- Dominates the settlements and raided Non-Padris villages for a variety of reasons.
- Encouraging trades; to protect the trade interest (gold production)
- Revenge against adat progression; destruction of enemy property, appropriation of cattle as well as buffalo and all flowing back to the victorious villages.
SOCIAL
- The approach in understanding the text of Islam differs from
- Obliged man to grow his beard or else to be fined
- Prohibited men or women from cutting their teeth on pain of being fined one adult cow
- Women have to wear burka covering her whole body save her eyes and hands if they want to appear in the public.
- A person who found neglecting the salah (daily prayers) will be punished the first time with a fine of 5 guldens, and the second time with condemnation to death.
- Radical Dogma (indoctrinated people and imposed on their dress code) imposed to the society.
- Those who disobeyed would be punished.
- The Padris also formulated religion-based laws
- Slavery was permissible
- They also ignored the concept of Rahman
POLITIC
- Padri Wars spanning almost 40 years, started from 1803-1837
- The adat appealed to Dutch for help to defend themselves against the Padris. (21st February 1821)
- Finally, the Dutch dominated Minangkabau, the last and the most important stronghold of the Padris.
- During the many years of wars, Dutch and imam Bonjol signed a peace deal agreement in 1824, but soon ruined the deal.
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- In 1843, the population of Minangkabau remained quiet until the beginning of the twelfth century
- Padri movement collapsed
- Minangkabau remains an Islamic region regardless.
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