Nahdlatul Ulama National Politics Perspective of Minority In Meranti Islands District

Abstract

This research deals with the sustainability of attitudes and behavior of discrimination in the majority group that afflicts ethnic Chinese and non-Muslim religious minorities in the Meranti Islands Regency. The accumulation of tragic events such as the burning and looting of shop houses belonging to ethnic Chinese by the community in 1999. The national effect of the 2017 Jakarta Pilkada politics and the 212 political movements against Basuki Cahaya Purnama's rejection because he was considered to have insulted the letter Al-Maidah verse 51, and the national movement The defense of the Tawhid flag gave rise to new concerns for the Chinese ethnic group and the non-Muslim community if looting events were repeated or conflicts in the name of religion. This research is descriptive qualitative with the following steps: collecting data through interviews and questionnaires, classifying data, analyzing, and concluding research results. The results of his research show that good Islamic teachings are teachings as taught by Abdurrahman Wahid as a representation of Nahdlatul Ulama which protects all human beings and guarantees equality in the life of the nation and state. The view of this minority group identifies that Islamic teachings are very influential based on the thinking of religious organizations. The views of this minority group need to be implemented by Nahdlatul Ulama residents to the community level regarding the importance of national politics regardless of ethnicity, ethnicity, culture, and religion in the Meranti Islands Regency.