Sarekat Islam

Sarekat Islam

Sarekat Islam, formerly Sarekat Dagang Islam, was an Indonesian organization.

Sarekat Dagang Islam, a Javanese batik traders's cooperative, was founded by Hajit Samanhudi, a businessman in Surakarta, in 1905 [Heryanto, Ariel. 2008. "Questioning the relevance of national awakening today," The Jakarta Post, 21 May 2008. Archived at http://blogs.arts.unimelb.edu.au/arielh/2008/05/22/on-national-awakening/ ] or 1912.cite book
last = Holt
first = Peter Malcolm
authorlink =
coauthors = Ann K. S. Lambton, Bernard Lewis
title = The Cambridge History of Islam
publisher = Cambridge University Press
date = 1977
pages = 191-192
isbn = 0521291372 ] His business was trading in batik, the traditional cloth made in Java. Sarekat Dagang Islam, or Union of Islamic Traders, had as its goal the empowerment of local merchants, especially in the batik industry.

As Sarekat Dagang Islam grew and had to manage more issues, it was reorganized under the name Sarekat Islam. Sarekat Islam's general office was in Surabaya. One noteworthy leader of Sarekat Islam was H.O.S. Cokroaminoto.Huh?] H.O.S. Cokroaminoto had three famous students, who went on to play a dominant role in Indonesian politics: Soekarno the nationalist, Semaun the socialist, and Islamist Kartosoewiryo.

References

External links

* Peter Lowensteyn, "Indonesia between 1908 and 1928: The Sarekat Islam" http://www.lowensteyn.com/indonesia/sarekat.html


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