IMPLEMENTASI BUDAYA DEMOKRASI DI PESANTREN MIFTAHUL 'ULUM DESA BANTARBARANG, KECAMATAN REMBANG, KABUPATEN PURBALINGGA

Abstract

Against this background, there is a wrong understanding of the culture of democracy by the younger generation, causing democratic freedom to go too far. From this, it can cause the loss of the identity of the nation’s children so that they are far from democratic values. On the other hand, Islamic boarding schools are non-formal educational institutions that are religion-based and in practice aim to study, understand, and practice Islamic teachings. Islamic boarding schools are also part of Indonesia’s socio-cultural heritage.Where socio-culture is the basic or initial foothold of Pancasila. Miftahul ‘Ulum Bantarbarang Islamic Boarding School as a salaf Islamic boarding school also provides guidance on democratic values among its students. This research uses descriptive analytical method and belongs to qualitative research. The data in this study were taken by means of observation, interviews and documentation studies. The results of this study include that non-formal educational institutions such as superior Islamic boarding schools are used as laboratories for democracy, because within the Islamic boarding school environment the focus is on developing the potential of students. So that the merging of democratic democratic values can be carried out easily and in the end will give birth to a democratic society. As for the implementation of the democratic culture that is preserved at the Miftahul ‘Ulum Islamic Boarding School, namely, there are activities based on deliberations, discussions, and general elections in electing the chairman of the pesantren. In addition, within the scope of the pesantren and the surrounding community, one of the reflected democratic cultural values is the value of kinship, mutual help, and so on