Incorporating Islamism into Secular Education System: An Attempt of Gradual Islamization of the State and Society by an Indonesian Tarbiyah Movement in Jambi

Abstract  

THE DOWNFALL of the New Order regime in 1998, which was soon followed by the liberalization policy in al-most every aspect of politics, opened vast opportunities for the emergence of political expressions including Islamism into the public space. While violent responses indicated by some Islamic groups, who take advantage of the weakening of the state, Tarbiyah Movement (harakah tarbiyah) consist-ently performs gradual Islamization through the system provided by the state. 

Based on a field research in Jambi, Sumatra, this article discusses the efforts undertaken by the group to incorporate their Islamist ideas into secular educa-tion system at the levels of primary and secondary educa-tion. This article argues that these all efforts are part of Is-lamization process of society and the state in Indonesia af-ter the failure of its leaders in doing the same thing at the political level especially in the aftermath of the 1999 general election.

Keywords: Tarbiyah movement, Islamization of the state, Islamic education, post-New Order Indonesia.

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Suaidi Asyari, "Incorporating Islamism into Secular Education System: An Attempt of Gradual Islamization of the State and Society by an Indonesian Tarbiyah Movement in Jambi", Journal of Indonesian Islam, 11, 1, (2017), pp. 29-58. DOI: 10.15642/JIIS.2017.11.1.29-58

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