The Role of Pesantren in Maintaining the Unity of the Nation

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10.2991/assehr.k.201113.052How to use a DOI?

Keywords

The role of pesantren, religious harmony, Indonesia

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the role of pesantren in building ethical harmony in religious communities to prevent radicalism and maintain national unity in Islamic boarding schools (pesantren) in South Lampung and Tangerang. This study employs a descriptive qualitative method and a field study. The obtained data of this study shows that the efforts taken by pesantren in building ethical harmony in religious communities to prevent radicalism and maintain national unity are as follows. 1) Socializing and fostering the understanding on radicalism, 2) learning basic sciences of religion (ulumuddin), 3) routine discussions and studies, 4) cross-cultural activities, 5) independence day commemoration, 6) inter-community meeting, 7) maintaining relationship with the government, and 8) social service activities. It can be concluded that pesantren or Islamic boarding schools have taken an active role in maintaining the unity of the nation through various activities.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - M. Nasor
AU  - Jasmadi
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/11/13
TI  - The Role of Pesantren in Maintaining the Unity of the Nation
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st Raden Intan International Conference on Muslim Societies and Social Sciences (RIICMuSSS 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 277
EP  - 281
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201113.052
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201113.052
ID  - Nasor2020
ER  -