Muhammadiyah’s Tanwir in Palu to Set Programmes and Draft Universal Message
JAKARTA — Muhammadiyah’s Tanwir meeting in Palu, Central Sulawesi, will discuss several strategic organisational agendas, from drafting long-term work programmes to formulating the Muhammadiyah Universal Message. The discussions are part of the organisation’s efforts to determine the direction of its movement amid the changing times.
Muhammadiyah Central Board (PP) chairman Agus Taufiqurrahman said one of the Tanwir’s main items would be to discuss the organisation’s long- and short-term work programmes. The long-term programme is being prepared for 2027–2047, while the short-term programme will cover 2027–2032.
“The work programmes, both the long-term one (2027–2047) and the short-term one for 2027–2032,” Agus told Republika on Wednesday (11 November 2026).
He said the Tanwir would also discuss the Muhammadiyah Universal Message. The document is a strategic and theological framework being prepared by the PP Muhammadiyah to set out a broader direction for its proselytising movement, including in a global context.
The Universal Message is expected to guide Muhammadiyah as it expands its contribution to Islamic outreach beyond domestic religious community issues, enabling it also to respond to humanitarian concerns and global challenges.
Earlier, at a pre-Tanwir Muhammadiyah press conference at the PP Muhammadiyah office hall in Yogyakarta on Monday (9 November 2026), PP Muhammadiyah chairman Agung Danarto said the Palu meeting would also discuss preparations for the 2027 Muhammadiyah Congress in Medan, North Sumatra. These include the congress’s rules and the mechanism for electing members of the Muhammadiyah Central Board’s formation committee.
Meanwhile, PP Muhammadiyah chairman Haedar Nashir stressed that the mechanism for electing the formation committee at the Medan Congress would no longer allow additional members to be appointed beyond those elected. As a result, the entire structure of the PP Muhammadiyah would be determined through the congress’s election process.
President Prabowo Subianto is scheduled to attend and open the Tanwir meeting in Palu. The event, which will take place at the Muhammadiyah University of Palu auditorium, has received full support from the Central Sulawesi provincial government.
Organisers said preparations for the national event were 99 per cent complete ahead of its scheduled dates of 13–15 November 2026. Tanwir and Muhammadiyah’s 114th anniversary organising committee chair and Muhammadiyah University of Palu rector Prof Rajindra said some technical preparations remained, particularly arrangements for a transit venue for President Prabowo Subianto.
“Praise be to God, preparations for the Palu Tanwir are 99 per cent complete, as the venue for the President’s transit still needs to be adjusted to presidential protocol,” Rajindra told Republika on Monday (9 November 2026).