This article examines the engagement of Indonesian Islamic civil society organisations in the international arena by paying particular attention to the role of the Islamic modernist movement, Muhammadiyah. Beyond its vibrant religious and social activism in the domestic context of Indonesia, Muhammadiyah has, in the past thirty years, engaged in various international affairs such as peacekeeping operations, humanitarian activities, and politics. This engagement indicates that Muhammadiyah has attempted to strengthen its international exposure and contribute to the global community. By examining Muhammadiyah’s vision and activism, both discursively and practically, this article seeks to know why it is so essential for Indonesian Islamic civil society organisations, such as Muhammadiyah, to be involved in the international arena, and what Muhammadiyah engagement means for the global picture of Islam in the Muslim world.

By exploring Islamic charitable clinics in Indonesia, this paper shows how community-based initiatives and zakat [Islamic charitable obligation] agencies have p...

This article tries to discuss the possibility that Islam philantropy can contribute to the development of education in Indonesia. In the context of Islamic education in Indonesia, the tradition of philantropy can be found in alms and benefaction for educational institution. Therefore, Dompet Duafa established Lembaga Pengembangan Insan (Human Resource Development Institution), Rumah Zakat Indonesia designed Sekolah Juara (School for the Champions) and breeding program of reciting Quran had BASIQ program (Scholarship for students who learn Quran), EKSPOR (Productive Economy of Pesantren) and Daqu School (Darul Quran School). These Islamic philantropy institutions had put no concern on Islamic University as main partner yet. Whereas their involvement to support research in university level, specifically regarding Islamic studies, is significantly needed since it provides balance to the development of Islamic studies in the West which is also funded by Muslim philantropists such Bin Laden family and Abassi family and the Saudi Royal family.

This paper investigates the growing initiatives within the private sector to orga-nize social welfare activities, and analyzes the way in which zakat (alms) is prac-ticed among Muslim businessmen. The establishment of zakat agencies withinprivate companies has marked the latest trend of the practice of philanthropy inIndonesia. Corporation-based zakat collectors have become new players in therapid growth of the Indonesia’s zakat sector in the past two decades. This paperexamines the following issues: what are the main forces stimulating corpora-tions to set up zakat collectors; what kinds of religious ideas are applied to mo-bilize charities from Muslim workers, and how these concepts are interpretedand practiced within private companies? This paper argues that the inception ofa new concept in zakat practice, such as zakat on corporate wealth, has indi-cated the dynamics process of Islamization of the private sector in Indonesia.Tulisan ini meneliti inisiatif yang tumbuh dalam sektor swasta untuk mengaturkegiatan kesejahteraan sosial, dan menganalisa cara di mana zakat (sedekah)dipraktekkan di kalangan pengusaha Muslim. Pembentukan lembaga-lembagazakat dalam perusahaan swasta telah menandai tren terbaru dari praktek filantropidi Indonesia. Perusahaan berbasis kolektor zakat telah menjadi pemain barudalam pertumbuhan yang cepat dari sektor zakat Indonesia dalam dua dekadeterakhir. Makalah ini membahas isu-isu berikut: apa kekuatan utama merangsang perusahaan untuk mendirikan kolektor zakat, apa jenis ide-ide keagamaan yangditerapkan untuk memobilisasi amal dari para pekerja Muslim, dan bagaimanakonsep-konsep ini ditafsirkan dan dipraktekkan dalam perusahaan swasta? Makalahini berpendapat bahwa lahirnya konsep baru dalam praktek zakat, seperti zakatpada kekayaan perusahaan, telah menunjukkan proses dinamika Islamisasi sektorswasta di Indonesia.

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The Politics of Benevolence: Political Patronage of Party-based Charitable Organizations in Contemporary Indonesian Islam