Sunan Kalijaga: International Journal of Islamic Civilization
Vol 3, No 2 (2020)

Religious Diversity and The Challenge of Multiculturalism: Contrasting Indonesia and The European Union

Muhammad Wildan (State Islamic University of Sunan Kalijaga, Yogyakarta)



Article Info

Publish Date
23 Sep 2020

Abstract

As the profile of religions in the world is changing rapidly, religious diversity is becoming a more common phenomenon nowadays in almost every society. Indonesia and European Union (EU) are not an exception to be more diverse and plural societies. Although religious diversity gives such richness of culture in society, religions are known as vulnerable entities. Many social problems caused by religions brought about various conflicts and violent actions on a big scale and also numerous hostilities, discriminations, and hatred on a small scale. Many regulations have been issued to address such social tensions both in Indonesia and the EU. However, many conflicts, hostilities or discriminations are recurring in both Indonesia and EU states. Interestingly, in many cases, hostilities and discrimination even done by the apparatus of the state. The current paper is dedicated to explore how these countries deal with religious diversity and whether there are social tensions and discriminations occurred. Religion as a common phenomenon in the world should be seen more as a challenge for every country rather than a contentious threat.

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Journal Info

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skijic

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Arts Humanities Other

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Sunan Kalijaga: International Journal of Islamic Civilization is an international refereed journal published by the Faculty of Adab and Cultural Sciences of State Islamic University (UIN) Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta Indonesia. SK:IJIC is aimed to promote scholarly research on Islamic Civilization ...