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All Journal MUKADIMAH: Jurnal Pendidikan, Sejarah, dan Ilmu-ilmu Sosial INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CULTURAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE
Wirman Wirman
Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera Utara
Humanities Education Environmental Science Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Library & Information Science Social Sciences

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Merawat Keberagaman di Kota Medan: Konstruksi Relasi Agama dan Budaya Lokal Paisal Siregar; Katimin Katimin; Wirman Wirman
MUKADIMAH: Jurnal Pendidikan, Sejarah, dan Ilmu-ilmu Sosial Vol 10, No 1 (2026)
Publisher : Prodi Pendidikan Sejarah Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan Universitas Islam Sumatera

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30743/mkd.v10i1.12698

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Indonesia is widely recognized as a multicultural society in which religious and cultural diversity shapes everyday social relations. Medan City, a major urban center in North Sumatra, provides a concrete context for examining how diversity is nurtured and maintained through local cultural practices. This article analyzes the construction of relations between religion and local culture in Medan, focusing on how these relations contribute to social harmony in a plural urban setting. The study employs a qualitative descriptive-analytical method based on literature review, policy documents, and relevant previous studies. The findings indicate that religious diversity—encompassing Islam, Protestantism, Catholicism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism—intersects with ethnic plurality in daily social practices such as communal celebrations, traditional rituals, and economic cooperation. These interactions demonstrate that local culture functions as a practical mechanism for fostering tolerance, mutual respect, national commitment, and non-violence. Despite ongoing challenges related to identity politics and disputes over houses of worship, the article argues that local cultural practices play a mediating role in sustaining interreligious harmony. This study contributes to urban pluralism scholarship by emphasizing diversity as a lived and negotiated process rooted in local cultural dynamics.
Merawat Keberagaman di Kota Medan: Konstruksi Relasi Agama dan Budaya Lokal Paisal Siregar; Katimin Katimin; Wirman Wirman
MUKADIMAH: Jurnal Pendidikan, Sejarah, dan Ilmu-ilmu Sosial Vol 10, No 1 (2026)
Publisher : Prodi Pendidikan Sejarah Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan Universitas Islam Sumatera

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30743/mkd.v10i1.12698

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Indonesia is widely recognized as a multicultural society in which religious and cultural diversity shapes everyday social relations. Medan City, a major urban center in North Sumatra, provides a concrete context for examining how diversity is nurtured and maintained through local cultural practices. This article analyzes the construction of relations between religion and local culture in Medan, focusing on how these relations contribute to social harmony in a plural urban setting. The study employs a qualitative descriptive-analytical method based on literature review, policy documents, and relevant previous studies. The findings indicate that religious diversity—encompassing Islam, Protestantism, Catholicism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism—intersects with ethnic plurality in daily social practices such as communal celebrations, traditional rituals, and economic cooperation. These interactions demonstrate that local culture functions as a practical mechanism for fostering tolerance, mutual respect, national commitment, and non-violence. Despite ongoing challenges related to identity politics and disputes over houses of worship, the article argues that local cultural practices play a mediating role in sustaining interreligious harmony. This study contributes to urban pluralism scholarship by emphasizing diversity as a lived and negotiated process rooted in local cultural dynamics.
NAHDLATUL ULAMA’S POLITICAL NEUTRALITY AND EDUCATIONAL ROLE IN THE 2024 NORTH SUMATRA GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION Febriani Br Ginting; Wirman Wirman; Aminuddin Aminuddin
International Journal of Cultural and Social Science Vol. 7 No. 3 (2026): International Journal of Cultural and Social Science
Publisher : Pena Cendekia Insani

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.53806/ijcss.v7i3.1627

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This study aims to analyze the implementation of institutional neutrality by the North Sumatra Regional Board of Nahdlatul Ulama (PWNU) during the 2024 North Sumatra gubernatorial election, distinguish institutional neutrality from the individual political preferences of NU members, and identify the educational role of NU autonomous bodies in strengthening political literacy among Nahdliyin communities. The study employed a qualitative approach informed by a political sociology perspective. Data were collected through document analysis and in-depth interviews with informants representing PWNU, Muslimat NU, Fatayat NU, GP Ansor, and members of the Nahdliyin community. The findings indicate that PWNU North Sumatra sought to maintain institutional neutrality by reaffirming the principles of the 1926 NU Khittah, prohibiting the use of organizational symbols, attributes, facilities, and authority for campaign purposes, and requiring structural officials involved in campaign teams to temporarily suspend their organizational positions. These findings demonstrate that NU’s neutrality operates at the institutional level, while individual members retain the right to exercise their personal political preferences, provided that such choices are not made on behalf of the organization. At the same time, NU autonomous bodies perform an educational role through religious gatherings, voter education, anti-hoax initiatives, participatory election monitoring, civic-oriented cadre development, and value-based political outreach grounded in Aswaja an-Nahdliyah. However, the effectiveness of these educational activities is constrained by pressures from local political elites, tensions between NU’s cultural and structural dimensions, vote-buying practices, voters’ economic pragmatism, and disparities in democratic quality between urban and remote areas. This study contributes to the literature on local Islamic political sociology by demonstrating that religious mass organizations can simultaneously function as guardians of institutional neutrality and agents of political education within society. Nevertheless, the findings are limited to the experiences of the informants included in this study and therefore cannot be generalized to all NU organizational structures and Nahdliyin communities across North Sumatra.
Co-Authors Aminuddin Aminuddin Febriani Br Ginting Katimin Katimin Paisal Siregar