Religious moderation has become a new trend upon conflict and intolerance resolution among religious communities, especially in Indonesian universities. This paper aims to explain the process of implementing religious moderation to enhance appropriate socio-religious attitudes and religious tolerance at Universitas Merdeka Malang. It is a case study with an in-depth interview followed by observation and documentation study. This study finds that the implementation of religious moderation is carried out in 3 stages, namely (1) coordination meetings of lecturers in the religious study forum (RSA) to discuss lecture material, (2) Preparation of RPS or Rencana Pembelajaran Semester or syllabus by including religious moderation material, (3) applying religious moderation through (a) religious education lecture, citizenship education, and religious enrichment. (b) off-campus classroom through (i) students’ religious activity units (SAU), including Jubilee SAU (Christian), Loyola SAU (Catholic), Alhuda SAU (Islamic) and Dharma WTC SAU (Hindu). Non-Muslim religious activities can be carried out at the mosque since this is the center of worship building on campus, (ii) activating a student’ council Instagram account for broadcasting information about religious moderation, and the existence of local cultures to represent national commitment and accommodative attitudes towards local cultures.
The deradicalization program is one of the solutions as a new trend to tackle the problem of radicalism in Indonesian youth, especially among Muslim youth organizations. Therefore, this deradicalization program is intensively carried out as a form of counter-terrorism action. This paper aims to explain the deradicalization trend carried out by Muslim youth organizations, namely the Nahdlatul Ulama Student Association (IPNU) and the Muhammadiyah Student Association (IPM) in Malang City. Interviews, observations, and data analysis carried out resulted in the findings that the Deradicalization program was contained in several forms of activities. In the IPNU environment, there are 3 activities, namely formal cadre activities in the form of Makesta and Lakmud, then non-formal cadre activities, namely in the form of discussions and literacy, then routine classic book studies and eventual activities in the form of tahlil, sholawat dhiba 'and khatmil Quran. While in the IPM environment there are literacy discussions which are held regularly once a week, Darul Arqam activities are held in the month of Ramadan, and incidental activities in the form of recitations which are held 2 times a week.
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