Al-Washliyah

Minangkabau and Mandailing are two different ethnicities. Minangkabau ethnicity has a modernist dominant Muslim and has a matrilineal tradition. While the Mandailing ethnic group has a conservative dominant Islam and has a patrilinear tradition. Of the two ethnic groups, two large organizations were born on the island of Sumatra, namely Muhammadiyah from the Minangkabau ethnic group identified with Pemuda and Al-Washliyah from the Mandailing ethnic group identified with Kaum Tua, both of which had major influences in education, culture and health and politics. .