Indonesia Arab Association

After three days of vigorous debate they announced the establishment of a new organization called Persatoean Arab Indonesia.

[2] Originally the association was intended to encourage Arab Indonesians, mostly Muwallads, to integrate, assimilate and pledge allegiance to Indonesia which was still under ruling of Netherlands as Dutch East Indies.

[4] The Arab-Indonesian youth also pledged three oaths ("Sumpah Pemuda Keturunan Arab"): PAI received supports from many nationalists through their newspapers such as chinese-Malay's newspaper Matahari or Sin Tit Po as one of the main supporters.

Among the opponents were Ali bin Yahya of al-Rabithah al-Alawiyyah who frequently published his oppositions on Arabic magazine Al-Salam, and MBA Alamoudi, an Ambon-born[5] Arab Indonesian, who strongly attacked the organization on the weekly periodical Al-Yaum in Indonesian published by Arabische Verbond.

[3] The counter parties use all means and threats to prevent the development and influences of PAI, including firing the person out of his job or even expulsion by the father.

PAI Congress in Cirebon , 1940.