International seminar and workshop

 

TEACHING FOR TOLERANCE IN THE INDONESIAN CONTEXT:

The contribution of school education

 

Makassar, January 19-21, 2007.
Held by the Alauddin State Islamic University in cooperation with the Oslo Coalition on Freedom of Religion or Belief.

 

Papers:

 

OPENING SPEECHES

 

  • Opening speech on behalf of the Oslo Coalition, by Oddbjørn Leirvik (University of Oslo)
  • Opening speech on behalf of Alauddin State Islamic University (UIN), Makassar, by Azhar Arsyad

 

KEYNOTE LECTURES:

 

  • Robert Jackson (University of Warwick, UK): Tolerance in Religious and Citizenship Education: Interpretive and Dialogical Approaches
  • Arief Furqon (Ministry of Religious Affairs, Jakarta): The Importance of Tolerance Education in Indonesia

 

INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES (cf. Jackson above):

 

  • Marcia Hermansen (Loyola University, Chicago, US): Muslim Youth Culture and the Modern: Negotiating Identity and Teaching Tolerance
  • Recep Kaymakcan (Sakarya University, Turkey): Teaching for Tolerance in Turkey: Recent Changes in the Religious Education and History Curricula
  • Nelly van Doorn-Harder (Valparaiso University, Indiana, US): Teaching Religion in the USA and Egypt: Bridging the Gaps (cf. article in British Journal of Religious Education 1: 2007, pp. 101-113).
  • Oddbjørn Leirvik: Teaching for tolerance in Muslim majority societies: recent debates and developments (cf. article in British Journal of Religious Education 3: 2004, pp. 223-226: “Religious Education, communal identity and national politics in the Muslim world”).

 

INDONESIAN PERSPECTIVES:

 

Religious education in public school:

 

  • Elga Sarapung (Interfidei, Yogyakarta): Some Models and Problems in Teaching Religious Tolerance in Indonesia [in Indonesian]
  • Raihani (State Islamic University/UIN Sultan Syarif Kasim, Riau/Sumatra): The 2004 P.A.I. (Islamic Education) Curriculum and Teaching Pluralism
  • Zakiyuddin Baidhawy ( Muhammadiya University/UNMUH, Solo/Java): Building Harmony and Peace Through Multiculturalist Theology-Based Religious Education: an Alternative for Contemporary Indonesia (cf. article with the same title in British Journal of Religious Education 1: 2007, pp. 15-30).

 

The role of Pesantren and Islamic private schools:

 

  • Lily Munir (Center for Pesantren and Democracy Studies, Jakarta): Teaching for Tolerance in Pesantren: Challenges in a Changing Context
  • Nurul Ilmi (Universitas Hasanuddin/UNHAS, Makassar/Sulawesi): Pesantren and the Question of Tolerance: A Case Study of a Male Islamic Boarding School in Makassar, South Sulawesi
  • Wati Wardani (SMP Islam al-Azhar, Jakarta): Instilling Tolerance in Al-Azhar Islamic High School: Sharing Experience

 

Tolerance education in Indonesia:

 

  • Cf. Sarapung above.
  • Saleh A. Putuhena (State Islamic University/UIN Allauddin, Makassar/Sulawesi): Pendidikan Berbasis Toleransi [“Tolerance-based Education”, in Indonesian]
  • Abd. Rahim Yunus (State Islamic University/UIN Allauddin, Makassar/Sulawesi): Pendidikan Toleransi dalam Konteks Indonesia [“Tolerance education in the context of Indonesia”, in Indonesian]

 

Christian perspectives on tolerance education in Indonesia:

 

  • Jamilin Sirait (STT HKKP, Medan/Sumatra): The Religious Tolerance in Indonesia: Increasing the Role of Theological Institutions
  • Zakariya J. Ngelow (State College of Christian Studies/STAKN, Toraja/Sulawesi): Teaching Tolerance, a Christian Perspective

 

Islamic perspectives on tolerance education in Indonesia:

 

  • M. Rifa’i Abduh (State Islamic University/UIN Sunan Kalijaga, Yogyakarta/Java): Islamic Values in Creating Mutual Tolerance in Indonesian Civil Society
  • Sahiron Syamsuddin (State Islamic University/UIN Sunan Kalijaga, Yogyakarta/Java): Bint al-Shati’s and Muhammad Shahrurs’s Interpretation of Qur’anic Verses on Religious Pluralism
  • Zainul Fuad (State Institute of Islamic Studies/IAIN Medan, Sumatra): Tolerance East/West

 

The religious and political context for teaching tolerance in Indonesia:

 

  • Mujiburrahman (State Institute of Islamic Studies/IAIN Banjarmasin/Kalimantan): The Political Context of Religion Classes in Indonesia
  • Noorhadi Hasan (State Islamic University/UIN Sunan Kalijaga, Yogyakarta/Java): Enclave Culture and Religious Intolerance: Islamic Militancy in Post-new Order Indonesia
  • Muh. Nur Ikwan (State Islamic University/UIN Sunan Kalijaga, Yogyakarta/Java): Majlis Ulama Indonesia and religious (in)tolerance
  • Khoirun Niam (State Institute for Islamic Studies/IAIN, Surabaya/Java): Teaching Tolerance – “Starting from Within”. The Relationship between Theological Construct and the Practice of Violence in Basic Islamic Education in East Java