Abstract

The conflict between the Malay Muslim and the Thailand government in Southern Thailand has become one of the ethno-religion conflicts that effects the security of the Southeast Asian region. Various actors, both local and international, have attempted to broker peace between the parties in the conflict. Based on the conflict transformation theory, this study aims to discover the role of MA Daarul Uluum PUI Majalengka as a non-state actor in promoting peace through efforts of conflict transformation in the Southern Thailand ethno-religion conflict. The research method used is qualitative type research with descriptive analysis technique, through primary and secondary type data management. Primary data was obtained from interview and secondary data was obtained from written sources that support the study. This research shows there is an effort made by MA Daarul Uluum PUI Majalengka to conduct peace education through a student and teacher exchange scheme with several schools in Thailand that have Buddhist identity backgrounds in order to grow tolerance between ethnicities and religions in Thailand.

Highlights

  • Along with the development of international activities, various concepts and ideas in supporting the creation of an ideal of world peace have been carried out, one of which is by supporting efforts to recognize and fulfill basic human rights as declared in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Kymlicka, 2003)

  • Based on the conflict transformation theory, this study aims to discover the role of MA Daarul Uluum PUI Majalengka as a non-state actor in promoting peace through efforts of conflict transformation in the Southern Thailand ethno-religion conflict

  • MA Daarul Ulum PUI Majalengka is one of the education institutions in Indonesia who plays a role in international cooperation within the education sector and has proven how non-state actors can be active in their role by focusing on specific approaches, especially in promoting world peace, which is a vision that remains hindered by several challenges

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Introduction

Along with the development of international activities, various concepts and ideas in supporting the creation of an ideal of world peace have been carried out, one of which is by supporting efforts to recognize and fulfill basic human rights as declared in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Kymlicka, 2003). These values become a set of aspects that underlie efforts to create justice, independence, and the ideals of world peace. A multicultural nation is a nation whose ethnic or cultural groups can coexist peacefully with respect for other cultures

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