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Their return has inspired the purification of the Islamic faith in

Minangkabau, namely a return to the Qur'an and Hadith, which
were carried out the same way as at the time of the Salaf scholars

in Mecca, so that deviations from the practice of religion in this

view, such as superstition, mysticism and heresy, were attempted
to be eradicated. .

At the beginning of the 20th century, again several
prominent Minang sons returned from the holy land of Mecca, they

also became leaders of Islamic reformers and pioneers of education
in Minangkabau, including Sheikh Abdullah Ahmad, Sheikh

Muhammad Jamil Jambek, Founder of the Inyiak Jambek surau in

Bukittinggi, Haji Abdul Karim Amrullah, founder of Sumatra
Thawalib education in Padang Panjang. Meanwhile on the island

of Java, at that time two prominent figures had also just returned
from the holy land; he is KH. Ahmad Dahlan, Founder of Islamic

organizations in Indonesia, namely Muhammadiyah (1912), KH.
Hasyim Asy'ari, Founder of the Islamic organization Nahdhatul

Ulama (1926). While in Mecca, these clerics had become students

of Sheikh Ahmad Khatib al Minangkabawi, the son of Minang who
became a professor at the Grand Mosque.

During the struggle for independence of the Republic of

Indonesia, there were names of community leaders and thinkers
from the Minangkabau area including Haji Agus Salim;