Islam and Innovation: Food Defence and Safety Movement of Ma’had Al-Zaytun Indramayu

Abstract

This article discusses the movement of Ma'had Al-ZaytunIndramayu in fostering food defence and safety for santri, pesantren and surrounding communities. Ma'had Al-Zaytun is one of the modern pesantren which in its development has received pro and contra reactions from various circles. The main controversy was when several circles considered AS Panji Gumilang through Ma'had Al- Zaytun consistently recruiting members to realize the idea of establishing an Islamic State as Kartosuwiryo did through his Darul Islam. This was then answered by AS Panji Gumilang with innovations in various fields. One of them is to foster food defence and safety starting from oneself, family, santri, pesantren and to the surrounding community. This study uses qualitativemethod with literature review, field research and interviews as collecting data methodsthat collaborated with the theory of resource mobilization to see how AS Panji Gumilang mobilizes various resources, utilizes social networks with other groups, applies flexibly to other groups and has full control for realizing its efforts to foster food defence and safety in the pesantren he leads. The results showed that Ma'had Al-Zaytun was proven not only to bring santri to become Muslims Kaffah but also to succeed in instilling the values of food defence and safety in the hearts of the santri and the surrounding community. It does can be a model in the development of food defence and safety in pesantren and its surrounding communities.