Islamic education in Indonesia and Malaysia stemmed from the very same origin, pondok pesantren. However, they went different ways due to several drives. As madrasah transformed some forms of pondok pesantren, colonial and political context has shaped Islamic education in Indonesia and Malaysia. In Indonesia, education is administered in a separate ministry and finally formed a curriculum that enable graduates to endeavor not only in religious fields but also in all walks of life. Whereas Ministry of Malaysian Education regulate both national education and religious education all students in Indonesia and Malaysia, though, regardless of their schools, must study religion with different gradation. While Islamic instruction in Indonesian schools is supplied only to shape religious character, Malaysian schools strive to create an integration between Islamic and non-Islamic sciences. Pondok pesantrens too, have developed to a degree that differing features do occur, although they share several resemblances. Their private natures enable pondok pesantrens to improvise their education with different outcome and shape, but remain a deeply rooted in Islamic education in both countries.

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Politics and two-roof education policies in the regulation of Indonesia's national education system still need to improve at the level of implementation. Several two-roof education policies tend to be contradictory, such as the instructions and technical implementation of Graduate Competency Standards (SKL) at every level of education and subjects, the qualifications for the distance to the establishment of educational institutions, and regulations on accepting new students. This article aims to examine the rules and policies of two-roof education critically. The method used in this research was a literature study. There were three results of the critical analysis of this research. First, there was no policy regulation on the Graduate Competency Standard (SKL) measurement scale, so a policy regulation is needed on the SKL measuring instrument. Second, there were no more general and humanist current regulations and policies regarding the qualifications for the distance to the establishment of educational institutions, so a policy for the distance for the establishment of schools and madrasahs is needed that is in line with the needs and goals of national education. Third, review the technical implementation of accepting new students.

This article tries to deliver Abdullah Saeed’s idea on the new approach to inter pret the Qur’ân called contextualist approach. He proposes his ideas based on his finding that there is a gap between texts which have been understood literally by majority of ulama’ and socio-historical context of the Qur’ân at the time of revelation in the first/seventh century and the contemporary concerns and needs of Muslims today. Based on his expertise on hermeneutic, he proposes four stages: encounter with the world of the text, critical analysis, meaning for the first recipients and meaning for the present. The proposed idea should be appreciated even though it seems that it is a preliminary study which has to be elaborated into practical way.

The purpose of this study is to map the creative industry in Malang to see its impact on regional competition. This research is descriptive by using social mapping methods to classify 16 creative industry subsectors in Malang City. Then a descriptive analysis was carried out to describe the condition of the creative industries in each district. The results showed that the 16 sub-sectors of the creative industry developed well in Malang. Based on the mapping results, it is known that the Lowokwaru sub-district is the district that has the best competitiveness in the creative industry. This is evidenced by the large number of creative industries in the district. In addition, the ability to compete with the creative industry with other districts in the city of Malang. This is evidenced by the fairly extensive development and marketing. The creative industries that are growing rapidly in the Lowokwaru District are crafts, culinary, fashion, visual communication design, and television and radio. Then for the districts with the least number of creative industries is Sukun District. Therefore, the government needs to provide guidance to the creative industries, especially the creative industries in the districts where the number of creative industry actors is still small. Thus, the ability to compete in Malang City in the creative industry will increase.

This paper discusses the homegrown endeavors in the most populated Muslim world to modernize Islamic education therein. It focuses on how the modernization of Islamic education comes out of efforts by the so-called traditional Muslim scholars in particular in reforming Islamic education. As a locus of analysis, it deals comparatively with two largest Muslim populations, one in South Asia and another in Southeast Asia. The former is represented by India, and the latter is by Indonesia. This article argues that the traditional Muslim scholars have contributed significantly to the modernization of Islamic education in their own country respectively. It further argues that their position as traditional `ulama> ' does not hinder their progressive role in reforming their respective Islamic institutions. They apply schooling system, adopting "secular" sciences for the curriculum and implementing teaching-learning methods like their reformist colleges and schools established by either the British or the Dutch colonialists. It goes on to say that the traditional `ulama> ' both in South and Southeast Asia have a pivotal position in reforming Islamic education in such a way that rewriting needs to be undertaken in a more proportional way towards the discussion of Islamic education reform in both countries.

Marketing strategy is a comprehensive plan, integrated, and unified in the field of marketing, which is obtained from the identification of internal and external factors. The aims of this research were to identify the internal and external factors and to find the alternative of marketing strategy of salak pondoh in Padang Pengrapat Village Tanah Grogot Subdistrict Paser District. Research was held from August to October 2017. The sampling method was census with 30 respondents. Data was analyzed by using SWOT analysis. The main strength is the capital and the main opportunity is the ability to enter the market. The best alternative strategy is Strength Opportunities (SO). The strategies are maintain the quality of salak pondoh fruit to be able to retain customers and develop the market, products innovation by utilizing the existing technology, request the government assistance to increase productivity through intensification of salak pondoh field. Identification of internal factors are capital structure, land area, fruit quality, product innovation of planning type, production capacity, planning capability, human resource quality, transportation, and promotion facilities. External factors are market entry ability, technology utilization, customer, government policy, policy of environmental, economic and political, customer, competitor, product substitution, and influence of fuel price increase.

This community service aims to develop technical skills in managing databases. So far, the “Lazarus" commission processed all regular membership fees manually. The repetitive work and recording errors happened along the way.  With a total of 428 family members out of 993, the above data processing was inefficient and ineffective. Ms. Excel, especially the Data-Form feature will make database management easier for someone to process data entry, edit, search, and delete in a database table. When a database has been formed, the preparation of the annual report will also be able to be compiled efficiently & effectively, because the database is already stored in a soft file. Community service is carried out through training assistance. The activity begins with preparing teaching modules, followed by assisting to create a table model database in Ms. Excel. Subsequently, design a Data (Entry) Form model for recapitulation. The competencies have been achieved because in the end the database management has been simulated very well using real data & problems. Therefore, the final evaluation results declared that the database management model uses the Data Form successfully to help the "Lazarus" commission maximize its service.