Pathways To Islamic Education Renewal In Aceh ( A Case Study of Dayah Ma ' had al Ulum Diniyyah Mesjid Raya Samalanga )

Published: 30-12-2020 This research examines the renewal initiative at Dayah Ma'had al Ulum Diniyyah Mesjid Raya Samalanga Islamic School. This study focuses on the renewal initiative during the leadership of Abon Abdul Aziz and Abu Hasanoel Bashri. This research is qualitative research with a historical approach. This research indicates that the Al Aziziyah Samalanga Islamic Education Foundation's modernization began during the leadership of Abon Abdul Aziz in 1958 and culminated in Abu Hasanoel Bashry in 1989. Social factors had been the most dominant factors of modernization of Islamic education in the foundation, including the birth of Islamic and public universities in Aceh, the adoption of information and communication technology (ICT), the requirement of diplomas for teachers and education personnel, and the involvement of alumni in the foundation.


Introduction
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Method
This study employed a qualitative research method 13 through a historical approach. 14 The purpose of using this approach is to find the dynamics of dayah Mudi Mesra Samalanga in terms of its developments.

Economic Factor
The economic aspect has been one of the essential goals of human being. The economic development in Aceh, however, had changed the landscape of Islamic boarding house development 16  Mudi Foundation recognizes the important of learning languages. In general, every boarding school student must master both English and Arabic.
However, the tradition of reciting the yellow book is not comparable to the level of mastery over Arabic itself, where most students only master Arabic passively. Meanwhile, most of the students also do not master the national language well because the language of instruction in the dayah is generally used in Acehnese. In the surah of the Arabic Jawi script, it is mixed with classical Malay.
Language skills have been a concern of Abu Mudi from the beginning of the foundation establishment. The foundation aimed at developing a foreign language program in addition to teaching national languages. The first step was to produce a cadre of foreign language teachers by sending outstanding students and teachers to the language course 18   Hasan Asari, at all.

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The primary purpose of using language in the dayah as envisioned by Abu Hasanoel Basry is to motivate students to participate in various international activities. With the language program, MUDI dayah also received visits from national and international organizations. As previously explained, this change's purpose was not to compete with a traditional Islamic boarding house but to adapt to the growing global demand.

Contribution from the Alumni
The Al Aziziyah Samalanga Islamic Education Foundation is one of the oldest educational institutions in Aceh which has produced thousands of alumni who have taken part in various institutions both nationally and internationally. This foundation also has 594 branches until 2018, so that alumni from YPIA apart from being born from YPIA are also born from dayah branches. In this case, dayahs are often seen as as more than educational institutions but also social movement. 19 Abu Hasanoel Bashry also noticed that in line with the increase in the number of new students each year, the number of Mudi Mesra alumni also increased. As is common in pesantren, the relationship between the dayah, santri and teungku in Aceh is also more familial so that even though they no longer study at the dayah, these alumni see themselves as students and the relationship between the three remains good. The relationship between the main dayah, namely YPIA and the alumni's dayah, is effectively established both from the vision and mission or others. Dayah MUDI has produced many alumni, some of whom have continued their studies at home and abroad. Some have worked in government agencies, are selfemployed, and mostly teach majelis ta'lim and established dayahs in their respective areas. On the other hand, with this alumni association, a new change will be built with alumni's various ideas after working in different institutions both at home and abroad.