Islamophobia and Religious Intolerance: Threats to Global Peace and Harmonious Co-Existence

Abstract

<p>Recent events show that there are heightened fear, hostilities, prejudices and discriminations associated with religion in virtually every part of the world. It becomes almost impossible to watch news daily without scenes of religious intolerance and violence with dire consequences for societal peace. This paper examines the trends, causes and implications of Islamophobia and religious intolerance for global peace and harmonious co-existence. It relies on content analysis of secondary sources of data. It notes that fear and hatred associated with Islām and persecution of Muslims is the fallout of religious intolerance as reflected in most melee and verbal attacks, anti-Muslim hatred, racism, xenophobia, anti-Sharī'ah policies, high-profile terrorist attacks, and growing trends of far-right or right-wing extremists. It reveals that Islamophobia and religious intolerance have led to proliferation of attacks on Muslims, incessant loss of lives, wanton destruction of property, violation of Muslims’ fundamental rights and freedom, rising fear of insecurity, and distrust between Muslims and non-Muslims. The paper concludes that escalating Islamophobic attacks and religious intolerance globally had constituted a serious threat to world peace and harmonious co-existence. Relevant resolutions in curbing rising trends of Islamophobia and religious intolerance<strong> </strong>are suggested.</p><p> </p>

Keramahan Terhadap Sesama yang Berbeda Agama di Kalangan Mahasiswa Kampus Bela Negara

“…Kekacauan konstelasi politik di tingkat global yang terkait dengan isu-isu keagamaan seperti problematika migrasi Muslim di Asia (Berutu, 2019) dan Uni Eropa (Dianto, 2020), konflik berkepanjangan antara Palestina dan Israel (Leep & Pressman, 2019), Islamophobia (Dauda, 2020), telah mempengaruhi kehidupan sosial keberagamaan masyarakat Indonesia. Hal ini ditandai dengan munculnya berbagai permasalahan seperti perdebatan sengit tentang kepemimpinan non-Muslim (Jufri & Dahlan, 2018), kecemburuan terhadap dominasi etnis Cina dalam bidang bisnis (Susanto, 1998), intoleransi antar umat beragama (Hutabarat & Panjaitan, 2017), dan kasus-kasus serupa lainnya yang menunjukkan bahwa masyarakat Indonesia telah terjangkit xenofobia; ketakutan terhadap orang atau sesuatu yang asing (Ortona, 2017), termasuk ketakutan terhadap sesama yang berbeda agama.…”

Diskriminasi Gaya Hidup Hijabers dalam Berita Wolipop

“…Steriotipe tentang perempuan berhijab dan bercadar masih berkaitan dengan radikalisme dan tindakan teroris yang terjadi di belahan dunia. Dauda (2020) menjelaskan, pandangan negatif terhadap muslim disebabkan kebencian anti-muslim, intoleransi agama, rasisme, xenofobia yang merupakan berkembangnya gerakan ektrimis. Muslim juga menjadi sasaran serangan verbal dan fisik, baik langsung ataupun tidak langsung.…”

The Effect of National Insight and Religious Moderation on Radical Behavior of Secondary School Students

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