Moderasi Beragama di Antara Generasi Milenial: Peluang, Kendala, Keberagaman, dan Upaya Penyelesaiannya

Abstract

The promotion campaign of religious moderation among the millennial generation faces a series of significant challenges. Evidenced by the realities on the ground, radicalism has taken deep roots. Government-sponsored moderation programs have lost their popularity in competition with appealingly presented radical movements aligned with current trends. In this endeavor, a qualitative approach employing the radical humanism paradigm is employed in the research to unearth the underlying issues that fortify radicalism, and to comprehend the intricacies surrounding the discourse on religious moderation. Through this research, several crucial findings have been unveiled. First, the moderation movement struggles to capture the attention and interest of millennials compared to opposing viewpoints. Second, the genealogical origins of moderation and radicalism remain unresolved, particularly in relation to the post-independence relationship between religion and the state. Third, the influence of transnational radicalism. Fourth, socio-political-economic factors such as poverty, state violence, legal injustices, political instability, sectarian issues, militarism, and others. And fifth, the sole remaining opportunity for the discourse on religious moderation lies within the pre-independence cultural roots, through bolstering cultural values, Islamic intellectual heritage, and economic initiatives for welfare. If this opportunity goes untapped, the risk of failure within the movement and discourse of religious moderation becomes increasingly evident along the journey.Keyword: Islam, Religious Moderation, Radicalism.