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Sarekat Islam
Sarekat Islam (SI, Islamic Association) A political organization founded in the Dutch East Indies (later Indonesia) in 1912. It emerged from the Sarekat Dagang Islam (Islamic Traders Association) founded in 1909, in an attempt to resist growing Chinese competition in the batik trade. Led by Haji Umar Said Tjokroaminoto, it promoted the strength of indigenous trade through cooperatives, and increasingly challenged the Dutch colonial government. By 1919, it had acquired a mass following of nearly two million people. It was fundamentally weakened by effective police action by the colonial forces against its members. It was also criticized by many nationalist groups for its relative moderation. As important was the rift between the association's Islamic and Communist followings. It broke with the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) in 1921–2, after which it was the Communists who developed a much more effective and organized opposition to the colonial government, causing the SI to decline.
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JAN PALMOWSKI. "Sarekat Islam." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAN PALMOWSKI. "Sarekat Islam." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O46-SarekatIslam.html JAN PALMOWSKI. "Sarekat Islam." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O46-SarekatIslam.html |
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Sarekat Islam
Sarekat Islam An Indonesian Islamic political organization. Formed in 1911 as an association of Javanese batik traders to protect themselves against Chinese competition, it had developed, by the time of its first party congress in 1913, into a mass organization dedicated to self-government through constitutional means. Its leader H. Q. S. Cokroaminoto (1882–1934), was viewed by many as a latter-day Messiah, but the organization was weakened from within by the political challenge posed by the emergent PKI in the early 1920s; thereafter it gradually faded away as more radical nationalist parties, most prominently SUKARNO's PNI, were formed.
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"Sarekat Islam." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Sarekat Islam." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-SarekatIslam.html "Sarekat Islam." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-SarekatIslam.html |
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