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named the JIB scouting using the word   During the Wiwoho period, JIB held                    the attitude of the Dutch government   Wibisono  get out of JIB and set up a      Student discussion in
                                          “Indonesia”. This indicates that Natsir   many courses on Islam at its various                that considered JIB and other Islamic   new organization of SIS. From then on,    the Salman Mosque at
                                          did not polarize Islam and the national   branches and also expanded into smaller             movements not as a threat, but they would   JIB tended to decrease until later it was   the Bandung Institute of
                                          identity.  It should be noted that the   cities in Java and strengthening its                 rather in favor of the Netherlands because   disbanded by the Japanese on March   Technology
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                                          newly formed organization by JIB was    identity as an Islamic organization. While            they were considered as a local resistance   7, 1942. 20                          Source: Documentation
                                          the first organization in the Dutch East   during Kasman leadership period, JIB               against the strongly growing communism. 19  The role of JIB in carving the spirit of   Salman Mosque ITB
                                          Indies using the name of Indonesia      successfully established many branches                                                       Islam and Indonesian nationalism cannot
                                          (Indonesische).  The spirit of nationalism   in the West and North Sumatra. The               Since 1934, JIB had to face so many    be considered minor. Along the course
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                                          seen in JIB involvement in the preparation   youths and students’ enthusiasm was              challenges that it began to setbacks. The,   of the Indonesian movement periods, JIB
                                                                                                                                        JIB members were not only high school
                                          committee of Youth Congress II in       also noted that until 1933 JIB had already                                                   was able to appear as a youth movement
                                          Jakarta, which gave birth to the Youth   had 55 branches and 4,000 members in                 students (MULO or AMS), was also widely   that brought together the ideals of
                                          Pledge on October 28, 1928. Djohan      Java and Sumatra. Some national figures               followed by students from the upper levels   Islam and Indonesian nationalism. JIB
                                          Mohammad Tjaij is the JIB representative   who had been active in JIB were Kasman             or even youths at their age of 14 years old   was the first Muslim youth and student
                                          who signed the historic youth inscription.   Singodimejo, M. Roem, Jusuf Wibisono             or above. Some of them saw that JIB was   organizations to deliver ideas to the next
                                          JIB had sought to promote Indonesian    (JIB Center), Sukarno (JIB Bandung),                  more active at the level of secondary school   younger generations. The existence
                                          language by way of using the national   Cholid Rasyidi (JIB Betawi), Burhanuddin              students, so they felt the need to establish
                                          language gradually in Het Licht magazine,   Harahap (JIB Yogyakarta). M. Roem                 a new organization. On this basis of this   of JIB former members and activists
                                                                                                                                                                               on the national stage was an historical
                                          since the Youth Pledge. 16              confirmed that at that time being a                   reason, M. Roem and Yusuf Wibisono
                                                                                  member JIB was an honor. Something                    founded Studenten Islam Studieclub (SIS)   evidence JIB was not only able to appear
                                          In line with the spirit of Islam and    that adds to the pride of being members               in 1934. Although this cannot be considered   as the first Muslim youth organization
                                          nationalism, JIB was growing rapidly,   of JIB was that one could be close to                 as a major friction in JIB, it was more than   in Indonesia, it can also be considered
                                          especially under the leaderships of     national figures such as H. Agus Salim,               less  reducing the influence of  JIB as many   a milestone of the emergence of young
                                          Wiwoho Purbohadijoyo (1926-1929) and    M. Natsir, etc. In 1929, M. Natsir was                activists were active in the SIS. Another   Indonesian Muslim intellectuals on the
                                          Kasman Singodimedjo (1929-1935).        recorded as a member of JIB Bandung                   challenge was the desire of some board   national stage. JIB cadres were not only

                                          14. DeliarNoer, Gerakan Moderen Islam di Indoesia   who taught Islam to other members. 17     of JIB like Kasman and Natsir to make   good Muslims, they were also formidable
                                          1900-1942. (Jakarta: LP3ES, 1995), p. 287.                                                    JIB to be a religious social organization   Muslim statesmen and intellectuals.
                                          15. The name “Indonesia” was firstly used by Ki   Some of JIB figures had even close
                                          Haja rDewantara (atau Soewardi Soerjaningrat)   personal relationship with Ahmad Soorkati     like Muhammadiyah and Persis that were   HMI, PMII and IMM:Profilesof the
                                          in the Netherlands 1913 for the organization   (the founder of Al-Irsyad) relationship        able to establish schools and hospitals.
                                          Indonesisch Persbureu and also Muhammad Hatta                                                 This issue became a serious debate in   1950s Student Movements
                                          who changed the organization name for Indie   that gave them an the opportunies to
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                                          students in the The Netherlands from Indische   ask anything religions matters.  Another      the 6  and 7 congress. Although JIB did   Entering the Indonesian independence,
                                          Vereeniging (formed in 1908) to be Indonesische   thing encouraging the growth of JIB was     not change its statute in the end, these   the Islamic student movements were
                                          Vereeniging (Perhimpoenan Indonesia) in 1922.                                                 problems caused  M. Roem and Yusuf     marked by the establishment ofthe
                                          16. Saidi, Islam dan Nasionalisme Indonesia,…  17. Noer, Gerakan Moderen Islam,…p.100.
                                          p.4-5.                                  18. Saidi, Islam dan Nasionalisme Indonesia,…p.36.    19. Husni, Jong Islamieten Bond,……p. 57-61.  20. Husni, Jong Islamieten Bond,…… p. 63-64.

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