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This article describes the manifestation of religious moderatism in the Surabaya urban multicultural community. This study aims to reveal symbol of religious moderatism, involvement of figures in the practice of religious moderatism, religious rituals, and social values are manifested from the attitude of religious moderatism in the Surabaya urban multicultural community. The results of this study show that the religious tolerance that exists in multicultural and multi-religious communities in Surabaya is reflected in the manifestation of religious moderatism in the form of specific symbols shown by the people of Surabaya in social interaction. In addition, the involvement of community leaders, religious leaders, and regional leaders who work together to strengthen religious moderation also are needed. The attitudes and behaviour of Surabaya people in interacting with the multi-religious community. The Last, namely the form of values that appear in the civilized, balanced, tolerant behaviour of Surabaya people, deliberation, prioritizing priorities, spreading peace, dynamic and innovative, firm, the principle of equality, always taking the middle way or wasathiyyah. This study argues that the synergy of all parties plays an essential role in the growth, preservation, and development of religious moderatism in a multicultural metropolitan society.

This paper first of all believes that the concept and theories of the science of the Qur’an may be appropriated to develop the science and method of dakwah. The old method of dakwah –as it were- is concerned primarily with how the teachings of Islam and its tenets are to be propagated. The new method in the meantime –one that we prefer- should rather focus on how these teachings may be understood by the objects of the dakwah. Hence understanding is the key. The paper further holds that these two methods –old and new- are in fact interrelated and that their foundational legitimacies are to be found in the Qur’an. This paper will slightly touch on this. But a great portion of it will pay attention to the idea of the appropriation of the science of the Qur’an by the science of dakwah, one that we believe may open up a new horizon in dakwah activities and lead to a moderate, realistic and idealistic –as opposed to liberalistic and fundamentalistform of dakwah.