Abstract
Many acts of terror happen recently. The spread of radicalism and terrorism is well-supported by the sophisticated media and technology. In addition, this advanced information technology is also slowly eroding the local cultures. This paper focuses on how to prevent radicalism by maintaining the local culture in Kudus regency. The method of this research is a qualitative method that uses literature study by examining some of the literatures both printed and online. The results of this study show that Kudus regency is still very strong with their local wisdom. This is shown by the Islamic local cultures which are still preserved today, those are: Dandangan, Kupatan dan Syawalan, Bulusan, Kudus Mosque Minaret, Buka Luwur and Cow as Sacred Animal. Globalization tries to erode those local cultures. Nevertheless, Sunan Kudus teaching brings local wisdom of Kudus society could prevent the radicalism in this globalization era.
Highlights
The development of information technology causes the wide spread of information about radicalism and terrorism
The researchers only focus on the existence of local cultures in Kudus regency. It discusses the correlation between globalization and Kudus local cultures. It analyzes the existence of Kudus Islamic local culture to prevent the radicalism in globalization era
Kudus is a regency that is rich with its Islamic local cultures
Summary
The development of information technology causes the wide spread of information about radicalism and terrorism. The lack of people’s ability in receiving, processing, and filtering the information makes the situation getting worse Whatever they see, read, and hear in the media will be considered as a real truth. The cultural approach is believed to be an alternative to prevent and stem radicalism and terrorism because it touches directly to the root of the problem, which is related to local issues, such as; policy, alienation, and poverty. It elaborates about kinds of local cultures which exists in the society. It discusses the correlation between globalization and Kudus local cultures The last, it analyzes the existence of Kudus Islamic local culture to prevent the radicalism in globalization era. They were preparing the equipment for making some notes, arranging the job list, managing research time, reading and making research note
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