Suprayitno2019-09-252019-09-252016-01-042012http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/232247This article discusses the penetration of Islam in North Sumatra based on ancient gravestones in Kota Rantang and Barus. As a result, by analyzing the typology and chronology of Aceh tombstones and inscriptions found in gravestones, process of islamization in North Sumatra have occurred since the 13th century AD. The process of islamization was eventually formed a political community of Islam in the design of the 13th century AD namely the emergence of the Kingdom of Haru in the Kota Rantang, Hamparan Perak.indWith permission of the license/copyright holderGravestoneRantang cityBarusHaruNorth SumatraIslamizationCultural ethicsCultural/intercultural ethicsReligious ethicsSpirituality and ethicsMethods of ethicsGeneral and historicalTheological ethicsCommunity ethicsEthnicity and ethicsJournal volume