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activities to achieve public aspirations, Islamic Propagation Agencies, at least of Islamic propagation in Indonesia. the political opportunity structure. In Office of the Central
in the activities of articulation, among the functionaries of the LDKs’ Recently, the forum is more popular this condition nodes of all political Board of the Indonesian
mediation, or action. leaderships. with an addendum in its name Forum stalemate are opened, thereby allowing Islamic Student
2. The communication and coordination Silaturrahmi Lembaga Dakwah Kampus all segments of society to express Movement (PMII)
The growth of LDKs in various amongst LDKs should be conducted their social and political aspirations.
universities as well as cities are unified Indonesia (the Interconnecting Forum This period was then characterized Source: Directorate of
by a coordinating forum. However, their in several zonings: a) the western of Campus Propagation Agencies in by the emergence of various political History and Cultural
region was coordinated by Karisma
bustle in performing internal propagation Salman ITB, b) the central region was Indonesia, FSLDKI). parties, including the Islamic parties. Values, Ministry of
activities make them less optimal in coordinated by Jamaah Salahuddin In contrast to other campus base Islamic Various social movements have also Education and Culture
performing broader propagating agendas. UGM, c) the eastern region was organizations, LDK is considered as the emerged, including within the segment of the Republic of
Consequently, Forum Silaturahhim coordinated by UKKI Airlangga formal organization of a university. Despite of Muslim students by forming FSLDK Indonesia
Lembaga Dakwah Kampus (An University. the name differences the, LDK is regarded in Malang on March 29, 1998. The
Interconnection Forum of the Campus The first meeting was then followed by as the most authoritative propagation forum eventually form an alternative
Islamic Propagation Agencies (FSLDK) several other meetings subsequently agency on campuses. At the same institution for the students named
was established. This forum has a held at ITB Bandung January 2-4, 1987; time, other organizations are commonly KesatuanAksiMahasiswa Islam Indonesia
coordinating function of propagation, as at the Airlangga University Surabaya considered as extra-campus student (the Indonesian Muslim Students’ Action
a means to boost synergy of varieties September 13-16, 1987; at UNS Solo on organizations. As an official organization Union, KAMMI). The decision is then
of propagation movements towards a September 3-6, 1988; and at the IKIP of the university, an LDK usually receives poured into an act of establishment
unifying community (ummatan wahidah). Malang September 15-19, 1989. At the 5 facilities to use the campus mosque as its called the Malang Declaration. 47
th
At its early stage, FSLDK was named gathering at IKIP Malang FSLDK made an center of activities. Although as an official
Sarasehan LDK (the LDKs’ Assemblage). important stage because the assemblage campus Islamic organization, LDK has Some factors behind the establishment
This event was organized at first by was attended by LDKs outside Java such different colors in each university. The of KAMMI by the campus activists are:
Jamaah Salahuddin UGM on May 24-25, as Sumatra, Sulawesi, Nusa Tenggara, only similiar line is that those LDKs are 1) they saw here were some indications
1986, which was attended by 13 LDKs, and Bali. Another important step was the Islamic propagation agencies, that are of eliminating the nation’s potencies; 2)
the urgent demand for a reform; 3) the
first workshop manage to produce several agreement on the formulation of LDK’s different from either HMI or PMII the two Muslims’ interests to act immediately;
decisions, namely: 46 lines of action (khittah). These lines of organization that may not be fitted to be 4) the mushrooming demonstration and

1. The need ti improve Islamic action comprised direction, goals, and regarded as propagation agencies. the inclination of free speeches; 5) the
brotherhood amongst the Campus objectives of the campus propagation 2) KesatuanAksiMahasiswa Muslim Student as a social elements; 6)
movements. This khittah was aimed at
46. Ismail Yusanto, “LDK antaraVisi, Misi, dan Indonesian (KAMMI) 47. The FSLDK that successfully formed KAMMI
RealitasSejarah Perkembangannya”, a paper strengthening mutual understanding was presented by 59 LDKs affiliated from 63
delivered in the interconnection Forum of the on the direction of Islamic teaching on The faucet like 1998 reform opens up campuses in Indonesia. The total attendants
Campus Propagation Agencies Region I at the were 200 people. Further see “Profil KAMMI” in
Islamic University North Sumatera, Wednesday campuses as well as with the FSLDK all channels of bureaucracy and politics. http://kammi.org/ke-kammi-an/sejarah.html(being
Juni 11, 1997. (being accessed on March 8, 2014). as an integral part of the global strategy In social theory, this moment is called accessed on March 8, 2014).

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