Muhammadiyah Movement Essay

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Muhammadiyah Movement (Persatuan Muhammadiyah Singapura): An Analysis

Abstract
Muhammadiyah movement made its debut in the post war period. The effort originated from three men who came to Singapore as migrants in search for employment. These men; Rijal Abdullah, Abdul Rahman Harun and Amir Esa came all the way from Sumatra and Riau islands, bringing along their reformist ideas. They conducted religious classes in different parts of Singapore using a method of teaching similar to those of the muhammadiyah and the Persatuan Islam (PERSIS) in Java, Indonesia despite little evidence showing these men’s affiliation to the well established Muhammadiyah movement in Indonesia.
The teachings were aimed to make others return to the true teachings of the prophet as well as adapting to modernity bearing in mind that these teachers believed that Muslims in Singapore had subscribed to an erroneous interpretation of the faith. Muhammadiyah movement envisions the future of Muslims living in a progressive and pluralistic society hence exhorts the need for reforms in religious thinking. They seek to be an exemplary model that facilitates the progress of Muslim community. In this paper, focus will be given to the sociopolitical scenario of the movement, the founders, its philosophy, …show more content…

Muhammadiyah movement in Singapore when it made its first appearance, showed little affiliation with the former except for the logo they shared and the modernist cum reformist notion that they propagate. The immediate post-world war two period marked the beginning of the Muhammadiyah movemement in Singapore. Rooted in missionary ideology and Islamic activism, this movement propagates pure Islamic faith through means of education, social welfare and religious

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