Promoting Moderate Islam Through Educational Institution (The case of faculty of Ushuluddin, UIN Bandung)

This paper focuses on the participation of educational institution, Faculty of Ushuluddin, UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung in promoting moderate and tolerance Islam in Indonesia. The paper also attempts to close reading of the discourse of moderate Islam itself in order to raise fundamental questions about what they attempt to do, can do, and cannot be expected to do. The paper takes the position that this institution has significant impact in promoting moderate and tolerant Islam in the country. To address the research questions, we conducted a qualitative study. We employed “ethnographic methods” to explore conceptions and responses of members of this institution in Indonesia with respect to moderate Islam, tolerance, and multiculturalism. Keywords—ushuluddin; moderate islam; multiculturalism; institutional education