Perguruan Tinggi Sebagai Laboratorium Moderasi Beragama Dalam Membina Toleransi: Perspektif Indonesia, Tunisia, Dan Turki

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Tobi
Nur Kholis
Keywords:
Religious Moderation, Tolerance. Greya Religious Moderation

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This article examines the role of universities in Indonesia, Tunisia, and Turkey as laboratories of religious moderation in fostering interfaith tolerance amidst the challenges of exclusivism, intolerance, and the socio-political dynamics unique to each country. This study uses library research methods by analyzing primary and secondary literature in the form of books, indexed journal articles, official documents, and credible online publications. The results of the study indicate that Indonesia emphasizes the four main indicators of religious moderation initiated by the Ministry of Religious Affairs—national commitment, tolerance, anti-radicalism, and accommodation of local culture—which are integrated into the curriculum and campus activities. Tunisia, post-2011 revolution, positioned universities as spaces of democratization and moderation through the modernization of religious education, interfaith dialogue forums, and a policy of political neutrality of worship spaces. Meanwhile, Turkey internalized the values ​​of religious moderation by maintaining a balance between Atatürk's legacy of secularism and the religious aspirations of the community through imam-hatip schools, theology faculties, intercultural dialogue, and religious freedom policies on campus. Comparatively, the three countries position higher education as a strategic agent in strengthening tolerance, preventing extremism, and building social cohesion, albeit with different emphasis and contexts according to their respective national needs.

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