INDONESIA LOMBOK -ISLAMIC BOARDING SCHOOL HAFIZ QURAN

ISLAMIC BOARDING SCHOOL  HAFIZ QURAN 

Despite the fact that Moslems as majority and Lombok as the island of a Thousand Masjid, sharia tourism in Lombok is also supported by another predicate attached to Lombok, Island of a Million Hafiz or Hafizoh ( translation : who is able to memorize Qu’ran). Later predicate emerges since the establishment of hundreds of Islamic boarding schools in all regions. 3 Islamic organization( Nahdlatul Wathan, Muhammadiyah and Nahdlatul Ulama) 

have given their great impact toward the growth of Islamic boarding schools. Moslem community operates 562 boarding and general schools, some located in Lombok. These school spread in some regions, 173 units in Lombok Timur, 152 units in Lombok Tengah, 63 units in Lombok Barat and 23 units in Mataram. In Sumbawa Island, there are 56 units in Dompu and 45 units in Bima.

Nahdlatul Wathan ( NW) is the biggest boarding schools in Lombok educating thousands of pupils . In general, majority of Islamic schools are emphasizing a study of Islam and memorizing the Qur’an ( hafiz) as their prominent focus. In improving their pupils’ abilities, some boarding schools develop a mentoring program focusing on language skills (English and Arabic) . A boarding school in Narmada , Lombok Barat develops modern approach in learning about Islam by utilizing current technology and information.

It is somehow unnecessary to be a santri to experience learning in a boarding school or spending some years within the school community. Some schools offer opportunity to public or tourists with an access to take part in a short term class, i.e one week to 3 months program. Many schools also offer a package combining Islam Study session while can also visit various tourist destinations and try to find correlation between the nature and the religious rennet ( tadabbur alam) .

3 school of thought frame the development of Islamic tenet in hundreds of boarding schools in Lombok. Anyone who wants to deepen about Salafiah, 67 boarding schools are available, 47 units are in Dompu and the rest in Bima, Sumbawa and Lombok Barat. Followers of Khalafiyah operate 133 schools in Lombok Tengah and the other 33 schools in Bima. There are 278 schools develop combination of the 2 earlier , 171 units are in Lombok Timur and the rest are in Lombok Barat, Lombok Tengah , Lombok Utara and Mataram. These schools apply approaches as a fundamental basis to develop the grand design of education.