1921 to 1971 which describes education as the basis of its movements and steps. Muhammadiyah wants to provide a new perspective that education is holistic integrative, not in partial dichotomous areas, which can contribute to the development and progress of the nation