Muhammadiyah's LDK Launches Scholarship for Remote Area Preachers with UMSU Support

Lembaga Dakwah Komunitas (LDK) Pimpinan Pusat Muhammadiyah has launched a Master's scholarship program for Islamic Religious Education, aiming to bolster the capabilities of Islamic preachers serving in Indonesia's remote and underdeveloped regions. The initiative, a collaboration with the Faculty of Islamic Religious Education at Universitas Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara (UMSU), seeks to provide preachers in the 3T (underdeveloped, frontier, and outermost) areas with opportunities to pursue higher education.

The symbolic handover of the scholarship occurred on Thursday, June 25, 2026, during a National Dialogue and Book Launch event in Jakarta. The program is designed to support preachers who dedicate themselves to serving in remote areas, where educational advancement opportunities are often limited. LDK aims to ensure these individuals can pursue a Master's degree without abandoning their community service.

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During this time, many dai have chosen to dedicate themselves to remote areas, so the opportunity to continue their studies has become very limited. Through this scholarship program, we want to ensure that they still have the opportunity to pursue a Master's degree, without having to abandon their spirit of service to the community.

Muchamad Arifin, Chairman of LDK PP Muhammadiyah, emphasized that the dedication of preachers in 3T regions requires tangible support, including educational advancement. He stated that enhancing the academic capacity of these preachers will directly improve the quality of their da'wah, community guidance, and social resilience efforts in their respective areas.

Arifin further noted that contemporary da'wah requires not only sincerity and dedication but also continuously developing knowledge. This academic growth is crucial for preachers to address the complex issues faced by communities wisely and effectively, offering solutions that are both practical and insightful.

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Da'wah today requires dai who not only have sincerity and a spirit of service but also continuously developing intellectual capacity so they can respond to various community issues wisely and with solutions.