Hidayatullah and Empowerment of The Rural People
Having been founded in East Kalimantan, Hidayatullah naturally has a great concern for the development of the remove areas of the province. This concern was behind the sending, since early 1980s, of da’i (religious teachers or preachers) to the hinterland. Most of the da’i have since built their own pesantren in areas where they were posted –this in addition to the continued effort of the Hidayatullah to develop boarding schools in whatever regions where there are none.
The province of Papua is another focus of attention of the Hidayatullah. Its da’is can be found in almost all cities and towns of the province, whose main activity is building the Islamic Boarding Schools for local children. The same drive of the Hidayatullah preachers could be said for those posted in East Timor before the territory’s independence from Indonesia.
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