Dialog
Vol 49 No 1 (2026): Dialog

Reception of Tolerance Verses Across Academic Habitus: PTKI Students and Digital Polarization

Husnul Hamidatul Munauwarah (Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta)
Rofiqa Zulfa Salsabila (Universitas Islam Negeri Antasari Banjarmasin)
Zira Shafira (Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University Yogyakarta)
Kamila Naim (Universitas PTIQ Jakarta)
Ibnu Ahmad Dzakir (Al-Azhar University Cairo. Egypt)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Jun 2026

Abstract

Inter-sectarian debates on social media have triggered sharp internal polarization among Muslims. While previous Living Qur'an studies overlook institutional academic habitus in verse reception, this research explores how Islamic Studies master's students from five PTKIs; UIN Jakarta, PTIQ Jakarta, UIN Yogyakarta, UIN Banjarmasin, and UNIDA Gontor reproduce tolerance verses responding to digital internal conflicts. Employing a qualitative Living Qur'an approach with sociology of knowledge and habitus analysis, this study involved 22 purposively selected informants. The study reveals three primary findings. First, students' reception of tolerance verses is non-monolithic, spanning six intersecting paradigms that demonstrate the text's flexibility when engaging with readers' distinct habitus. Second, digital responses are polarized between disengagement strategies as academic distinction mechanisms and varied active strategies. Third, students' reception is constructed by an interlocking web of academic habitus, undergraduate background, organizational activism, cross-disciplinary interactions, fragmented reference authority, and digital literacy. This study demonstrates that religious moderation in the digital sphere is profoundly shaped by students' academic habitus, institutional ecosystems, and critical digital literacy.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

dialog

Publisher

Subject

Religion Humanities Social Sciences

Description

DIALOG (p-ISSN: 0126-396x, e-ISSN: 2715-6230) is a periodical scientific journal which managed by Secretary of The Research and Development & Educational Training Agency - Ministry of Religious Affairs. This journal first published in 1976. But then, it was officially changed in to an electronic ...