<![CDATA[Religious moderation (Wasathiyah) has been positioned as the primary orientation in Indonesia's Islamic Education (PAI) curriculum to counter radicalism. However, at the practical level, PAI learning remains trapped in normative-doctrinal patterns that stifle critical reasoning, resulting in Wasathiyah being taught merely as a top-down bureaucratic slogan rather than a thinking skill. This study aims to critique the structure of the contemporary PAI curriculum and offer an epistemological reconstruction of Wasathiyah through a Multi-Trans-Interdisciplinary (MTI) approach within the perspective of Islamic history and philosophy. This study is a qualitative-philosophical library research. Data were gathered from PAI curriculum documents, religious textbooks, and classical Islamic philosophy literature. Data analysis was conducted critically using Amin Abdullah's integration-interconnection method to dissect the dialectics of bayani, burhani, and irfani reasoning modes. The results indicate a sharp gap between the ideality of Wasathiyah as an inclusive-rational cosmopolitan civilization strategy in the classical era (such as the House of Wisdom and Andalusia periods) and the reality of contemporary PAI, which lacks critical reasoning. Through the lens of MTI, this study successfully formulates an epistemological reconstruction of PAI that shifts the learning orientation from exclusive memorization toward dialectical inquiry. Aligning historical context, philosophical frameworks (specifically burhani reasoning), and pedagogical implementation is capable of positioning Wasathiyah as a middle way of thinking (a middle epistemology) that shields students from both literalist and liberalist extremities. This study offers a theoretical contribution in the form of an MTI-based Wasathiyah PAI epistemological grand framework that synthesizes classical traditions with modern demands to foster a profile of a "Reasoning Faith" generation in the digital era.Keywords: Epistemological Critique, Islamic Education Moderation, Multi-Trans-Interdisciplinary, Islamic Philosophy, Islamic History]]>
