The Response of the Ulama Dayah to the Modernization of Islamic Law in Aceh

The Response of the Ulama Dayah to the Modernization of Islamic Law in Aceh

Author: M.Hasbi Amiruddin

Publisher: UKMPress

ISBN: 9679426874

Year: 2005

Weight: 0.150kg

Pages: 94 pp

Price: RM30

Historically the dynamics of the intellectuals that tookplace in Aceh brought about significant impacts on science in the archipelagoor event in Southeast Asia. This occurred because the Acehnese scholars at thattime incessantly made attempts to take initiatives to deal with the challengesconfronting the community. Since the initial stage of the advent of Islam inAceh, the islamic scholars had played a vital role as models who made effortson developing Islamic traditions of science. Hence, there were a large numberof them who spread the Islamic teachings to other regions in Southeast Asia.Furthermore, the Acehnese scholars were actively involved in preventing thepenetration of the colonists to Aceh and in fighting against their occupation.At this time, they played a double role, that is, on the other hand, theyassumed a role as a teacher to empower or enlighten their community and, on theother, he was actively indulged in political struggles to free their country.There were a countless number of scholars who died for the sake of nation andreligion. During the time of independence, they were very energetic to addressvaried kinds of social, religious and political matters in order to update themas different kinds of transformation took place over the period.