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Muhammadiyyah Student    moreover, HMI was even in danger of     similar to the existence of IMM in other              an accomplice of the DI/TII. At this point   socio-political and humanitarian issues.
                 Association (IMM)        being dissolved by Soekarno regime. 42  public universities.                                  IMM emerged as an HMI supporter so     The New Order period generally muted
                 Source: Directorate of   IMM grows and developed rapidly         IMM emerged at the night time,                        organization would not be dissolved by   various socio-religious and political
                 History and Cultural     within the milieu of Muhammadiyah       when Indonesia ghad been under                        Soekarno. 43                           movements. However, when the political
                 Values, Ministry of      colleges because of it was structurally   the ideological threat of the PKI.                  The early period of the New Order was   opportunity was opened, IMM along
                 Education and Culture    supported by Muhammadiyah as the        This a condition was also supported                   not only a difficult time for the Islamic   with other student associations as
                 of the Republic of       parent organization. Despite being the   by Soekarno’s authoritarian Guided                   political organizations, but also for   well as intellectual groups demanded
                 Indonesia                youngest autonomous organizations       Democracy. History can record that in                 the Muslim student movements. The      for the resignation of Suharto in 1997.
                                          within Muhammadiyah, IMM moved          the period of the 1960 Soekarno tended                New Order’s de-politicization program   Being an autonomous organization
                                                                                                                                                                               under Muhammadiyah, IMM supported
                                          freely to spread the modernist ideology   to learn towards socialism-communism.               since the early 1970s has shrunk the   political movements of Muhammadiyah,
                                          of Muhammadiyah among the academics     The Nasakom (Nasionalism, Religion,                   space for Muslims not only in their    especially in the realm of practical
                                          of the higher level educational         Communism) proclaimed by Sukarno                      political realm, but also in their social   politics as well other social aspects.
                                          institution of to Muhammadiyah. The     at that time was the concrete evidence                life. The IMM also faced a difficult time   However, not many alumni of IMM who
                                          IMM is clearly stated in the rule of the   of this trend. Involvement of some                 in facing the principle of Pancasila as   were involved in the national level so far
                                          Muhammadiyah colleges (Perguruan        Masjumi leaders in the Revolutionary                  being the only ideology allowed, such   except some figures like M. Amien Rais,
                                          Tinggi Muhammadiyah, PTM). The          Government of the Republic of Indonesia               as comprised by the Law of Social      M. Din Syamsuddin, and M. Djazman
                                          2006 PTM Rule chapter XIV article       (Pemerintahan Revolusioner Republik                   Organizations (UU Keormasan). In line   Al-Kindi.
                                          78 states that “Student organizations   Indonesia, PRRI) in 1958 was culminated               with its parent organization that had
                                          established in PTM are: a) the          by the dissolution Masjumi in 1960.                   accepted Pancasila, The IMM followed   LDK and KAMMI: A Portrait
                                          Muhammadiyah Students Bond; b)          Being considered as an onderbouw                      the decision of the 41 Muhammadiyah    of Islam in Muslim Student
                                                                                                                                                           st
                                          Other organizations permitted by the    (substructure) of Masjumi, HMI almost                 Congress 1985 as the Muhammadiyah      Movements
                                          Chairman of PTM “. In practice, only    got swept too by the dissolution of                   strategy in their Islamic propagation. This   Entering the era of Reformation,
                                                                                  Masjumi. On the other hand, the
                                          IMM is the formal institution of Islamic   existence of PKI was also a very                   period was optimally benefited by IMM   Indonesia witnessed the emergence
                                          propagation in various campuses of      significant force in this period. Moreover,           to develop their organization. As a result,   of the Islamic student movements, that
                                          the Muhammadiyah universities. This     PKI had also supporters within the level              by the 1990s IMM had been growing in   were ideologically different from the three
                                          means that IMM is regarded as an        of student organization, i.e. Concentrasi             almost all Indonesian regions, especially   student movements described above.
                                          extra-campus organization within higher   Gerakan Mahasiswa Indonesia (the                    within the milieu of Muhammadiyah      Inspired by the Middle East movement,
                                          educational institutions of the  belonged   Concentration of the Indonesian Student           higher education levels.               especially the Muslim Brotherhood in
                                          to Muhammadiyah, which is thus it       Movement, CGMI). Since the  HMI                       As a social organization at the university   Egypt, this new movement imitated the
                                          42. AjibPurnawan, Ikatan Mahasiswa      strongly rejected the ideology of PKI, this           level, IMM was also concerned with     Islamist movement, which promoted a
                                          MuhammadiyahBeraksi Di Tengah Badai:
                                          Catatan Kritis Sejarah Kelahiran IMM Melawan   party and CGMI urged the government to         43. Purnawan, Ikatan Mahasiswa         full implementation of Islamic teachings
                                          Komunisme, (Yogyakarta: Panji, 2007), p.6-7.  dissolve HMI. They accused the HMI was          Muhammadiyah,…p.7.                     in socio-religious life as well as the



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