Pondok Pesantren: Its contributions on the Indonesian Muslim Middle Class

Abstract

Pesantren has played an important role in the development of the Muslim middle class community in Indonesia. There is no denying that its contributions in developing the Muslim middle class in terms of education, economy and social is enormous. Thus, this article will identify the contribution of pesantren towards development of the Muslim middle class community in Indonesia. This article is a qualitative research. Therefore, the data used are secondary data taken from books, journals, reports, newspapers and internet sources are used as a reference in this study. The results of the study found that the contribution of pesantren towards educational, economic and social development of the Muslim middle class is enormous. Those contributions make Muslim middle class in Indonesia grow and develop.