Abstract
this research seeks to reveal the role of Islamic Religious Education (PAI)in realizing multiculturalism-based social interactions in elementary schools.PAI is one lesson in the national curriculum that is taught at each educationalinstitution. Islamic Religious Education is very appropriate to be carried out torealize harmonious social interaction among students of different religions basedon multiculturalism. This research was conducted at Taman HarapanElementary School and Bina Budi Mulia Elementary School Malang City, aprivate school that has multi-ethnic and multi-religious students. The problemsraised in this study are how is the role of PAI in realizing multiculturalism-basedsocial interaction among students of different religions in elementary schools?The research method used is qualitative and the research approach isphenomenology. The Researcher collected data through observation, interviewsand document review. Interviews were conducted with school principals, PAIteachers and students. The research results showed that Taman HarapanElementary School and Bina Budi Mulia Elementary School strongly supportedthe harmonious interaction of students of different religions in the schools. TheConducive social interactions occur in two forms, namely interactions within theclassroom, and social interactions outside the classroom. The social interaction inthe classroom takes place by working together, learning together, discussing andhelping each other. While the interactions outside the school take place inextracurricular activities such as sports, religious holidays, arts performances,outbound, and friendship interactions in the school environment.
 Keywords: PAI, social interaction, Taman Harapan Elementary School, Bina BudiMulia Elementary School
Highlights
Islamic religious education (PAI) is a subject in the national education curriculum which is very appropriate to integrate the values of multiculturalism
Based on the research findings and discussion above, the research question "how is the role of Pendidikan Agama Islam (PAI) in realizing social interaction based on multiculturalism between students of different religions in elementary schools" can be concluded as follows: 1) The role of PAI in realizing social interaction based on multiculturalism that is done in 3 ways, namely 1) the objectives of PAI are synergistically with the values of multiculturalism; 2) integrating the values of multiculturalism in PAI subjects; and 3) PAI teachers as facilitators
2) The form of social interaction based on multiculturalism between Muslim students and non-mulsim occurs in the classroom and outside the classroom
Summary
Islamic religious education (PAI) is a subject in the national education curriculum which is very appropriate to integrate the values of multiculturalism. In this decade PAI has become the talk of many academics. It was stated that the majority of PAI teachers and Islamic students in schools in Java are intolerant and reject religious pluralism. The survey stated that 62.4% of the Islamic religion teachers surveyed, who were from Nahdlatul Ulama and Muhammadiyah, rejected non-Muslim leadership. Around 73.1% of the teachers did not want adherents of other religions to build places of worship in their neighborhoods. As many as 21.3% of respondents want the death penalty for those who apostate or leave Islam. As many as 21.3% of respondents want the death penalty for those who apostate or leave Islam. 1
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