Integrating Multicultural Values In Islamic Religious Education: A Strategy For Fostering Religious Tolerance In Plural Societies

  • Waluyo Waluyo UNU Surakarta
  • Aminullah UNU Surakarta
  • Choirunnisa UNU Surakarta
  • Alfi Susilowati UNU Surakarta
Keywords: Islamic Religious Education, Multicultural, Religious Moderation, Digital Literacy, Tolerance

Abstract

Pluralistic societies in the digital era face increasingly complex challenges of intolerance due to disinformation and religious-based social polarization. Islamic Religious Education (IRE) has strategic potential in instilling multicultural values, religious moderation, and tolerance, but its practice is often monological and normative, so it lacks dialogical skills, critical literacy, and life skills in diversity. This research aims to formulate a strategy for integrating multicultural values into the curriculum and pedagogy of IRE to strengthen tolerance in a pluralistic society. The method used was a structured literature review of Sinta 2 and Scopus indexed literature. The results showed that the insertion of the themes of coexistence, human rights, maqasid al shariah and fiqh al ta'ayush in the core learning outcomes, combined with interpretive approaches, interfaith dialogue, text-based debate, and cooperative learning, effectively increased empathy and cross-group perspectives. The integration of digital literacy including source verification, civic online reasoning, and Qur'ani digital ethics strengthens students' resistance to hoaxes and hate speech. School-community collaboration and teacher training in moderation pedagogy strengthen the norm of tolerance as a daily practice. The study offers a Digital Moderation Multicultural IRE model that systematically integrates cognitive, affective, and practical in the curriculum.

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Published
2026-06-04
How to Cite
Waluyo, W., Aminullah, Choirunnisa, & Susilowati, A. (2026). Integrating Multicultural Values In Islamic Religious Education: A Strategy For Fostering Religious Tolerance In Plural Societies. GHAITSA : Islamic Education Journal , 7(2), 56-70. https://doi.org/10.62159/ghaitsa.v7i2.2029