Jamiat Kheir
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Jamiat kheir School
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| Formation | 1901 |
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| Founder | Aḥmad Basandiet Muḥammad bin ʻAbdullah Shahāb Muḥammad al-Fakhir bin ʻAbdurrahman al-Mashhoor Idrus bin Aḥmad Shahāb |
| Type | Foundation |
| Purpose | Religious islamic; Education |
| Headquarters | Jakarta, Indonesia |
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| Coordinates | 6°11′26″S 106°48′55″E / 6.190668°S 106.815351°E |
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Indonesia |
Jamiat Kheir (Jam'iyyatou Khair; Arabic: جمعية خير ; Arabic pronunciation: [dʒamʕijjatu xair]; different Latin spellings have also been used in the past, such as Djamiat Chair, Djameat Geir, Djamijat Chaer, Jam'iyyat khair or Jamiatul Khair) is one of a few early private institutions in Indonesia that is engaged in education, and is instrumental in the history of Indonesian struggle against Dutch colonialism, preceding Sarekat Islam and Budi Utomo. It is headquartered in Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta.
The history of Jamiat Kheir can be divided into two periods, where during the first period (1905 - 1919) it was as a social organization (and included a school program), and the second period (since 1919) it becomes an education institution only.
Starting in 1898, several leaders of Arab community agreed to make an organization that aims to help social condition of the Arabs in Dutch East Indies. The Arab community leaders held meetings to realize their goals to help social life of the Muslim community and Arabs in Indonesia, and to prepare a plan to erect a modern Muslim education institution, as a response against the Dutch Indies education policy. The ideals were also in line with the idea of mufti of Betawi al-Sharif Habib ʻUthman ibn ʻAbdullah ibn Yaḥya, where he encouraged Muslims to build a religious institution to counteract the Christianization through public schools. As a starting, In 1901 several prominent Arab community leaders in Batavia had an initiative to establish an organization that works in the field of social and Islamic education called Arabic: الجمعية الخيريه, translit. Al-Jam'iyyatoul Khairiyah ("The Association of Goodness").
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