Abstract: The latest UNDP report of Indonesia HDI value can be made as an indicator to see quality of Indonesian human resources. Indonesia ranks 111 out of 177 countries in the index, lower than philippines since 90 persen of the 238 million citizens are muslim, the HDI value shows that Indonesia islamic human resources (Sumberdaya umat Islam) is still low. We have no choice but to improve it in order to get stategic role in the global era. Revitalizing islamic educational institution is one way of improving it. Pesantren must not keep silen in this “runway world” pesantren should respond wisely every singel global changing. The responsibility of pesantren is get ting harder and harder: it shoul be a center of moral defence on the one hand, and has to create religious and educated society, on the other hand. Therefore, it is relevant to condiser the edea of link and match as an educational system of pesantren, and also to balance the mastery of kitab kuning and kitab putih, relegious knowledge and science technology. The mastery of kitab kuning should be kept as a trade mark of pesantren, but on the same time pesantren has to support and direct santries in mastery of science technology which generally found in the kitab putih. Keywords: Pesantren, Umat Resources, Globalization, Modernization