HISTORY OF ISLAM IN INDONESIA

HISTORY OF ISLAM IN INDONESIA


In the year 30 Hijri or 651 AD, only about 20 years ago from the death of the Prophet Muhammad, Caliph Uthman ibn Affan RA sends delegation to China to introduce Islamic Daula recently stood. In the journey which took four years, the delegates turned out to Uthman had stopped in the archipelago. A few years later, in 674 AD, the Umayyad dynasty had established trading stations on the west coast of Sumatra. This is the first encounter with the Islamic population of Indonesia. Since then the Muslim sailors and traders continued to arrive, century after century. They buy the produce of the land is green while preaching.

Indigenous population gradually began to embrace Islam, although not massive. Aceh, the westernmost region of the archipelago, was the first to accept Islam. Even in Acehlah first Islamic kingdom in Indonesia was established, namely Pasai. News from Marcopolo mention that at the time of the year persinggahannya in Pasai 692 H / 1292 AD, has a lot of Arabs who spread Islam. So did news of Ibn Battuthah, Muslim pilgrims from the Maghreb., Which when dropped in Aceh year 746 AH / 1345 AD writes that in Aceh has spread Shafi. The oldest relic of Muslims found in Indonesia are in Gresik, East Java. Islamic tomb complex form, which one of them is the tomb of a Muslim named Fatima bint Maimun. Numbers written on his tomb in 475 AH / 1082 AD, ie in the era of Singasari Kingdom. It is estimated that these tombs are not from the natives, but the tomb of Arab traders.

Until the 8th century AH / 14 M, had no indigenous population Nusantara pengislaman massive. New in the 9th century H / 14 AD, the indigenous population to embrace Islam en masse. The experts argued that the history of Islam in Nusantara population heavily in the century when it caused the Muslims already have a significant political force. Is marked by the establishment of several Islamic kingdoms such as the design of the Kingdom of Aceh Darussalam, Malacca, Demak, Cirebon, and Ternate. The rulers of these kingdoms of mixed blood, descendants of native kings of pre-Islamic and Arab migrants. The rapid Islamization in the seventh century AD