PERKEMBANGAN PENDIDIKAN ISLAM DAN HUMANISASI DI GORONTALO AWAL ABAD KE-20

Abstract

THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISLAMIC EDUCATION AND HUMANIZATION IN GORONTALO IN EARLY 20th CENTURY. This research aims to explain the development of Islamic education and its role in the process of humanization in Gorontalo in early 20th century. The presented explanation is the historical explanation, so the method used in this research is the historical research method with research measures: heuristic, sources verification, interpretation, and historiography. The results showed that the development of Islamic education in Gorontaloin early 20th century was very rapid and motivated by three things: firts, access to education, transportation, and more open information; second, the internal view of Islam itself about the importance of science; and third, as a response of to the massive spread of christianity by the Dutch colonial goverment. The existence of Islamic schools has given a great contribution to humanity. The increasing number of schools established by Islamic organizations in Gorontalo, has provided the opportunity for indigenous groups to acquire education. The implication of all is the formation of consciousness of Gorontalo society about the importance of the human equality, so at the next development was born the elite of Gorontalo which fight for independence through the Islamic organizations as a form of the humanization