Bengkulu
Bengkulu's history is been a difficult one, filled with changing colonial rulers, internal Sumatran wars, disease and exploitation of the indigenous peoples. It was the site of Sir Stamford Raffles first entry into Indonesia and there are still remains of British influence in the area. The primary crops of the area are pepper, coffee, nutmeg and sugar cane.
Bengkulu Provinces is easily accessible by land, air and sea transportation. You can catch regular buses direct from Medan, Padang or Jakarta. Flights arrive three times a day. Domestic ships from Jakarta, Padang and Medan stop over in Baai harbor, Bengkulu.
Dua Abad Peristiwa Mount Felix di Bengkulu - SINGKAP
Bengkulu atau yang dikenal juga dengan nama Bengcoolen. Dahulu daerah ini berada dibawah kesultanan Banten, sebelum Inggris masuk diawal abad ke 16 tepatnya pada tahun 1685, menjadikan Bengkulu sebagai satu-satunya daerah jajahan. Alasan penjajahan di tanah Bengkulu tak lain adalah untuk mengeruk hasil rempah-rempahnya yang melimpah. Silih berganti kepemimpinan residen di Bengkulu, namun ditangan seorang residen Thomas Parr, kependudukan di Bengkulu semakin kacau. Ini disebabkan karena adanya penguasaan yang semena-mena, diberlakukannya tanam paksa, dan intervensi kebijakan adat kepada penduduk setempat. Sehingga terjadilah sebuah pemberontakan oleh rakyat Bengkulu yang disebut dengan Peristiwa Mount Felix. Dalam peristiwa ini terbunuhlah residen Inggris Thomas Parr. Pasca peristiwa tersebut kependudukan Bengkulu diambil alih oleh residen bernama Thomas Stamford Raffles, dibawahnya kondisi Bengkulu menjadi lebih baik, hubungan antara Inggris dan rakyat Bengkulu lebih terjaga karena komunikasinya yang lebih humanis.
Adanya keberadaan Inggris di Bengkulu, meninggalkan jejak yang kini menjadi satu bangunan cagar budaya yang juga menjadi ikon kota Bengkulu, yaitu sebuah benteng bernama Benteng Marlborough. Benteng ini dibangun sebagai bentuk pertahanan pemerintah Inggris di Bengkulu, dan sekaligus untuk memantau jalannya jalur rempah-rempah yang mereka ambil. Namun benteng ini menyimpan banyak cerita mulai dari fungsi, lekuk arsitekturnya hingga suasana yang sarat akan nilai perjuangan rakyat Bengkulu sendiri. Lantas seperti apa cerita lengkap kependudukan Inggris di Bengkulu, dan seperti apa peninggalan benteng Marlborough yang gagah dan megah tersebut ?
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Tapak Paderi Beach, Bengkulu Indonesia | Pantai Tapak Paderi, Bengkulu Indonesia
Attractions: Padri Tread Bengkulu is one of the flagship attraction Bengkulu city that should be used as one of the objectives traveled in the city of Bengkulu. Padri Tread beach can be reached only 10 minutes from the center of the city of Bengkulu.
The beach is located between Long Beach and coastal Jakat Bengkulu City and can be connected directly to both the beach either by sea, land, and air.
Since the days of the British occupation of the archipelago, in the vicinity Padri Tread made beach area in Bengkulu city center at the time.
Also on the beach, the British Government at the time of occupation built a fortress and also the administrative center called Fort Marlborough on the instructions of the Governor-General Thomas Stamford Raffles. On this beach, too, there is a Chinese China Town or village that reflects life in the days of ancient occupation and was the center of the city at that time.
Padri Tread beach has a natural charm that can be outside, especially at sunset.
Excess Beach Padri Tread Bengkulu:
1. It has outstanding natural scenery
2. Is a tourist attraction full of past history as in the beach area has many stories colonial period mainly British colonial period.
3. Located not far from the center of the city of Bengkulu.
4. Being in a strategic location both from land and sea and is directly connected with the Long Beach and Beach Jakat Bengkulu.
5. attractions vicar footprint is a complete tourist attraction, combining history and tourist attractions make the Coastal tourism is a mainstay of Bengkulu Tourism.
Objek Wisata Tapak Paderi Bengkulu adalah salah satu objek wisata andalan kota Bengkulu yang patut dijadikan salah satu tujuan berwisata di Kota Bengkulu. Pantai Tapak Paderi dapat ditempuh kurang lebih hanya 10 menit dari pusat Kota Bengkulu.
Pantai ini berada di antara Pantai Panjang dan Pantai Jakat Kota Bengkulu dan bisa terhubung langsung dengan kedua pantai tersebut baik melalui jalur laut, darat, dan udara.
Sejak zaman pendudukan Inggris di nusantara, di daerah sekitar Pantai Tapak Paderi dijadikan daerah pusat kota di Bengkulu pada saat itu.
Di pinggir pantai ini juga, Pemerintah Inggris pada zaman pendudukan membangun sebuah benteng pertahanan dan juga pusat pemerintahan yang dinamakan Benteng Marlborough atas instruksi Gubernur Jenderal Thomas Stamford Raffless. Di pantai ini juga, terdapat China Town atau Kampung Cina yang merefleksikan kehidupan pada zaman pendudukan dahulu dan merupakan daerah pusat kota pada waktu itu.
Pantai Tapak Paderi memiliki pesona alam yang luar bisa, terutama pada saat matahari terbenam.
Kelebihan Pantai Tapak Paderi Bengkulu:
1. Memiliki panorama alam yang luar biasa
2. Merupakan objek wisata yang penuh dengan sejarah masa lalu karena di daerah pantai ini memiliki banyak cerita masa penjajahan terutama masa penjajahan Inggris.
3. Terletak tidak jauh dari pusat Kota Bengkulu.
4. Berada di lokasi yang strategis baik dari jalur darat maupun laut serta terhubung langsung dengan Pantai Panjang dan Pantai Jakat Bengkulu.
5. Objek wisata tapak paderi ini merupakan objek wisata yang komplit, penggabungan wisata sejarah dan Wisata pantai menjadikan objek wisata ini menjadi andalan Wisata Bengkulu.
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Mencari Si Rafflesia & Lohan Dam,Ranau.
I'm fortunate to explore and to see two amazing things:
1) The blooming time one of the largest flower species in the world- Rafflesia at Vivian's Rafflesia Garden located at Poring,Ranau,Sabah,Malaysia. Very rare to see the rafflesia flower in blooming time because it well take years for the rafflesia bud to develop before it will bloom.
2). The LOHAN DAM, a place whereby all the waste (heavy metal) from the legendary Mamut Copper Mine been storage deep to the ground in formation of huge lake from year 1975-1999. Nowadays, Lohan Dam slowly cover by plant with hoping it will recover all the pollution by the mother nature itself.
RAFFLESIA:
Rafflesia is a genus of parasitic flowering plants. It contains approximately 28 species (including four incompletely characterized species as recognized by Willem Meijer in 1997), all found in Southeast Asia, mainly in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines. It was first discovered by Louis Deschamps in Java between 1791 and 1794, but his notes and illustrations, seized by the British in 1803, were not available to western science until 1861. It was later found in the Indonesian rainforest in Bengkulu, Sumatra by an Indonesian guide working for Joseph Arnold in 1818, and named after Sir Stamford Raffles, the leader of the expedition.
LOHAN DAM & Mamut Copper Mine:
The crater lake of the former Mamut Copper Mine.
Ranau was the centre of Malaysian copper, gold and silver mining from 1975 to 1999. The Mamut Copper Mine at the slopes of Mount Kinabalu was an open cast mine which was operated by a joint venture of Japanese and Malaysian investors under the Overseas Mineral Resources Development Sabah Sdn Bhd, later restructured under the name Mamut Copper Mining Sdn Bhd. (MCM). During the 25 years of operation, the Mamut Copper Mine was responsible for 50% of the gold and 90% of the silver production in Malaysia. In its booming years, MCM was mining an annual production of 25,000 tons of copper in Ranau. Operations were discontinued in 1999, leaving a crater of 1200 metres diameter and a depth of 500 m. Filled with water, the crater forms now a huge lake, which - together with the heavy metal legacies of the Lohan Tailings Dam - made the headlines of several reports on environmental contamination.
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Indonesia travel : Museum of Memorial Stone Park. Cemetery of several important peoplel. Jakarta13
Indonesia travel : Museum of Memorial Stone Park. Cemetery of several important people in the Dutch Colonial. Jakarta13
Museum Taman Prasasti (Indonesian for Museum of Memorial Stone Park or Inscription Museum) is a museum located in Jakarta, Indonesia. The museum was formerly a cemetery, built by the Dutch colonial government in 1795 as a final resting place for noble Dutchmen. Several important people were buried in the cemetery area including Olivie Mariamne Raffles - the first wife of British governor general Thomas Stamford Raffles – as well as Indonesian youth activist Soe Hok Gie.
The cemetery area is the oldest of its kind in Jakarta and may have been the oldest modern cemetery in the world by comparison with the Fort Canning Park (1926) in Singapore, Gore Hill cemetery (1868) in Sydney, Père Lachaise Cemetery (1803) in Paris, and Mount Auburn Cemetery (1831) in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
History:
The cemetery was officially opened on September 28, 1797, although people had been buried here as early as 1795. The cemetery was known as Kebon Jahe Kober (recorded under this name since December 14, 1798). It was located in Kerkhoflaan. The cemetery was built to accommodate the increasing number of death that was caused by an outbreak of disease in Batavia. Because of this outbreak, the cemetery areas of the New Dutch Church (Dutch Nieuwe Hollandsche Kerk, now the Wayang Museum), Binnenkerk (an inner city Portuguese Church), and Sion Church (an outer city Portuguese Church) were full. Because of this, some of the gravestones from these cemeteries were transferred into Keboh Jahe Kober cemetery.
After Indonesia's declaration of independence, the park was used as a Christian cemetery. Within the first two years it was managed by the Verberg Foundation and for the next twenty years it was handled by the Palang Hitam Foundation.
From 1967 to 1975 the cemetery was managed by the Jakarta burials agency. In 1975, the cemetery was closed to make way for the construction of the Central Jakarta mayoralty office. At a request from the local government, some corpses were removed by relatives while others were taken to Tanah Kusir cemetery in South Jakarta. Many tombstones, sculptures and statues were removed and damaged during the construction of the office and now only 32 tombstones remain in their original positions. The size of the cemetery is also reduced from the original 5.9 hectare plot to 1.3 hectares. Only 1,372 of about 4,200 stones were selected to be kept in the cemetery.
Collections:
The main collection of the museum is the Dutch gravestones, some of these came from the former Nieuwe Hollandsche Kerk (the location of which is now the Wayang Museum in Jakarta Old Town). These gravestones are marked with the inscription HK or Hollandsche Kerk. The oldest gravestones are from the 17th century up to the end of 18th century. The style of the gravestones range from Javanese-Hindu style, neogothic or classical. The gravestones are arranged on a park-like setting.
Other collection of this museum are ancient inscription stones, miniature of different gravestones from various provinces of Indonesia, a replica of a 17th-century hearse, and the original coffins for Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta, the first president and vice president of Indonesia.
The Doric-style main building in front of the cemetery is built in 1874. The building contains two wings to the left and to the right of the main building; each is used to entomb remains of males and females.
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Rafflesia flower in the size of a 7 year old kid
Rafflesia is a genus of parasitic flowering plants. It contains approximately 28 species (including four incompletely characterized species as recognized by Willem Meijer in 1997), all found in Southeast Asia, mainly in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines. It was first discovered by Louis Deschamps in Java between 1791 and 1794, but his notes and illustrations, seized by the British in 1803, were not available to western science until 1861. It was later found in the Indonesian rainforest in Bengkulu, Sumatra by an Indonesian guide working for Joseph Arnold in 1818, and named after Sir Stamford Raffles, the leader of the expedition.
The plant has no stems, leaves or roots. It is a holoparasite of vines in the genus Tetrastigma (Vitaceae), spreading its absorptive organ, the haustorium, inside the tissue of the vine. The only part of the plant that can be seen outside the host vine is the five-petalled flower. In some species, such as Rafflesia arnoldii, the flower may be over 100 centimetres (39 in) in diameter, and weigh up to 10 kilograms (22 lb). Even one of the smallest species, R. baletei, has 12 cm diameter flowers.
The flowers look and smell like rotting flesh, hence its local names which translate to corpse flower or meat flower . The foul odor attracts insects such as flies, which transport pollen from male to female flowers. Most species have separate male and female flowers, but a few have hermaphroditic flowers. Little is known about seed dispersal. However, tree shrews and other forest mammals eat the fruits and disperse the seeds.
Rafflesia is the official state flower of Indonesia, where it is known as puspa langka (rare flower) or padma paksasa (giant flower), of Sabah state in Malaysia, and of Surat Thani Province in Thailand. In Thailand, Rafflesia can be observed in Khao Sok National Park where the flowers are numbered and monitored by the park rangers.
Rafflesia are also remarkable for showing a large horizontal transfer of genes from their host plants. This is well known among bacteria, but not higher organisms.
Bornean species
Species native to Borneo include Rafflesia arnoldii, Rafflesia cantleyi, Rafflesia hasseltii, Rafflesia keithii, Rafflesia kerrii, Rafflesia pricei, and Rafflesia tengku-adlinii. R. arnoldii boasts the world's largest single bloom. Some endemic Borneon species, such as R. keithii, begin blooming at night and start to decompose only two to three days later. The time from bud emergence to flowering is six to nine months. Male and female flowers must be open simultaneously for pollination to occur, hence successful pollination and fruit production are quite rare. In addition to habitat loss, these reproductive limitations are contributing factors to why many species are endangered. R. keithii is found along the eastern slopes of Mount Kinabalu in the Lohan Valley of Sabah. Rafflesia tuan-mudae is endemic to only Gunung Gading National Park in Sarawak.
Mindanao (Philippines)
The Mindanao species is known as Rafflesia schadenbergiana, after the naturalist Alexander Shadenberg, who first discovered the species at the foothills of Mount Apo in 1882. With a flower of nearly a meter, it is close to the size of a 7 year old kid when seated. On Mindanao, the species has been seen in Davao del Sur, South Cotabato and Mount Kitanglad in Bukidnon. Second, Rafflesia mira and Rafflesia magnifica are two names for a single species. Both were discovered at Mount Candalaga in Maragusan, Compostela Valley. The two forms differ in size measurements in which the scientific description of Magnifica came from measurements of flowers in full bloom while that of Mira was from photographs of nearly dead samples. The medium-sized Mira and Magnifica flowers measure about half a meter and they have round or elliptic perigone wart. The third species on Mindanao is the Rafflesia mixta which is found so far only in the town of Mainit, Surigao del Norte. It shows a combination of three features of Philippine Rafflesia, namely: the shape and size of the conical process in Rafflesia schadenbergiana, the floral size and sparsely distributed perigone warts of R. speciosa, and the overall resemblance, floral size, faint scent, diaphragm and ramenta morphology of R. mira. Fourth, is Rafflesia verrucosa which is found only in Mount Kampalili in Davao Oriental Province.
Loss of the chloroplast genome
Research published in the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution revealed that one Philippine Rafflesia species from the island of Luzon, Rafflesia lagascae (formerly described as R. manillana) has lost the genome of its chloroplast and it is speculated that the loss happened due to the parasitic lifestyle of the plant. This discovery makes Rafflesia the first land plant without a chloroplast genome, which was once thought to be impossible
Museum Wayang: MakamJan Pieterszoon Coen || Ksatria Petir Goes to Museum #2
Tak hanya menyimpan koleksi wayang dan boneka, Museum Wayang juga menjadi tempat perisitirahatan terakhir sang pendiri Batavia, Jan Pieterszoon Coen.
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Dutch East Indies | Wikipedia audio article
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The Dutch East Indies (or Netherlands East-Indies; Dutch: Nederlands(ch)-Indië; Malay: Hindia Belanda) was a Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indonesia. It was formed from the nationalised colonies of the Dutch East India Company, which came under the administration of the Dutch government in 1800.
During the 19th century, the Dutch possessions and hegemony were expanded, reaching their greatest territorial extent in the early 20th century. This colony was one of the most valuable European colonies under the Dutch Empire's rule, and contributed to Dutch global prominence in spice and cash crop trade in the 19th to early 20th century. The colonial social order was based on rigid racial and social structures with a Dutch elite living separate from but linked to their native subjects. The term Indonesia came into use for the geographical location after 1880. In the early 20th century, local intellectuals began developing the concept of Indonesia as a nation state, and set the stage for an independence movement.Japan's World War II occupation dismantled much of the Dutch colonial state and economy. Following the Japanese surrender in August 1945, Indonesian nationalists declared independence which they fought to secure during the subsequent Indonesian National Revolution. The Netherlands formally recognized Indonesian sovereignty at the 1949 Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference with the exception of the Netherlands New Guinea (Western New Guinea), which was ceded to Indonesia 14 years later in 1963 under the provisions of the New York Agreement.
#SOUTHSUMATRA #INDONESIA Logo Regency & Citizen/Kabupaten & kota in provinces South Sumatra
South Sumatra (Jawi: سومترا سلتن, Indonesian: Sumatera Selatan, abbreviated as Sumsel) is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the southeast of the island of Sumatra, The province spans 91,592.43 km2 (35,364 sq mi) and had a population of 7,450,394 at the 2010 Census; the latest official estimate is 10,675,862 (as at May 2015). The capital of the province is Palembang. The province borders Jambi to the north, Bengkulu to the west and Lampung to the south. The Bangka Strait in the east separates South Sumatra and the island of Bangka, which is part of the Bangka Belitung Islands province. This province is rich in natural resources, such as petroleum, natural gas and coal. The province is very diverse, as it is inhabited by many different ethnic groups. The Malays is the dominant ethnic group in the province. Most of them spoke the Palembang Malay, which is mutually unintelligible to both Indonesian and Standard Malay. Other ethnic groups also inhabits the province, such as the Javanese, Sundanese, Minangkabauand Chinese. Most of them are concentrated around urban areas, as they are mostly immigrants from other parts of Indonesia.
The province was once the seat of many great kingdoms and empires. From the 7th century to the late 14th century, the province was the seat of the BuddhistSrivijaya Empire, which influenced much of Southeast Asia.[4] Srivijaya was an important centre for the expansion of Buddhism from the 8th to the 12th century. Srivijaya was the first unified kingdom to dominate much of Indonesian archipelago.[5] Owing to its geographical position, the capital of Srivijaya, Palembang, becomes one of the most thriving port in the region. The city was frequented by many traders from the Middle-East, the Indian Subcountinent and China. At the height of its power, the territory of the Srivijaya Empire reached modern-day Thailand, Cambodia and Malaysia. After Srivijaya collapsed in the 14th century, small kingdoms began to establish itself in the province. Beginning in the 16th century, Islam began to spread in the region, effectively replacing Hinduismand Buddhism as the dominant religion in the region. In the 17th century, the Islamic Palembang Sultanate was established with Palembang as its capital. At that time, however, Europeans began arriving in the region, first the Portuguese and then the Dutch. The Dutch became the dominant power in the region. Through the Dutch East India Company (VOC), the Dutch exerted influence on the Palembang Sultanate. In 1811, during the Napoleonic Wars, the last Sultan of Palembang, Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II attacked the Dutch in Palembang, but he refused to cooperate with the British, so Thomas Stamford Raffles sent troops to attack Palembang and Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II was forced to flee the royal palace, then Raffles appointed the Sultan Ahmad Najamuddin II, brother of Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II as king. In 1813 Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II again took over the kingdom, but one month later he was brought down again by Raffles and reappointed Sultan Ahmad Najamuddin II, causing a split in the Sultanate of Palembang.[6] After the Dutch returned to the region, the Dutch attacked and annexed the sultanate to the Dutch East Indies, and exiled the sultan and his family to Ternate. The Dutch controlled the region for the next century, but during World War II, the Japanese attacked Palembang and expelled the Dutch. The Japanese occupied the region until August 1945, when they surrendered to the Allied forces. The Dutch attempted to return to the region, but this was opposed by the newly-declared Republic Of Indonesia, resulting in a war of independence. In the end, the Dutch recognize the Indonesian sovereignty and withdrew from the region in 1950. The province of South Sumatra was formed in 12 September 1950.
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Native of : Indonesia
Provinces : South Sumatra
Population : 8,391million(2018)
Official language : Malay.
Dialect : Penesak, Musi, Palembang, Komering, Lintang, Pasemah, Ogan
Languaga family : Austronesian(Malayo-polynesia)
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Borobudur Temple Indonesia | Buddhist Temple
Borobudur, or Barabudur, is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist Temple in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. The monument consists of six square platforms topped by three circular platforms, and is decorated with 2,672 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues.[1] A main dome, located at the center of the top platform, is surrounded by 72 Buddha statues seated inside a perforated stupa.
Built in the 9th century during the reign of the Sailendra Dynasty, the temple's design in Gupta architecture reflects India's influence on the region. It also depicts the gupta style from India and shows influence of Buddhism as well as Hinduism.[2][3] The monument is both a shrine to the Lord Buddha and a place for Buddhist pilgrimage. The journey for pilgrims begins at the base of the monument and follows a path around the monument and ascends to the top through three levels symbolic of Buddhist cosmology: Kāmadhātu (the world of desire), Rupadhatu (the world of forms) and Arupadhatu (the world of formlessness). The monument guides pilgrims through an extensive system of stairways and corridors with 1,460 narrative relief panels on the walls and the balustrades.
Evidence suggest Borobudur was constructed in the 9th century and abandoned following the 14th century decline of Hindu kingdoms in Java, and the Javanese conversion to Islam.[4] Worldwide knowledge of its existence was sparked in 1814 by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, then the British ruler of Java, who was advised of its location by native Indonesians. Borobudur has since been preserved through several restorations. The largest restoration project was undertaken between 1975 and 1982 by the Indonesian government and UNESCO, following which the monument was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.[5] Borobudur is still used for pilgrimage; once a year Buddhists in Indonesia celebrate Vesak at the monument, and Borobudur is Indonesia's single most visited tourist attraction.
International Islamic Education Expo 2017 SANTRINULIS
Pameran Pendidikan Islam Internasional (International Islamic Education Exhibition) merupakan even pendidikan terbesar yang diselenggarakan oleh Kementerian Agama RI pada akhir 2017. Sejumlah acara diintegrasikan dalam expo ini, antara lain Seminar Internasional Tahunan tentang Studi Islam (Annual International Conference on Islamic Studies, AICIS), Deklarasi Jakarta, Apresiasi Pendidikan Islam (API), Seminar Internasional tentang Studi Pesantren, dan Pentas Seni Pelajar dan Mahasiswa. Pameran ini berlangsung di Indonesia Convention Exhibition (ICE), satu tempat yang menjadi destinasi industri MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences, exhibitions) di Indonesia. acara ini berlangsung selama empat hari dari 21 hingga 24 November 2017, expo ini dimeriahkan oleh sekitar 200 stand pameran yang disediakan untuk peserta, terdiri dari lembaga-lembaga pendidikan dan mitra dari dalam dan luar negeri.
Tujuan pameran adalah untuk menampilkan pendidikan Islam Indonesia agar lebih dikenal dengan baik oleh masyarakat luas secara nasional maupun internasional. Dengan mengunjungi pameran diharapkan para pengunjung akan mendapatkan kemanfaatan memperoleh berbagai macam informasi mengenai khazanah pendidikan Islam di Indonesia di masa lampau maupun perkembangannya saat ini.
Bagi Pemerintah Indonesia, khususnya Kementerian Agama RI, pameran ini dianggap penting dan strategis untuk mempromosikan potensi-potensi yang dimiliki. Indonesia adalah negara dengan penduduk beragama Islam terbesar di dunia. Dengan jumlah penduduk Muslim tak kurang dari 200 juta (87,2% dari total penduduk), menjadikan Islam sebagai agama yang paling dominan di negeri ini. Selain itu, Indonesia juga dikenal sebagai kawasan dengan beraneka ragam budaya lokal dan berbagai macam etnis serta agama. Meskipun demikian, mereka dapat hidup berdampingan secara damai dan harmonis. Terbentangnya kawasan indonesia sebagai negara kepulauan juga merupakan potensi tersendiri bagi negeri ini karena telah berkontribusi cukup signifikan terhadap terbentuknya keragaman sosial dan budaya, termasuk pendidikan Islam yang beragam baik dari sisi bentuk maupun praktik pembelajarannya.
Dibandingkan dengan negara Muslim lainnya, Indonesia lebih unggul dalam hal jumlah lembaga pendidikan Islam di bawah Kementerian Agama, mulai dari madrasah (sekitar 75.000 lembaga), pesantren (28.000), hingga lembaga pendidikan tinggi keagamaan Islam (600). Sebagian besar lembaga-lembaga tersebut didirikan oleh yayasan-yayasan swasta dan ormas-ormas keagamaan, misalnya Al-Khairat, Al-Washliyah, Nahdlatul Wathan, Mathlaul Anwar, Muhammadiyah, Nahdlatul Ulama, Al-Irsyad, and Persatuan Islam (PERSIS). Disamping mengelola lembaga pendidikan, organisasi-organisasi tersebut juga bergerak di bidang layanan publik seperti pelayanan kesehatan dan keuangan. Pada kenyataannya, banyak sekolah, perguruan tinggi dan rumah sakit yang dapat dijumpai dengan mudah di seluruh Indonesia di bawah nama organisasi-organisasi tersebut, terutama dua ormas terbesar, yaitu Muhammadiyah dan Nahdlatul Ulama. Keberadaan ormas-ormas tersebut memainkan peranan penting dalam pergerakan-pergerakan keagamaan secara umum dan khususnya pergerakan pendidikan.
Perlu diketahui bahwa sejarah pendidikan Islam di Indonesia telah menjadi saksi munculnya sarjana-sarjana (baca: ulama) Islam yang berpengaruh melalui karya-karya monumental mereka. Ulama-ulama tersebut antara lain Syekh Nawawi al Bantany (1813-1897), Syekh Yusuf al-Makassary (1626-1699), Syekh Nuruddin ar-Raniry (1658), Syekh Abdus Samad al-Falimbany (1704-1785), dan masih banyak lagi ulama besar lainnya. Hasil karya mereka masih diakui dengan baik di dunia Islam hingga saat ini dan menjadi obyek penelitian yang menarik.
Kekayaan khazanah (Islam) Nusantara telah sejak lama menjadi “laboratorium pengetahuan” bagi sejumlah peneliti manca negara. Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826) dengan karyanya History of Java, Clifford Geertz (1926-2006) dengan teori antropologinya dalam the Religion of Java, dan Benedict Anderson (1936-2015) dengan teori politiknya dalam Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism, sekedar menyebut beberapa nama, merupakan para peneliti asing yang telah mengembangkan magnum opus mereka dengan melakukan penelitian di Indonesia.
Berdasarkan potensi-potensi tersebut di atas, Indonesia layak mendapatkan pengakuan sebagai salah satu pusat peradaban dunia. Keberadaan Islam di Indonesia dengan berbagai sumber daya, baik manusia (intelektual), akademik (karya-karya ilmiah) maupun lembaga (ormas, sekolah, perguruan tinggi), tak pelak lagi patut diketahui secara lebih luas oleh masyarakat internasional.