DINAMIKA ISLAM DAN POLITIK ELIT - ELIT MUHAMMADIYAH PERIODE 1998-2010

Abstract

This research studied on political elite in Muhammadiyah as moderate representatives in post-New Order in response of the dynamics Islam and politics. There are three issues as basic analyzes, i.e. the emergence of Islamic political parties, the desire of returning the Jakarta Charter as the state principle as well as phenomenon of terrorism which is always attached a term of “jihad” in Islamic tradition. Meanwhile, to conduct data and information, the research uses a qualitative approach as methodology as well as documentation and interviews as a technique of collecting data. The collected data then is analyzed and interpreted descriptively to get a proper conclusion. The result of the research shows that there are four variants in political elite in Muhammadiyah, i.e. transformative-idealistic, moderateidealistic, realistic-critical, and accommodative-pragmatic. The variations are deeply influenced by two factors, i.e. sociological elite background and organizational.