developing in Indonesia. Meanwhile, there are only
a few systematic studies of pesantren and tarekat in
Indonesia in the context of deradicalization.
Martin Van Bruinessen in 1955 tried to spearhead
the study of tarekat in Indonesia by starting to trace
the journey of Islamic life traditions to the Southeast
Asian region, especially in Indonesia through the
transmission of religious sciences in Arabia.
Bruinessen tried to map the problems that are still
faced by Muslims in this country.
In general, the pesantren tradition in Indonesia
according to Bruinessen is very sufistic, because
many scholars are affiliated with the tariqat. They
taught their followers sufistic practices. Such
conditions facilitate the growth and development of
tariqat organizations that develop in the Islamic
world. In Indonesia there are a lot of tariqat that
develop and spread in various regions. Abubakar
Aceh said, in Indonesia there are about 41 teachings
of the tariqat. Whereas Nahdhatul Ulama (NU)
through its Jam'iyah Thariqat Mu'tabaroh Al-
Nahdhiyyah said, the number of tariqat in Indonesia
which is recognized as valid (mu'tabaroh) to date
there are 46 tariqat (Aceh, 1992)
In line with Bruinessen, Sartono Kartodirjo
(1984), revealed the role of thariqat in the 19th
century M., which played an important role,
developed into the most dominant resurgence in
Indonesia. Although initially the thariqat was a
religious revival movement, thariqat gradually
became a political political force, even becoming the
most effective tool for organizing religious
movements and the doctrines of the resurrected
ideals.
Tasawuf and thariqat have an important role to
strengthen the position of Islam in the country and
society, as well as the wider community
development. Some of these roles include: 1. role as
a factor of forming and mode of state function. 2. As
a guide for some paths of community and economic
development, and 3. As a defense fortress against
European colonization. (Meuleman.tt: 4-5) The role
of tarekat politics is also highly acknowledged to
influence Indonesia's independence, though not
directly, pesantren clerics have contributed greatly to
the struggle of the Indonesian nation to achieve the
condition of independence. This is a strong proof of
why tarekat and pesantren hold a concept of a rooted
nationality. This is why this research is important to
explore how the concept of Nationalism in Islamic
boarding schools is especially the pesantren that
transcends tarekat in relation to the frequent
deradical discourse.
The rise of radical movements in Indonesia has
developed since the 1980s. It is marked by the
emergence of the phenomenon of strengthening the
religiosity of Muslims. The expression of this
movement is more open, unlike the splinter
movement, which by Bruinessen is defined as a
distorted or separate movement from the prevailing
"orthodoxy" (application of pure doctrine). Efforts to
prevent the spread of religious radicalism has been
done by the society of traditional santrirepresented
by Nahdlatul Ulama Ormas through pesantren
education. The reason is that NU has sowed the
tolerant diversity tradition through pesantren
education. Pesantren education not only teaches the
science of religion but a tribute to the teacher (kiai)
and continues to be an Islamic tradition that has been
hacked by four imams of the school (Steenbrink,
1996).
Deradicalization through pesantren should be
implemented within the framework of institutional
strengthening to reduce the economic and political
gaps that enable triggering radicalism leading to
extreme actions. The active role of related parties,
especially the government can be directed to
strengthen the role of Islamic traditional boarding
school in overcoming the economic, political and
other problems that become the seedbed ground of
the radical understanding. This also indicates that
the curriculum used in boarding schooldirected
students to approachderadicalization (Darmadji,
2011).
This research, in fact, found diverse perspectives
and scientific backgrounds regarding
deradicalization. This research also utilized some of
the preliminary study on the similar topic. Among
those, a research by Arif (2010) mentioned that
religious radicalism is a necessity born of a
postmodernist response to modernity. It was born
due to the pathology of modernity, this happens
because modernity tends to marginalize religious
aspirations (Arif, 2010).
Inclusive education of pesantren is a proper
method of de-radicalization in Indonesia. (Suprapto,
2014) (Mukodi, 2015) One reason is that pesantren
prefers to affirm moderate Islamic teachings as a
response to radicalization. (Muhammad & dkk,
2015) The path chosen in the perspective of
deradicalization is known as the preservative
deradicalization approach, which maintains the
values of moderatism in anticipation of the hard-line
Islamic model. It is also followed by the
development of multicultural life, which is an
awareness of diversity that can foster mutual respect.
Through dialogue approach and mutual learning