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Centenary of Muhammadiyah

03 Juli 2010

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Muhammadiyah Organization (Persyarikatan Muhammadiyah) was founded by KH Ahmad Dahlan in Kuman Village, Yogyakarta on 8 November 1912 H/18 Dzulhijah 1330. Muhammadiyah was established to support the efforts of KH. Ahmad Dahlan in purifying the Islamic teachings that were considered to be heavily influenced by mystical things. At first, the acivity also had a base of da'wah (missionary endeavor) for women and young people in form of recitation of Sidratul Muntaha. Muhammadiyah also had a role in education by establishing primary and secondary schools, known by Hooge School Muhammadiyah ( nowadays, known as Madrasah Mu'alimin for men, located in Patangpuluhan, wirobrajan sub district and Mu'allimaat for female, in Suronatan Yogyakarta.

During the leadership of Ahmad Dahlan (1912-1923), Muhammadiyah had limited influence, it was around Yogyakarta. In 1925, Abdul Karim Amrullah brought Muhammadiyah to the West Sumatra by founding a branch in Sungai batang, Agam.

Within a relatively short time, the current wave of Muhammadiyah had spread throughout West Sumatra, and started from this area, Muhammadiyah was spreading out to all over Sumatra, Sulawesi and Kalimantan. In 1938, Muhammadiyah had been spreading out to all over Indonesia.

The main objective of Muhammadiyah is to restore all of the deviations in the process of da'wah. These deviations often cause mishmash between Islamic with the habits in certain regions for the adaptions reason.

Muhammadiyah movement is charaterized by the spirit of building up more advanced and educated social order and public education. Muhammadiyah is not only representing Islam as a personal and static religion, but also as a dynamic religion and a system of human life in all aspects. It also shows a tendency to do such an extreme action.

Over a century persyarikatan Muhammadiyah has been led by 14 Chairman, namely: KH. Ahmad Dahlan (1912-1923), KH Ibrahim (1923-1932), KH Hisham (1932-1936); KH mas Mansyur (1936-1942); Ki Bagoes Hadikusumo (1942-1953); Buya AR Sutan Mansur (1953-1959); HM Yunus Anis (1959-1962); KH Ahmad Badawi (1962-1968); KH Faqih Usman (1968-1971); KH AR Fahruddin (1971-1990); KHA Azhar Basyir (1990-1995); Amien Rais (1995-2000); Syafiii Ma'arif (2000-2005); Din Syamsudin (2005-until now).