In this thesis, writer research about Jim Ife’s thought on principles community development in Islamic community development perspective. The research purposes of this researcher are firstly, to describe the framework of principles of community development from Jim Ife thought. Secondly, to analyze the principles framework of community development of Jim Ife thought in Islamic community development perspective. This research is use the literature method with a qualitative descriptive approach.
Community development is a process where community members are supported by agencies to identify and take collective action on issues which are important to them. Community development empowers community members and creates stronger and more connected communities. In long study about how community development program or activities work among community. Well known with the important step is for understanding about the community development principles. Through these principles are the guidance to practice community development.
Considerably many of well known experts sociology who give the explanation about community development principles, but here in this research, focus on Jim Ife’ thought moreover to analysis his thought on community development principles in Islamic perspective. Jim Ife describes around sixteen principles which is related with modern era. His thought always upgrade to follow the fact in community. In other hand community development principle in Islamic perspective brought simple principles. Both has different and correlation. That the point of this research to analysis both principles.