Abstrak
The goal of this paper is to study critically the new phenomenon of the institutional development of Islamic education, that is an innovation of shariah school established by Muhammadiyah elementary school with special program at Surakarta. The innovation is that of curriculum oriented in hospitality in approaching the students based on tauhid (the united of science and religion). The study is carried out in the perspective of Islamic education concept and that of inclusive education.
Through comparative analysis, the study finds five same characteristics of Islamic education and inclusive education: (1) education as a right/duty; (2) education for all; (3) the principle of non-segregation; (4) the holistic view of the pupil; (5) handicap seen in relation to external factors, especially school environment.
The holistic view of the pupil is applicated in the intended design to meet the faculty of reasoning with that of intuition in the process of learning by the integration the revealed signs from the Quran and Sunnah with the cosmic signs (matters of natural and social sciences). The innovation, then has made the revealed signs the first data as well as the source of values - both are marginalized in the contemporary practice of education.
Other principles are being challenges the shariah school should anticipate in the future. On of them is the way of student recruitment via a vis the principle of education for all.