Tanwir II of Muhammadiyah Youth as a Moment to Consolidate the Movement's Direction

Pemuda Muhammadiyah must be a force that reads the times while also influencing the direction of civilisation.

Jakarta — The Central Leadership of Muhammadiyah Youth held Tanwir II 2026, which became a momentum to consolidate the direction of the organisation’s youth movement in facing social, political, and economic challenges, and the transformation of Indonesia’s younger generation.

‘Muhammadiyah Youth must take root downwards, be present at the heartbeat of youth issues, enter campuses, villages, mosques, communities, and the spaces where people are struggling to face life,’ said the Chairman of the Central Leadership of Muhammadiyah Youth, Dzulfikar Ahmad Tawalla, in a statement from Jakarta on Thursday.

The Tanwir II, held in Bali from 21-23 May 2026, carries the theme ‘Grow and Root Deeply for Indonesia Jaya’ (Prosperous Indonesia). The Tanwir this time serves as a reflection and evaluation of the organisation’s strategic agenda, the formulation of positions on national and religious issues, and preparations for the forthcoming Muhammadiyah Youth Congress.

The man known as Fikar said that the challenges facing the younger generation today are not only about jobs and education, but also a crisis of direction, unequal access, and loss of moral courage in the public space. Therefore, Muhammadiyah Youth must grow with a clear and impactful orientation.

He emphasised that Muhammadiyah Youth should not simply be spectators of change, but must dare to leave the organisation’s comfort zone and enter the arena of real social change.

‘Muhammadiyah Youth must be a force that reads the times while also influencing the direction of civilisation. To take root at the grassroots so as to understand the reality of the people, and to grow forward so as to be able to lead Indonesia. That is the spirit of this Tanwir,’ he said.

At the opening moment of Tanwir II, the PP Muhammadiyah Youth also launched the book Negarawan Muda Indonesia by Dzulfikar Ahmad Tawalla.

The book emerged from the concern of the Deputy Minister for the Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers about the increasing distance between politics and the ethics of service, as well as the limited space for leadership development that is aligned with the people and the nation’s idea.

In its foreword, Fikar said that the younger generation needs more examples of moral courage than mere political popularity.

Negarawan Muda Indonesia is written as both a reflection and a call for young people not to be allergic to politics, but to appear with integrity, ideas, and social advocacy amid the crisis of public exemplars.