Education on Religious Moderation: Courses and Discourses among Islamic Student Organization Activists
S. Sagap; Syaroni; Arfan
UIN Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin Jambi
Abstract
One of transmission vehicle in religious thought among Islamic student organizations activists was cadre education and inter-forum discussions between fellow activists. Anxiety in the occurrence of a deviant religious understanding among youth is made possible by the increasing demographic of young people which accompanied by the transformation and transmission of radicalism movements, open political structures, and the narrow of job opportunities. This paper aims to examine the religious thought and activism of Islamic student organizations activists through cadre education, courses and debates on contextual religious situations in Indonesia, and in Jambi where this research was specifically conducted on activists of three Islamic student organizations, PMII, HMI and KAMMI. The results of the study so far show religious moderation among activists. They differ in thought and opinion, both with among activists from the same organization, as well as with other activists outside the organization, in looking at Indonesias current socio-religious situation.
Keywords: religious moderation education; Islamic student activists
Topic: Global Issues in Education and Research