By : Dr. Hj. Sri Mulyati, MA
A. Introduction
Islam, from its arrival in Indonesia in the thirteenth century (or the seventh century according to some sources) was characterized by mysticism, or Sufism as it is known in Islam. It certainly received a warm welcome from the people there, for it appears from what we know that the spread of Islam throughout the archipelago was made possible by the great and remarkable efforts of Sufi preachers. In addition we find, especially in Java, evidence of the existence of various Sufi orders as well as reports of the activities of the nine saints (walisongo) at the beginning of the fifteenth century, all of them helping to disseminate Islam, even in Sumatra Marco Polo found in 1292 that Islam had been established there. In addition Ibn Battuta discovered that there had already long been an Islamic kingdom in Samudra (Acheh) when he arrived in 1346. In Indonesia the type of approach adopted by Sufis has attracted people to Islam, which has found the soil there fertile to its growth. However, the progress of Islamic mysticism has faced difficulties in recent decades due to the distractions of worldly life, to say nothing of the influence of ideas of reform and perhaps also secularization.Selengkapnya.....
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