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culture, the surau tradition is maintained but as a

place of worship for Muslims.
Administratively, the surau is managed

by community leaders, but besides that there is

also a surau which is managed directly by an
ustadz (buya) its founder. In the surau, education

takes place dynamically and communicatively,
dynamic means following the symptoms and

social developments that appear outside the
surau, and communicative means responding to

challenges (problems) that occur outside the

surau (in the community). Therefore, the surau
functions as a place of worship or religion and

also functions as a socio-cultural institution.
As a religious institution, the surau

organizes education of the Qur'an, worship,
knowledge of morals, fiqh (shari'ah), tasawuf,

etc., the more dominant question and answer

method has formed the product of the surau as
graduates who have a strong religious attitude.

Besides being a religious institution, the surau

also functions as a socio-cultural institution, the
surau is used as activity centers such as a place