IC FIELD TRIP RESEARCH

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A. FIELD TRIP RESEARCH TO BANTEN, 16TH MAY 2009

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FIELD TRIP RESEARCH TO BANTEN, 16TH MAY 2009

A field trip to Keraton Surosowan (Surosowan Palace), which proposed by First semester's students have been done successfully on May 16th, 2009. The aim of this program is to get applied theories of the History of Religion subject and to get comprehensive information about the ruins of Keraton Surosowan Banten, the Banten Ancient Cites Museum and Banten Ancient Mosque.

The participants of the trip are 30 persons, consist of 27 IC's students and three persons are guiders, who coordinated by Mr. Riza Widyarsa, MA (Lecturer of this subject).

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Docummentations

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Keraton Surosowan Ruin Site

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Keraton Surosowan Ruin Site

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Heading to Banten Ancient Mosque

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Banten Ancient Mosque

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In front of Meriam Kiamuk

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B. IC FIELD TRIP TO PONDOK PESANTREN SURYALAYA, WEST JAVA, 28-29 November 2009

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Field Trip to SURYALAYA

A field trip to Pondok Pesantren Suryalaya Tasikmalaya, which proposed by fifth semester's students have been done successfully on November 28-29th, 2009. The aim of this program is to get applied theories of the History of Mysticism subject and to get comprehensive information about thariqah Qadiriyah Naqsabandiyah (TQN) under the teaching of K.H.A. Shohibulwafa Tajul Arifin (Abah Anom) as the Mursyîd.

The participants of the trip are 25 persons, consist of 21 IC's students and four persons are guiders, who coordinated by Dr. Sri Mulyati (Lecturer of this subject).

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Pondok Pesantren Suryalaya was establish by Syaikh Abdullah bin Nur Muhammad or more known as Abah Sepuh, which in the establishment they have many obstacles, whether from Dutch Colonial Government and from publics, also by the geographical condition.

The name of Pondok Pesantren Suryalaya itself was taken from a Sundanese term that is Surya = Sun, Laya = a place to rise, so Suryalaya literary means the place where the sun rose.

Pondok Pesantren Suryalaya is getting more and more developed from years to years, so in March 11, 1961 based on the initiatives of H. Sewaka (Alm) ex Governor of West Java (1947 – 1952) and ex Minister of Defense of Republic of Indonesia, Iwa Kusuma Sumantri (Alm) (1952 – 1953), they establishes Serba Bakti Pondok Pesantren Suryalaya Foundation. This Foundation was establish to assists Abah Anom duties in the spreading of the Thariqah Qadiriyah Naqsabandiyah and the efforts to enlighten the peoples life’s.

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Summary It is interesting to know that two leaders of this thariqat

(Qadariyah-Naqsyabandiyah or TQN) are from military academics that know how to explain their practical rituals academically and based on verses and tradition of the prophet. And they are now trying to tell others that their practical rituals are not an obstacle to gain a progress even in scientific things and the economical things.

The most interesting place we visited is Inabah XV. We went there after visiting Suryalaya boarding School. Inabah is a kind of Islamic boarding house used for recovering of psychological-patalogics of children.

In the Inabah we saw many children from any background—some of them are drug abusers, mentally unhealed, etc—have been being religiously teached in order to be a good children or a normal kid. Some of them has been living for two months and the longest one is ten months. When they get better usually their family will pick them up.

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Conclusion

We came to conclusion that this field trip inspired four pointers:

A. We can learn about indigenous local mysticism in Indonesia

B. We can learn about how to manage Islamic Psychological Therapy for the sake of mental healing activity

C. We can also understand more about Practical Mysticism through spreading Mystical values by particular activities in daily life.

D. So, we can proof that Islamic values significantly still useful in the modern age.

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Documentations

Pon-Pes Suryalaya Abah Anom (K.H. A. Shohibulwafa Tajul

Arifin)

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At Pondok Pesantren Suryalaya

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Students in front of the Suryalaya Boarding School

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With DR. Sri Mulyati (Lecturer), at Abah Anom’s House

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Ta’ziah to Abah Sepuh Grave Yard

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Abah Sepuh and Family Grave Yards

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In front of K.H. Zainal Abidin Anwar’s House (one of TQN Pondok Pesantren Suryalaya representative)

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At K.H. Sukriya Atmaja’s House

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At the Inabah XV

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Some of Drug abuse victims and their Counselor