Politics · Indonesia · 10 hrs ago
Syarikat Islam Congress Opens in Surabaya with Five Economic Priorities
Syarikat Islam opened its 42nd national congress in Surabaya, Indonesia, on 18 October 2026.
The event runs until 20 October and was opened by Ferry Juliantono, the cooperative minister and the group’s secretary-general, and its president, Hamdan Zoelva.
The congress is focused on five pillars: Islamic finance, cooperatives, zakat and waqf, ecology and sustainability, and Muslim entrepreneurship.
The group says it aims to make zakat and waqf management more productive and to expand Islamic financial knowledge and access.
It also wants to establish cooperatives connected to Islamic boarding schools, religious education and places of worship.
The congress is expected to produce strategic decisions intended to benefit Indonesian Muslims and contribute to the wider public; the sources give no further details about what happens after it ends.
Syarikat Islam’s 42nd National Congress opened in Surabaya on 18 October 2026.
The congress runs from 18 to 20 October and focuses on five pillars of community economics.
The pillars are Islamic economics, cooperatives, zakat and waqf, ecology and sustainability, and community entrepreneurship.
Its theme is “Economic Da’wah Toward True Independence.”
Ferry Juliantono and Syarikat Islam President Hamdan Zoelva opened the congress.
- Who
- Syarikat Islam is holding the congress. Ferry Juliantono and Hamdan Zoelva opened it.
- What
- The 42nd National Congress focuses on five pillars of community economics.
- When
- 18–20 October 2026.
- Where
- Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia.
- Why
- To advance the five economic pillars under the theme “Economic Da’wah Toward True Independence.
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The 42nd National Congress opened in Surabaya.
The congress is scheduled to take place in Surabaya.
- Congress
- 42nd National Congress of Syarikat Islam
- Dates
- 18–20 October 2026
- Location
- Surabaya, East Java
- Pillars
- Islamic economics; cooperatives; zakat and waqf; ecology and sustainability; community entrepreneurship
- Theme
- Economic Da’wah Toward True Independence
What people are saying
The series of congress activities will produce strategic decisions that benefit not only Muslims in Indonesia, but also contribute to the interests of the nation, the state, and people globally.
We will activate all branches to free people from the trap of illegal loans, provide food aid, and resolve the problems of poor residents.