The Role of Muhammadiyah in Preventing Islamic Radicalism in Banten (2000-2017)

DOI

10.2991/amca-18.2018.130How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Islamic Radicalism, Muhammadiyah, Banten, Discourse.

Abstract

This study examines the role of Muhammadiyah Regional Board of Banten in preventing Islamic radicalism. Banten province is a place where Islamic radicalism has a long history, from NII (Indonesia Islamic Nation), a mastermind in a bomb attack, and even the executant in a suicide bombing. It shows Banten has a great potential in producing any Islamic radicalism movement, and the responsibility on this potential not only in government hand but also in a social community or Islamic community organizations. The study argues that Muhammadiyah, as one of largest Islamic mass organizations in Indonesia has a significant contribution in preventing Islamic radicalism by doing moderation ways as PWM (Muhammadiyah Regional Board) of Banten has been doing in Banten. Muhammadiyah in Banten has been preventing radicalism, among others by way of educational institutions under this organization and da’wah activities. These activities show that Muhammadiyah, particularly in Banten, not only has done their job in protecting the society from any Islamic radicalism movements, but also made a new discourse about how to face radicalism.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Asrori Mukhtarom
AU  - Priyo Susilo
AU  - Akhmad Zakky
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TI  - The Role of Muhammadiyah in Preventing Islamic Radicalism in Banten (2000-2017)
BT  - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Community Development (AMCA 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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EP  - 470
SN  - 2352-5398
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