Fighting Islamic Radicalism Through Religious Moderatism in Indonesia

An Analysis of Religious Movement

Bibliographic Data

ID21708302
AuthorsKunawi Basyir (UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume21
Issue2
Pages205-220
Publication date2020-10-31
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueESENSIA Jurnal Ilmu-Ilmu Ushuluddin (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1411-3775 • E-ISSN: 2548-4729
PublisherAl-Jamiah Research Centre (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.14421/esensia.v21i2.2313
OpenAlexW3126393668
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited3

The Indonesian socio-religious circumstances have been complicated lately, especially since the reformation era. This situation is marked by turmoils, horizontal conflicts, and unfriendly political dynamics involving radical religious and political ideology (henceforth: radical Islamic groups). Against this backdrop, this research is an attempt at getting a comprehensive understanding of radical islamic movements as well as the strategy of coping with them. The method employed is participatory action research, with Surabaya is selected as its setting. This study finds that re-upholding local tradition framed with religious moderation concept that have for years been the trademark of Indonesian Islam, which is manifested through distinctive local practices labelled as Islam Nusantara (henceforth: Islam wasatiyya), is capable of minimises the radical Islamic movements that has growth as a threat for the nation

Citizen journalism · Ideology · Indonesian · Islam · Moderation · Political radicalism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · History · Islamic Finance and Communication · Islamic Studies and Radicalism · Law · Pancasila Values in Education · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology

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