Upaya Menumbuhkan Kesadaran Multikultural dalam Masyarakat Majemuk

Abstract

This study aims to describe efforts to foster multicultural awareness in a pluralistic society. This research is a library study. Data was obtained by collecting various relevant written sources, such as books, scientific journals, articles, and official documents. Data analysis was conducted using content analysis, which involved systematically examining and interpreting data to reveal concepts, principles, and implementations related to the theme of multiculturalism. The results of the study state that multicultural Islamic education is education that places multiculturalism as one of the visions of education with the main characteristics of being inclusive, egalitarian, democratic, and humanistic, while remaining firm on spiritual values and beliefs based on the Qur'an and hadith. Thus, the core or substance of multicultural Islamic education is the willingness to accept other people or groups as a whole, regardless of cultural, ethnic, gender, language, religious, and other differences. As a country inhabited by various kinds of diversity, friction and hostility can easily arise due to the differences that exist within it. Multicultural education is the answer in instilling multicultural values in students in order to create harmony, tolerance and mutual respect in a diverse society