Assalamualaikum, Hello to all,

We are in need to your contribution to build more buildings, rooms and other infrastructures to accomodate more students who stay with us for 24 hours a day and 7 days a week the whole year. Your donation, however small it would be, would be very beneficial since we do not ask the students (santri) to pay for any facilities we offer.
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Meaning, Definition and development of Pesantren (Islamic educational institution) in Indonesia

Pesantren or Pondok Pesantren are Islamic boarding schools in Indonesia. According to one popular tradition, the pesantren education system originated from traditional Javanese pondokan; dormitories; ashram for Hindu or viharas for Buddhists to learn religious philosophies, martial arts and meditation. Institutions much like them are found across the Islamic world and are called pondok in Malaysia and Southern Thailand and madrasa Islamia (Islamic madrasa) in India and Pakistan and much of the Arabic speaking world. Pesantren aim to deepen knowledge of the Koran, particularly through the study of Arabic, traditions of exegesis, the Sayings of the Prophet, law and logic. The term pesantren derives from the root word santri or student — pe-santri-an or the place of the santri[1]
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