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method of Islam. Although LDK           KAMMI with other Islamic organizations                community. The regeneration department   Membership of an Islamic movement is
                                          movement so far has no affiliation with   like HMI, PMII, and IMM. Hijab as the               of LDK and KAMMI perform a lot of      strongly influenced by the propagation
                                          any Islamic parties, they still see political   identity of Muslim women are equally          preaching activities and social work in   strategies or methods of the member
                                          parties as a significant sphere to fight for   used by all women activists, but the           particular villages called the coaching   recruitment. On the basis of a survey
                                          Islam. KAMMI has from the beginning     style of hijab used by LDK and KAMMI                  villages. Based on observations in     in Yogyakarta, the majority of members
                                          affiliated with the Prosperous Justice   activists are wider than the commonly                Yogyakarta region, LDK and KAMMI are   are interested in Islamic movements
                                          Party (PKS) and it is even as a supplier   used veils by HMI, PMII, or IMM activists.         quite active in various activities to help   for their ideology and social activities.
                                          of the Islamist party activists.        Another phenomenon that distinguishes                 the earthquake affected people of Bantul   The majority of LDK and KAMMI
                                                                                  women activists of LDK and KAMMI is                   in 2006 and also the Merapi eruption in   activists felt that regeneration system
                                          2) Social Religious Appearances         that they almost never wear trousers or               2010. In such cases, it seems that HMI,   of these student organizations is quite
                                          In addition to religious thought, the   jeans, but they wear long skirts, instead.            PMII, and IMM are some what different.   effective, particularly the methods of
                                          diversity of campus movement can        Still related to the physical appearance,             Although they cannot be said to have   Islamic propagation and the vision of
                                          also be seen from the patterns of their   LDK and KAMMI male activists believe                been passive, they are less active as   the organization. Both LDK and KAMMI
                                                                                                                                        well as less responsive in social activities
                                          appearances. In terms of clothing, for   that the beard is part of the prophetic              within the community.                  use tarbiyah method as a regeneration
                                          example, HMI, IMM and PMII activists    traditions and also as part of the Muslim                                                    system to recruit new members. The
                                          are more accommodative Indonesian       identity. In fact, it is less evident in other        3) Membership and Strategies of        tarbiyah system is a regeneration system
                                          style of Islamic clothing, while the LDK   Islamist activists. In the case of isbal           the Movement                           routinely held once a week with limited
                                          and KAMMI tend to accommodate           (trousers cut above the ankles), campus                                                      participants and it is also classified in
                                          Middle Eastern-style Islamic clothing.   Islamic activists have different opinion             Membership of the campus Islamic       tiers. The regeneration system of HMI,
                                          Many HMI and PMII women activists       from the Salafis. The majority of campus              movements varies, depending on each    PMII, and IMM are held once or twice
                                          during the 1960s and 1970s had not      Islamic activists wear trousers covering              campus; at public universities LDK and   a year with specific names: the Basic
                                          used hijab as widely used by HMI        the ankles in everyday life, but they keep            KAMMI are more dominant, whereas       Training for HMI, the Basic Leadership
                                          and PMII activists today. Changes in    isbal by not lengthening pants only at                at UIN campuses HMI and PMII are       Training for PMII, and the Baitul Arqom
                                          understanding Islam within the HMI and   time of praying.                                     more dominant; at the same time IMM    for IMM. The difference between those
                                                                                                                                                                               recruitment systems is that the Baitul
                                          PMII members have also undergone        Lastly, the socio-religious behavior                  is more dominant at Muhammadiyah       Arqom and tarbiyah put more emphasis
                                          significant development along with      of the campus Islamic activists can                   campuses. However, many LDK and
                                          the rise of global Islamic influences in   also be seen on their social solidarity.           KAMMI activists have Muhammadiyah      on introducing Islamic education,
                                                                                                                                        and NU backgrounds. Some “conflicts”
                                                                                                                                                                               while the Basic Training and the Basic
                                          Indonesia.
                                                                                  Being students who pay attentions to                  between Muhammadiyah and PKS in        Leadership Training put more emphasis
                                          Another important thing to be discussed   humanitarian issues, almost all campus              some regions prove the assumption      on capacity building. All regeneration
                                          is how these activists understand and   Islamic movements implement social                    that Muhammadiyah’s cadres had been    efforts of the student movements use
                                          apply the concept of hijab in everyday   programs. These student movements are                stolen because they were more active in   the momentum of the beginning of new
                                          life. This clearly distinguishes LDK and   often engaged in social work within the            KAMMI or PKS.                          academic enrolments to recruit new



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