<![CDATA[Background: Indonesia’s diversity has made it vulnerable to rising extremism and radicalism, prompting the Ministry of Religious Affairs to promote religious moderation as a strategic effort to preserve unity and tolerance. Objective: This study aims to explore the implementation of religious moderation by the Ministry of Religious Affairs as a strategy to combat extremism and radicalism in Indonesia. Method: The research uses a qualitative approach with a literature study method conducted in 2022. Data collection techniques include documentation, and data analysis follows the Miles & Huberman model. Result: The findings indicate that religious moderation acts as a meeting point between religious extremism and the path to peace, providing a solution to reconcile religious communities. It is crucial in fostering peaceful and prosperous life, as well as promoting cultural strategies for building peace in Indonesia. Conclusion: The study concludes that religious moderation is essential for maintaining human dignity and addressing the diverse challenges of modern development. It plays a key role in mitigating radical ideologies and contributing to social harmony in Indonesia. Originality/Value: This study offers novel conceptual and policy insights to the fields of peace studies and religious public policy by uncovering the operational mechanisms of the Ministry of Religious Affairs in operationalizing theological moderation into a cultural conflict-resolution framework for de-escalating radicalism and fostering interfaith dialogue within pluralistic Indonesia a policy nexus often fragmented in previous theoretical literature. These findings enrich conceptual frameworks on faith-based peacebuilding and provide a strategic blueprint for refining the national religious moderation roadmap, structuring institutional interfaith dialogue programs, and developing cohesive state-level deradicalization policies.]]>
