Dayah and Politics (A Case Study Toward the Political Attitudes of The Ulama and Dayah Students in Aceh During the 2019 General Election

The existence of ulama and dayah in political dynamics in Aceh has been occurring for a long time, simultaneously with the development of Islam in Aceh. Ulama has been playing as the main actor behind the successful political indicator in Aceh in many phases, namely; empire phase, independence phase, new order (orde baru) phase until the phase of reformation. The doctrines played by ulama through religious languages has received great support from people in Aceh. This study employs the qualitative research approach with three main techniques of data collection, namely interview, observation and documentation. There has been the participation from ulama and santri at dayah in Aceh during the 2019 General Election (Pemilu). Such participation was reflected from the full support of ulama by calling up the political machine from santri dayah during 2019 general election, and deciding a political attitude by taking side on one of the candidates by holding a fundamental believe that Islam does not forbid to participate in the politics.