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The divide et impera political strategy worked effectively and was used by the Dutch to colonize Indonesia. This divide and conquer strategy has destroyed the solidity and strength of the Indonesian nation, so that it was scattered in a civil war. However, entering the 20th century, the divisive politics played by the Dutch began to be less relevant to work, so the Dutch had to give up and leave Indonesia in 1942. How the Dutch's divisive politics worked became the focus of this research. Then, how is the connection and relevance with the religious polarization that is currently sweeping the Indonesian nation to be a topic that is also discussed. This study uses a qualitative approach by examining various literature such as journals, books, documents and news information in the mass media. the political phenomenon after the 2019 presidential election that occurred in Indonesia with divisive politics in the Dutch style and there are those who benefit if there are two parties fighting with the intention of controlling the resources in Indonesia. This research finds facts, the success of the divisive politics carried out by the Dutch to colonize Indonesia for hundreds of years, including the economic dependence of the elite group in Indonesia on the Dutch; political and economic stability in the Netherlands. While the factors of failure, among others, the economic crisis experienced by the Netherlands; There was no longer the dependency of the Indonesian elite on the Dutch. The relevance to the current religious polarization is that the divide et impera politics can still work and can destroy the unity of the Indonesian nation if the conditions for its success are met.

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Islam adorns the life of the nation and state without introducing the usual things -ThisScientific Study is intended to examine in depth and comprehensively about tracing the embryo of moderation of religious life in the perspective of Islamic theology, the influence of synthesis in the Ash'ari methodology (moderate) with moderate ideas. Gus Dur's thoughts with Cak Nur related to Pluralism, Inclusive Theology and Islamic Universalism. Moderate is an understanding that must be grounded because it makes the current representative solution a reality, it is not extreme to the right in terms of overtextual, and not too extreme to the left in terms of overcontextuality and always prioritizes balance between text and context. There is a link between the synthesis methodology represented by the al-Asy'ariyah school and the moderation of life in Indonesia. The moderation aspect of Ash'ari thought mediates between the rational Muktazilah and the textualist Salafiah and Hanabillah (both are at an extreme point) in terms of "Kalamullah" for example Asy'ari chooses that Kalamullah is both nafs and lafzi, in terms of human actions Asy 'ari prioritized the middle option between Jabariyah and Muktazilah, in terms of the perpetrators of major sins, Asy'ari prioritized the middle way between the Murji'ah and Muktazilah sects. In implementing it, it is not as liberal as muktazilah and still holds fast to the naql text, and is not leteral in negating aql in its application. The influence of the Asy'ari school method becomes a theoretical framework for the balance between text and context in Gus Dur and Cak Nur's methodology of thought, namely freedom because it is the result of a combination of traditional (literalist) Islamic understanding and knowledge of European cultural wealth (rational). According to him, both must emerge as a tool to unite the country, protect diversity and respond to the challenges of modern times so that Islam is more inclusive, tolerant and populist. The universal and essential values of Islam must take precedence over ordinary iconic Islam.