Religious Moderation Education According To Islamic Scholars In Gowa Regency South Sulawesi

Abstract

This research is oriented to describe the perspective of public leaders on the educational  discourse  of  religious  moderation.  which  is  currently  being pursued by the government through the Ministry of Religion Affairs, so that it becomes the mainstream in religion. The principles of religious moderation include:     nationality,     tolerance,     nonviolence,     and     local     cultural accommodation.  projected  to  be  internalized,  disseminated  in  all  fields, including in educational institutions. Focuses on utilizing qualitative methods with specific data collection and analysis instruments, This study found that the informants, consisting of educators and religious figures, deeply understood religious moderation based on the al-Qur’an and hadith which emphasized Islam as a moderate religion. The principle of moderation (wasathiyyah) in Islam is in fact equivalent to the principle or value of religious moderation programmed  by  the  current  government.  Then,  if  the  idea  of  religious moderation is to be implemented in the realm of education, then some components should be prepared carefully, so that they do not overlap, and even duplicate with other programs. For example, several implementation models chosen,  of  course,  with  their  respective  advantages  and  disadvantages, include: autonomous, integrative, and enrichment models. In addition, what is also  very  urgent  to  formulate  is  the  right  curriculum,  tools  and  learning designs, and competencies of educators, including an assessment tool which of course is more oriented towards attitudes and behavior. No longer trapped in the pathology of learning that has been ongoing, more focused on fulfilling the cognitive domain.