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Journal of Islamic Studies Published by State Islamic University Mataram p-ISSN 1411-3457, e-ISSN 2355-7648, available online at https://ulumuna.
ORGANIC TOLERANCE AND HARMONY
IN THE PESANTREN BALI BINA INSANI
Muhammad Fahmi1.
Masdar Hilmy2.
Senata Adi Prasetia3 UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya Email: 1muhammadfahmi@uinsby.
id, 2masdar.
hilmy@uinsby.
3smart08senata@gmail.
Abstract: This paper describes the organic tolerance, capital, and management of harmony at a pesantren of the Muslim minority in Bali.
Indonesia.
The pesantren is Bali Bina Insani (BBI) in which there are Muslim and Hindu teachers.
The organic tolerance, capital, and management of harmony with the accommodation of some Hindu teachers is a certainty.
Data collection was carried out through documentation, participant observation, and in-depth interviews, then qualitatively analyzed.
The results showed that the capital of the pesantren in harmonizing Muslim and Hindu teachers is tolerant .
asAmu.
and inclusive.
Aligned with the pesantren's vision and mission is realizing Islam raumah li al-AoAlamn in all community services and making friends with all people regardless of ethnic, racial, cultural, and religious diversity.
In this context, organic tolerance which was developed by pesantren is a certainty.
Also, the management of harmony has been implemented professionally.
The pesantren does not emphasize religious symbols, but it concerns the essence of Islamic The pesantren management never questioned the differences of ethnic, racial, cultural, and religious of some teachers.
For them, the most important thing is doing their jobs very well and professionally according to their authority.
So, the harmony in this pesantren is Keywords: organic tolerance, harmony, pesantren, and Muslim minority.
DOI: http://dx.
org/10.
20414/ujis.
Introduction INDONESIA is a plural nation, consisting of various tribes, groups, religions, and others.
1 Diversity can create friction,2 that have the Ahmad Maskur, "Masalah Kebangsaan Halaman 1-Kompasiana.
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Organic Tolerance and HarmonyA potential to create conflict.
3 Conflict can occur when there is an intersection between religion and political and economic interests.
When there is conflict, efforts toward equality in the social strata are increasingly difficult to realize.
5 The intersection between aspects that can trigger conflicts between groups in these various fields,6 eventually gives rise to a sense of desire to defeat each other and get rid of each other.
7 If this is let to happen, a peaceful, secure, and conducive life will become more difficult to realize.
On the other hand, conflict can be triggered by the nation's inability to internalize unity in diversity.
Conflicts can also be triggered due to the presence of a majority group that does not accept the development of a minority group.
Whereas, several minority groups assimilated and continued to grow.
8 The phenomenon of conflict is a major sociocultural problem, which is not only actual but also historical.
In the current era of reform, ethnic, social, class, racial, and religious conflicts have a profound Kuntowijoyo.
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impact on the economic and welfare issues of the people and are closely related to socio-cultural change.
In line with the description above, the multicultural concept emphasizes inclusivity and respect for diverse entities including cultural aspects.
10 Accordingly, multicultural awareness will lead to the attitude of mutual tolerance, solidarity, inclusivity, respect, and appreciation of every entity of diversity.
In this regard, in Tabanan.
Bali.
Indonesia, there is a Pesantren Bali Bina Insani (BBI), which has educational paradigms and practices that value multiculturalism and pluralism.
Plural and multicultural situations and conditions necessitate the formation of an inclusive, multicultural model of religious education,11 as happened in the Pesantren BBI.
Interestingly, different from many other pesantrens who are generally fanatical and set a firm barrier to other religious communities.
Pesantren BBI opens up and receives some teachers of a different religion to teach at its educational institution.
There are several Hindu educators .
who actively participate in teaching-learning activities in educational institutions of the pesantren.
They (Muslim and Hindu teacher.
can live harmoniously and peacefully in the institutions and equally share their knowledge with the Muslim santri.
The pesantren deliberately recruited Hindu teachers to help teach at its 12 The reality is interesting to be discussed more deeply, especially about the paradigm and management practices of Pesantren BBI where Hindu teachers can coexist peacefully with Muslims while sharing their knowledge with Muslim students.
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Organic Tolerance and HarmonyA The main question that needs to be explained in this study is what is the capital of harmony of people of different religions in Pesantren BBI and how is harmony managed in it? This question is attributed to the practice of organic tolerance that occurs in the To answer this question, descriptive-qualitative research is carried out to describe the phenomenon and reality of harmony contextually from a natural setting by utilizing the researcher as a key instrument.
In analyzing the data, this article employs a phenomenological approach using documentation, participant observation, and in-depth interviews with key informants of the Pesantren BBI.
BBI as a Pesantren in Muslim-Minority Community Pesantren Bali Bina Insani .
hereafter abbreviated as BBI) was first established on October 27, 1991.
13 This pesantren was pioneered by H.
Ketut Imaduddin Jamal.
The establishment of this pesantren was inspired by an empirical fact that shows the lack of Islamic education institutions in Bali, especially pesantrens.
Muslims in Bali numbers only about 6.
17% of the population, and there is no representative pesantren there in general.
Pesantren BBI stands on an area of 5700 m2 and is in the midst of a devout Hindu society.
The existence of the pesantren has been well accepted by the local community because of several factors, including the historical factor, one of which is that the pesantren has never engendered ethnic and religious conflicts, in addition to its shared values of tolerance .
asAmu.
, togetherness and equality .
The majority of its santri come from the Province of Bali, and some are from other regions, such as Sumatra.
Java.
Lombok.
Nusa Tenggara, and East Timor .
he former name of Timor Leste Aebefore separated from the Republic of Indonesi.
The interesting thing in educational institutions of Pesantren BBI is the existence of some Hindu teachers who were deliberately recruited to teach at formal schools.
There are all 9 Hindu teachers.
13 Interview with KH.
Ketut Imamuddin Djamal (The Founder and Leader of the Pesantren BBI) on September 25, 2018.
14 Profile Pesantren Bali Bina Insani, 2018.
15 Interview with Yuli Saiful Bahri .
rincipal of MTs.
BBI) on October 24.
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They are asked to teach Civics.
Social Studies.
Art.
Balinese Dance, and other general subjects.
16 Hindu female teachers are also left with their hair open .
ot covered by a veil, headscarf, or hija.
addition, their clothes are not tightly closed .
pen her hai.
are just plain shirts and trousers.
17 The reason behind this "permission" policy is to keep off the impression of Islamization efforts towards them.
The values of Pesantren BBI include .
Islam (Islamic creeds .
Islamic jurisprudence .
har'a.
, and Islamic ethics .
scientific and full-of-wisdom traditions developed among Muslims, especially of the golden age of Isla.
Indonesianness (Pancasila and the Indonesia 1945-Constitution.
Act No.
20 of 2003 on National Education System, other related activitie.
pesantrenity (Panca Jiwa pesantren: sincerity, simplicity, ukhuwah IslAmiyyah .
rotherhood among Muslim.
, independency, and positive freedo.
, sunnah and positive traditions of pesantren, philosophy of "learning for worship" .
l-AoIlm al-nafi' .
seful knowledg.
and al-hikmah .
he philosophy of "al-jihad, al-mujahadah, and al-ijtihad", the philosophy of Auachieving the most outstanding achievement, best Service, unconditional sacrificeA.
, the struggle towards AuAoizz al-IslAm wa almuslimnAy as Auraumah li al-AoAlamnAy, a set of Ausincerity, loyalty, integrity, devotionAy.
The education method is chosen and conducted by maintaining good old ones and accommodating better new ones .
l-muuAfaeah AoalA al-qadmi al-Aliu wa al-akhdhu bi al-jadd al-ala.
This is based on effectiveness, efficiency, and acceleration.
The method of education is oriented towards the achievement of the goal of education: transformation in the form of personality Interview with Purnomo (Vice Principal of MTs.
BBI) on August 26, 2018.
Observation on August 26, 2018.
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Hamdan Basyar.
Minoritas Muslim Bali: Di Gianyar dan Tabanan.
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Organic Tolerance and HarmonyA 20 Hence, the education methods are emphasized exemplary, habituation, milieu formation, advice and direction, assignment, and supervision.
Organic Tolerance in the Pesantren BBI Muslim minority citizens in Balinese societies want to freely express and practice their religiosity, try to establish suitable institutions for educational and religious activities, and seek to politically promote their interests.
These goals and the related demands receive mixed reactions from the general public.
Intolerance of Muslim practices is generally explained by how people feel about Muslims as a group, with research showing that people who reject Muslim practices tend to have anti-Muslim 22 For example.
Blinder.
Ford, and Ivarsflaten found that Muslim prejudice is an important driver for opposing Muslim religious school accommodation in Sweden.
Norway, and the United Kingdom.
Similarly, research shows that anti-Muslim sentiment underpins support for a ban on headscarves.
Islamic education, and mosque building.
Yet, tolerance in certain Muslim practices does not always go hand in hand with people's feelings towards Muslims.
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example, among a national sample in four Western European countries, most people with positive feelings toward Muslims supported the ban on the hijab,25 and also objected to Islamic education in German public schools and the construction of 26 In addition, some individuals who had negative feelings toward Muslims were willing to support the appointment of a Muslim teacher,27 the wearing of the hijab.
Islamic education, and the construction of mosques.
The same thing has also been experienced by the Balinese Muslim community which is a minority Muslim in Bali, especially since the Bali bombings 1 and 2 which tarnished the image of Islam as a peaceful religion.
Relations between Muslims and Hindus in Bali initially harmonious turned tense and suspicious of each other.
29 In fact, this has an impact on the Prohibition of Muslim activities in public spaces, including educational and religious institutions.
However, over time, relations between Muslims and Hindus became harmonious again.
One of the reasons is the role of Islamic and Hindu religious leaders to sit back and straighten out the root of the problems that occur.
This is also inseparable from the characteristics of Muslims and also tolerant Balinese Hindus.
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Organic Tolerance and HarmonyA This kind of tolerant .
attitude is a key term in the findings of the multicultural education concept in this study.
The tolerant attitude in the BBI Pesantren begins from a perspective that can accept the diversity and differences that exist.
At the macro level, there are two models of tolerance that Muslims can organic tolerance or active and passive.
Active tolerance is a living tolerance .
, which more or less can be seen from the behavior of Abdurrahman Wahid (Gus Du.
including also carried out by the BBI Pesantren.
This model of tolerance leads to the meaning of not only accepting differences in beliefs or religious beliefs of other religions but also contributing to protecting them.
While passive tolerance is the attitude and behavior of accepting the diversity and differences of other people's ideologies without any treatment to followers of other religions or ideologies.
In Pesantren BBI, the concept of multicultural education is based on tolerance and organic tolerance.
31 Multicultural education that bears the fruit of organic tolerance in BBI boarding schools is an inevitable practical reality and is present because of rational choices as a strategy for adapting boarding schools in Muslim minority areas.
Based on the influence of individual kiai, the norms formed in the BBI Pesantren are in the form of fundamental values of pesantren and awareness to accept and choose the norm as a choice of action.
The power of the norm that the individual exhibits, and then becomes the reality of the norm, can become a boundary of space that prevents others from undermining the basic character that has developed massively.
In this context, mutual respect for diversity can be established through multicultural education.
This educational Model was chosen by the BBI Pesantren as a solution to maximize the understanding of tolerant values in the education system because this educational strategy adopts values found in different cultures and seeks to enforce tolerance by instilling it into students, teachers, and their communities.
Multicultural education rejects all Observation on August 26, 2018.
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forms of discrimination in schools and society by promoting the principles of democracy and social justice.
Furthermore, the presence of non-Muslim teachers and employees in formal schools (Madrasah Tsanawiyah and Madrasah Aliya.
under the auspices of the BBI pesantren is an important marker that this boarding school is indeed BBI Islamic boarding school also prioritizes tolerant and non-discriminatory attitudes toward anyone even with different ideological backgrounds and groups.
33 The tolerant inscription was even officially installed in the Hall of this boarding In terms of teacher recruitment.
BBI Pesantren is open to receiving educators in certain subjects and is also open to nonMuslim education personnel.
There is room for adherents of various religious beliefs in Islam to become educators and education in BBI boarding schools because, in the system of receiving educators, there is no trace of the background of religious understanding.
The BBI Pesantren has an orientation to always appreciate differences and prioritize similarities.
As stated by KH.
Ketut Imaduddin Djamal, that the orientation of multicultural education in BBI Pesantren is the desire to appreciate differences and promote equality.
He wants all students here to have a tolerant attitude and be able to maintain brotherhood among others.
Moreover, they are in minority situations and conditions.
For a minority to be recognized as a majority group with different beliefs and ideologies, the minority must respect the majority One of them is by accommodating them to be part of the 32 Wendy Amosa, and Paul C.
Gorski, "Directions and misdirections in multicultural education: An analysis of session offerings at the annual conference of the National Association for Multicultural Education.
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33 Interview with Purnomo on August 26, 2018.
34 Muhammad Fahmi.
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UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya, 2.
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Organic Tolerance and HarmonyA pesantren, namely recruiting them to be teachers and employees, because the institution needs it.
The Capital of Harmony The paradigm and framework of thinking of Pesantren BBI is a tolerant attitude .
asAmu.
This is the major capital of the This capital then makes this pesantren recruit Hindu teachers to teach some general subjects in this pesantrenAos schools.
About how pesantren features tolerance.
Bahri said:
"Pesantren must realize pluralism over diversity with the concept of tasAmuh.
Multiculturalism should be introduced.
Religious tolerance must be realized, one of which is mutual respect.
Harmony of religious people is very important to be realized in the form of cooperation, joint business, social interaction, community service, visiting the sick/dead, raising cattle, and so forth.
These things are already practiced in the pesantrenAy.
In order to realize pluralism and a tolerant Islamic education, the Pesantren BBI organizes a tolerant theology of education.
the study of Bambang Qomaruzzaman and B.
Busro, there are three aspects of tolerant Islamic education theology, namely .
educational activities are the essence of Islamic theology,37 there is no faith without understanding and no understanding without .
education oriented to encourage individuals to gain religious experiences that contain a commitment to participate in realizing justice and social achievement, and .
religious experience resulting from education is transformed to create a tolerant attitude.
The existence of non-Muslim (Hind.
teachers at the Pesantren BBI is evidence of the implementation of the theological aspects of tolerant Islamic education and also as an adaptation strategy for Islamic boarding schools in the midst of Hindu 38 The accommodative practices of Hindu teachers and the geographical conditions of the Pesantren BBI in the middle of Interview with Djamal, on August 25, 2018.
Interview with Bahri, on August 25, 2018.
37 Bambang Qomaruzzaman, and B.
Busro.
"Tolerance Islam theology of education hermeneutic reading of Tariq Ramadan thought.
" QIJIS (Qudus International Journal of Islamic Studie.
: 203-238.
38 Observation on August 26, 2018.
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Balinese society which are predominantly Hindu, remind the author of the existence of Muslim minorities in a secular country where they live in a multicultural society that can enjoy the freedom of diversity.
Existing tolerant practices are stronger than the tension and inter-religious conflicts that have occurred.
39 This phenomenon and reality are intertwined with aspects of tolerance, pluralism, and multicultural education organized by this Pesantren BBI.
The above tolerant and inclusive framework of thought becomes the basis for the attitudes and acts of Pesantren BBI so that they can live in harmony with people of different religions in the same institution.
The existence of Hindu teachers in the pesantren institution is deliberately introduced as a form of Muslim .
concern to other surrounding religious communities, the pesantren requires their skills.
This considered attitude is at least driven by two factors: ukhuwah and political.
Ukhuwah .
ense of brotherhoo.
is needed to create peace and respect in every human interaction.
In Islam, the brotherhood consists of ukhuwah IslAmiyyah (Islamic or among-Muslim brotherhoo.
, ukhuwah waAniyyah .
ation and homeland brotherhoo.
, and ukhuwah bashariyyah .
rotherhood of humanit.
The practice of ukhuwah between Muslims and Hindus at Pesantren BBI means applying the ukhuwah waAniyah and bashariyyah.
The pesantrenAos purpose of recruiting Hindu teachers among others is to realize pluralism.
Pluralism here does not mean to consider all religions as true but to believe that each religion is true for its respective adherents.
Thus, pluralism leads to the attitude of religious tolerance.
Due to the tolerant and inclusive attitude of the pesantren, the relationship between Muslim and Hindu teachers is well-tied and productive.
Hindu teachers are very concerned with educating santri at the pesantren, while the santri is also very 39 Perez Zagorin, "How the idea of religious toleration came to the West.
" How the Idea of Religious Toleration Came to the West.
Princeton University Press, 2013.
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Organic Tolerance and HarmonyA respectful to them even when shaking hands they kiss the hands of the Hindu teachers as children do to their parents.
In addition, according to Suardani .
ne of the Hindu teacher.
, the chief of Pesantren BBI never questioned the religious background, which indeed is different, of teachers.
Moreover, the chief always visits pesantren's Hindu neighbors who died as a mourning expression and a form of good social relationship.
For Suardani.
Aufor him/her is his/her religion.
for others is their religionAy.
Religion is a matter of privacy.
41 There is no compulsion in religion.
Hence, a tolerant attitude should be developed in If there is a recitation activity going on, non-Muslim teachers do not have to listen to it.
To greet, non-Muslim teachers may say "good morning" or "good afternoon".
The paradigm developed in managing the pesantren is a paradigm of mutual Therefore.
Muslim and Hindu teachers can live in harmony in the pesantren, regardless of their different religions.
some extent, some Hindu teachers are willing to continue to actively teach in the pesantren until retirement age.
The tolerant paradigm of Pesantren BBI is in line with its vision and mission.
Its vision is Auto become a pesantren as a base of knowledge, skill, and civilization to serve religion, nation and stateAy, while the mission among others is: .
to form an excellent, quality, virtuous, healthy-bodied, and knowledgeable human .
Auto realize Islam rahmatan lil Aoalamin in various activities of community services.
to be friendly with all people regardless of their different ethnic, geographical and ideological and .
to prepare citizens to be characteristic Indonesian and devoted to the Almighty God.
42 In addition, the paradigm of tolerance developed at the pesantren is motivated by political factors related to the situation and condition of the pesantren where the majority of society around is Hindu, and Muslims only live inside the area of the pesantren .
order not to make Hindu people around resistant, the pesantren Fahmi.
Nasir, and Hilmy, "Islamic Education in a Minority Setting, 345- Interview with I Made Suardani, on October 25, 2018.
Profile of Pesantren Bali Bina Insani, 2018.
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accommodate the existence of Hindu teachers.
However, this is a political strategy undertaken by the pesantren in maintaining diversity and harmony in inter-religious (Hindu-Musli.
This strategy is quite effective, as evidenced by the existence of pesantren that continue growing and developing.
However, a few resistances from the Hindu community occasionally happened.
For example, once the pesantren would build a 3rd floor building with the support from the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing, but failed because the local village representatives who are Hindus suddenly stopped the construction.
Moreover, they rallied community support to deny the construction.
Because of that, the support from the Ministry was canceled.
According to Jamal, actually, the 3rd-floor building construction project supported by the Ministry had started by installing several But suddenly some unscrupulous people stopped the construction process on the pretext of disturbing the preservation of the village.
Finally, the construction was discontinued, and the project funds were returned to the Ministry.
43 The pesantren chose to succumb to long-term interests.
If the pesantren had continued the construction frontally, there would have been a massive negative sentiment of the Hindu community, and possibly more refusing actions disrupting the pesantren existence.
It is the longterm excess the pesantren tried to avoid when deciding the construction cancelation.
Covertly, the society around pesantren is still not willing the pesantren to develop.
Hence, the pesantren develops tolerance and tepo seliro .
especting other.
as a positive counter-reaction.
Besides, the tolerant attitude itself is under the character of Islam.
The tolerance paradigm is a thinking capital that leads to attitudes to preserving local wisdom, spreading inclusivity, and appreciating diversity .
It is important to be realized, especially in Indonesia which is not only multiethnic and multireligious but also multicultural.
The plurality must be Interview with Jamal, on October 23, 2018.
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Organic Tolerance and HarmonyA managed by developing an attitude of tolerance toward anyone, including those at Pesantren BBI.
The inclusivity developed by Pesantren BBI is an initiative of its founders, considering the condition of the non-Muslim society around the pesantren.
The pesantrenAos inclusivity one of which is indicated by recruiting Hindu teachers has also been admired by Azyumardi Azra when visiting this pesantren.
He has even told the story about this pesantren when he became a speaker of a television show on the theme of the National Education System Act.
Azra stated in the broadcast that the national curriculum should be as inclusive as practiced by Pesantren BBI.
45 Because of the inclusiveness of the pesantren, there arises a homegrown term of "ustadz or ustadzah Hindu", meaning Hindu teachers who teach the santri at schools located in the pesantren area, even though they teach general subjects.
With the paradigm of inclusivity, people of the pesantren became accustomed to the differences.
There is no gap between Muslims and Hindus in the pesantren.
They, despite their different religions, can still live in harmony in the pesantren.
Hindu teachers remain with their belief in the truth of their Muslim teachers also remain with theirs.
Everyone maintains the principle of his/her aqidah respectively.
however, it does not prevent them to have harmonious and peaceful life at the The Management of Harmony Pesantren BBI is managed to maintain the harmony of Muslims and Hindus in its area.
It is interesting to be further detailed because it is in line with the practice of pluralism and Concerning the issue, a tolerant attitude becomes very important.
Tolerance is considered a new tightening instrument for restoring the nation's integration that for so long 44 Fahmi.
Nasir, and Hilmy, "Islamic Education in a Minority Setting, 345Ae Sarah Song, "Majority norms, multiculturalism, and gender " American Political Science Review 99.
: 473-489.
45 Interview with Bahri, on October 23, 2018.
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has torn apart.
46 It becomes a productive principle from the perspective of national integration of a great nation with various ethnicities, religions, customs, and social statuses.
At Pesantren BBI, all human resources .
oth Hindu and Musli.
are openly involved in the planning stage.
In the organizing stage, they are equally given tasks that suit their abilities.
In actuating stage, they are required to perform their respective tasks professionally according to their job description.
In the controlling stage, all human resources in the pesantren are monitored and evaluated These are the things that make Muslims and Hindus able to live in harmony and peace in the pesantren.
All are treated the same regardless of a different religion.
The inclusive management of Pesantren BBI is inspired by the fact that people in this world are plural.
Pluralism is a modern phenomenon that privileges individual freedom.
Pluralism does not only highlight diversity but also questions the dominance of the majority, groups, or institutions in determining ethical 47 In this regard, pluralism does not conflict with the idea of unity and universalism which is based on rationalism and Pluralism is indeed intended to bring these values to a transnational and global level.
This does not mean that pluralism ignores local and religious values.
Pluralism turns out to get its legitimacy and acceptance from the justification of universal values in the local context.
Plurality is one of the objective facts of mankind that cannot be It is one sort of sunnatullah (Allah's law.
only Allah knows and can explain on Judgement Day why human beings are made different from each other, and why their religions also 46 Ali Maksum, "Discourses on Islam and democracy in Indonesia: A study on the intellectual debate between Liberal Islam Network (JIL) and Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI).
" Journal of Indonesian Islam 11.
: 405-422.
47 Muhammad Khalid Masud.
The scope of pluralism in Islamic moral traditions from The Many and the One (Princeton University Press, 2.
, 180-192.
48 Azyumardy Azra.
AuCultural Pluralism In Indonesia: Continuous Reinventing of Indonesian Islam in Local.
National and Global Contexts,Ay AsiaPacific Journal on Religion and Society 2, no.
: 56Ae60.
Harold Coward.
Pluralisme: Tantangan bagi Agama-agama, terj.
Bosco Carvallo (Yogyakarta:
Kanisius, 1.
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Organic Tolerance and HarmonyA 49 In relation to that matter.
Allah SWT once rebuked the Prophet Muhammad SAW when he showed a passionate desire to force people to accept and follow the teachings of Islam he was 50 According to Suardani, the existence of religious differences within the pesantren is a good thing, because it makes people learn how to care for and respect each other.
Given these differences, the cultural aspect must be put forward.
not the theological aspect.
51 For example.
Muslims in Bali learn Balinese culture dance.
Balinese language, and the like.
This enhances harmony in the social atmosphere with different religious communities in Pesantren BBI.
Hindu teachers at Pesantren BBI are also free to express their style and culture in dressing.
There is no restriction concerning the way they dress.
The pesantren do not oblige Hindu female teachers to wear hijab.
They can leave their hair uncovered .
ithout hija.
If there is a Hindu teacher wearing a peci .
type of cap usually worn by Indonesian Muslim.
or a hijab, it happens on his/her own initiative, not under any compulsion from the pesantren.
Relating to this.
Bahri remarked:
AuThere is a Hindu male teacher who wears peci, a female who wears headscarves, such as Mrs.
Wayan Sumartini once.
When visiting here.
Prof.
Azyumardi Azra asked if there was a non-Muslim teacher.
We answered there were some.
Then we introduced to him Pak I Made Wayan.
Bu Made Wayan Suwartini, and He was surprised.
Afterward, he asked them.
AuWhy .
re yo.
wearing a peci, .
nd why are yo.
wearing a headscarf?" They said that they just liked wearing it.
When traveling together with us to Banyuwangi, theyAore also wearing peci and veils.
No one instructed them to do so.
Yet, at that moment, those who are Muslims were not wearing peci.
Ay52 However, some Hindu female teachers do not wear hijab.
wear long-sleeve hem and trousers.
Their hairs were left This is like what Suardani .
Hindu vice principal for facilities and infrastructures of MTs Pesantren BBI) does.
She 49 Mohd Roslan Mohd Nor.
Issa Khan, and Mohammad Elius.
"Analysing the conceptual framework of religious freedom and interreligious relationship in Islam.
" Indonesian Journal of Islam and Muslim Societies 8.
: 309-334.
50 ibid.
51 Interview with Suardani, on October 25, 2018.
52 Interview with Bahri, on October 24, 2018.
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enjoys feeling and does not feel isolated despite living in the middle of a muslimah community.
Also, the Muslims in the pesantren never excluded Mrs.
Made Suardani.
A tolerant attitude and no compulsion over religion .
ncluding in the way to dres.
at Pesantren BBI require politeness and courtesy in spreading religious teachings.
Religious preaching to people, both who are in the same religion and who are not, should be done with the best approach and full of wisdom.
Islamic teachings prohibit religious people from arguing about God with the believers of other scriptures because they also worship Allah Almighty in their own Currently, education is still considered an important instrument in realizing the attitude of tolerance.
53 Education should be the path to spread tolerance, inclusivity, and mutual respect among people despite their different beliefs.
Alex R.
Rodger stated that Aureligious education is an integral part of education in general and serves to foster the understanding needed for people of different faiths, and strengthens the orthodoxy of their faithAy.
54 In other words, religious education is a means to explore the nature of religious beliefs in the educational process and specifically question the existence of a part of religious education in society.
Religious education should be able to reflect the concept of pluralism, by transmitting values that can adequately foster tolerance, inclusivity, and freedom.
55 This is also what Sunan Kalijaga preaches by using terms that are Auless Moh Abdul Kholiq Hasan, "Interfaith Tolerance and Its Relevance to the Indonesian Diversity: A Study on Ibn AshrAos al-Taurr Wa al-Tanwr.
" Ulumuna 2 .
: 333-362.
54 Samah Ahmed Faried, "Measuring College StudentsAo Perceptions to Tolerance Dimensions: Socio-Anthropological Study at Cairo.
" International Journal of Psychological Studies 10.
: 59-70.
55 Syamsul Kurniawan, "SukarnoAos Thought on the Importance of Reintegration of Religion and Science in Pesantren Education in Indonesia.
" Journal of Indonesian Islam 12.
: 219.
Suprapto, "The theology of tolerance in Hindu and Islam: Maintaining social integration in LombokIndonesia.
" Ulumuna 19.
: 339-352.
Ahmad Zamakhsari, "Teologi AgamaAgama Tipologi Tripolar.
Eksklusivisme.
Inklusivisme Dan Kajian Pluralisme.
" Tsaqofah J.
Agama dan Budaya 18.
: 35-51.
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Organic Tolerance and HarmonyA IslamicAy, but are full of Islamic content in them.
In simple language, religious education is esoteric not only exoteric.
A tolerant attitude is needed in the condition of plurality and So, it is necessary to develop pluralistic and tolerant Islamic teachings of education.
This kind of thinking framework is directed towards a process of building pluralism-oriented awareness in terms of multireligious and multicultural conditions.
In a wider framework, the structure of pluralistic Islamic teachings can be positioned as a part of comprehensive and systematic efforts to prevent and overcome ethnic-religious conflict, radicalism, and separatism, and to tighten national integration.
The basic value of these teachings and practices is tolerance.
The Pesantren BBI and Proposed Organic Tolerance In the Pesantren BBI, tolerance is put forward.
It is preserved with mutual respect between one.
Muslim teachers respect Hindu teachers, and Hindu teachers also do the same way.
The attitude of mutual respect can be seen from the pattern of relationships that put something in the portion.
The pattern of cooperative relationships can be seen clearly through the implementation of tasks under job description and specification.
Despite their different religions, they come to each other when invited to social Pesantren BBI also promotes inclusive Islamic teachings.
Islamic inclusivity is a religious notion based on the perspective that other religions on earth contain certain truths and can give benefits and salvation to their respective adherents.
The spirit of tolerance at Pesantren BBI is also perceived in managing pesantren's education curriculum.
The variety of thought and ijtihad is taught to the santri without coercion.
tolerant attitude towards different ideas/opinions is applied.
The virtue of tolerance education in this pesantren is reflected in curriculum content that abundantly teaches about the diversity of 56 Waston, "Building peace through mystic philosophy: a study on the role of Sunan Kalijaga in Java.
" Indonesian Journal of Islam and Muslim Societies 8.
C Ackerman.
AuWhat Is Self-Concept Theory? A Psychologist Explains,Ay Positive Psychology Studies, 2018.
Zakiyuddin Baidhawi.
AuPendidikan Agama Berwawasan Multikultural: Sebuah Konsep Alternatif,Ay Jurnal Taswirul Afkar, no.
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In the field of religious studies are taught subject materials concerning comparative religion that widely covers histories, doctrines, phenomenon, and the dynamics of religion in the world.
These materials are very substantial in the education of tolerance because students are given an understanding of the fundamental differences between their religious beliefs (Isla.
with other These also are very potential to build awareness of tolerance in the diversity of beliefs that will be encountered by the santri when living in society.
From the Hindu teacher side.
Suardani for example feels there is no discrimination between Hindu and Muslim teachers so that they can live in harmony in the pesantren.
Suardani stated:
AuSo far I have never felt isolated because of my different religion with the majority of management of the pesantren.
I think religious issues are a personal matter.
each religious adherent holds his respective belief.
All are aiming at God, despite in different ways.
In general, our religious beliefs (Hindu-Musli.
are the same, for example.
God is the All-Seer, the AllHearing, the All-Knowing, even to something very small like an atom.
The point is the same to me.
It's just different ways.
We both wish to go into heaven in a variety of ways.
It's something like if you want to go to Pesantren BBI, you can pass either Gilimanuk, or Tabanan CityAy.
Pesantren BBI has never questioned the religious beliefs of Hindu teachers as they have never highlighted their religious side and have never questioned the religious affairs of Muslim They respect each other despite their different religions.
Those are the things that make the harmony among religious communities in the pesantren continue growing.
In terms of fostering religious attitudes and behaviors, santirs are accustomed to mutually respecting fellow friends and especially teachers.
The pesantren's habituation method for santris, concerning religious and cultural diversity, is done by respecting their teachers despite their different religions.
They shake and kiss the hands of teachers (Muslim or Hind.
as an expression of When the students learn social studies, the Balinese language.
Balinese dance, and the like subjects with Hindu teachers, they stay ta'em .
and consider the teacher's Because some students are good at Balinese dance, they Interview with Suardani, on October 25, 2018.
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Organic Tolerance and HarmonyA have ever been invited by Forum Kerukunan Umat Beragama .
orum for religious harmon.
to perform Balinese dance in her Baliprovincial-level meeting.
In this context.
Ibn Ashr, as cited by Hasan, sees that tolerance is one crucial issue that religious followers are now Grounded on the maqAid approach, he finds several principles of interreligious relation from the Quranic verses.
These principles fit the highest objective of Islamic law .
aqAid alsharAo.
These include drawing the common good and leaving away the damage, egalitarianism, justice, conscience, and freedom.
These principles in the context of Indonesia are important and necessary to maintain harmony among religious people and the unity of the Republic of Indonesia.
Pesantren BBI is indeed inclusive.
not exclusive.
Although kitab kuning is taught in the pesantren, such as Bulgh al-MarAm.
Sullam al-Tawfq.
Ta'lm al-Muta'allim.
Tafsr JalAlayn, etc.
, the teaching-learning processes are full of the nuances of pluralism, multiculturalism, and tasAmuh .
Santris who are taught by Hindu teachers is also not worried about being influenced by Hinduism, because they are always controlled by the pesantren.
Hindu teachers are just focused on how to teach well, and they have no mission to preach their religion.
The inclusivity and tolerance applied at Pesantren BBI have inspired its santris and the way to deal with differences.
The santriAos practice of tolerance is orientated to the tradition that currently exists and grows at the pesantren, for example, a message from the founder and the chief.
Ketut Imaduddin Jamal and Yuli Saiful Bahri, who forbade the santris to be Another one is that santris should take off their songkok .
kind of cap commonly used in pesantre.
when going out from the pesantren, to be well integrated with the society.
managing its institution.
Pesantren BBI does not prioritize religious symbols, but that put the essence of Islamic teachings If the santris can imitate and reproduce the founders' and Interview with Bahri, on October 24, 2018.
Hasan, "Interfaith Tolerance, 333-362.
60 Fahmi.
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chief's attitudes and thoughts, they will be broad-minded, moderate, inclusive, and tolerant human beings who are able to bring Islam as raumah li al-AoAlamn.
essentially a real santris who understand, implement and wisely respond to the values of Conclusion The tolerant attitude in the BBI Pesantren begins from a perspective that can accept the diversity and differences that exist.
In Pesantren BBI, organic tolerance is packaged in the frame of multicultural education by adopting Hindu teachers and employees in formal schools (Madrasah Tsanawiyah and Madrasah Aliya.
under the auspices of the BBI.
Organic tolerance in BBI pesantren is an inevitable practical reality and is present because of rational choices as a strategy for adapting boarding schools in a Muslim minority setting.
This .
attitude and behavior is a key term in the findings of this study.
In addition, the capital of Pesantren BBI in harmonizing Muslim and Hindu teachers is tolerant .
asAmu.
and inclusive This is in line with the vision and mission of the pesantren.
The management of harmony at the pesantren is implemented The pesantren does not emphasize religious symbols, but the essence of Islamic teachings instead.
The pesantren never questions primordial traits such as ethnic and religious differences as long as people of different religious backgrounds (Muslims and Hindu.
can get along within the For them, it is important to perform their duties properly and professionally following the mandate given to them.
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