Integrasi Pendekatan Multikultural Dalam PAI: Mempromosikan Toleransi Dan Kerukunan Antarumat Beragama
Abstract:
Purpose: This study examines the consequences of neglecting a multicultural approach in Islamic Religious Education (IRE), particularly its impact on tolerance and social harmony in diverse religious communities. The research highlights the risks of conflict arising from insufficient integration of multicultural principles and underscores the urgent need for inclusive educational practices.
Research Methodology: The study employs a rigorous library research method by analyzing selected scientific journal articles and research reports related to multiculturalism and Islamic education. The approach emphasizes thematic analysis to identify, interpret, and synthesize key concepts, strategies, and outcomes of multicultural integration in IRE.
Results: Findings reveal that deliberate incorporation of multicultural perspectives in IRE is highly effective in enhancing tolerance and interfaith harmony. Anchored in the principles of respect for diversity and pluralism theory, success is achieved through inclusive curricula, educator training in tolerant classroom management, and the promotion of multicultural activities. This integration significantly fosters appreciation for diversity, reduces prejudice, and strengthens social cohesion.
Conclusions: A multicultural approach in IRE, grounded in diversity and pluralism, is unequivocally effective in creating inclusive and tolerant learning environments. Its systematic implementation can serve as a foundation for preventing interreligious tensions and promoting sustainable harmony.
Limitations: The study is limited to secondary data, relying solely on literature without empirical validation. Hence, its conclusions may not fully capture lived classroom experiences.
Contribution: This research underscores the pivotal role of multiculturalism in Islamic education as a catalyst for tolerance and harmony. It provides strategic insights for policymakers and educators to strengthen curricula and practices in diverse learning contexts.
Downloads

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Afista, Y., Sumbulah, U., & Hawari, R. (2021). Pendidikan multikultural dalam transformasi lembaga pendidikan islam di indonesia. Journal Evaluasi, 5(1), 128–147. https://doi.org/10.32478/evaluasi.v5i1.602
Alam, M., Farooqi, M., & Hussain, M. (2023). Correlational analysis of socioeconomic status (ses) and interfaith harmony in islamabad, pakistan. Journal of Social Sciences and Management, 4(4), 272–289. https://doi.org/10.61503/cissmp.v2i4.102
Arikunto, S. (2010). Prosedur Penelitian Suatu Pendekatan Praktek. Rineka Cipta.
Azmi, U. (2022). Planning Strategy On Additional Lessons To Improve The Quality Of Islamic Religious Education. Journal of Educational Administration, 10(2), 11–16. https://ejournal.inpi.or.id/index.php/ijea/article/view/65
Baharun, H., & Awwaliyah, R. (2017). Pendidikan multikultural dalam menanggulangi narasi islamisme di indonesia. Jurnal Pendidikan Agama Islam (Journal of Islamic Education Studies), 5(2), 224–243. https://doi.org/10.15642/jpai.2017.5.2.224-243
Banks, J. A. (2014). An Introduction to Multicultural Education. Pearson Education.
Camelia, A., & Suryandari, N. (2021). Pendidikan multikultural: Sebuah perspektif global. Edukatif Jurnal Ilmu Pendidikan, 3(6), 5143–5149. https://doi.org/10.31004/edukatif.v3i6.1649
Creswell, J. W. (2014). Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches. Sage Publications.
Djamaluddin, B., Bahri, S., Halim, A., & Chabibi, M. (2024). Deradicalization through multicultural islamic religious education at the islamic university. Nazhruna Jurnal Pendidikan Islam, 7(3), 646–663. https://doi.org/10.31538/nzh.v7i3.34
Elius, M. (2023). Interfaith dialogue: an islamic framework. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Humanities, 68(2), 193–206. https://doi.org/10.3329/jasbh.v68i2.70363
Farohah, N., & Tirtoni, F. (2024). Pengaruh model pembelajaran multikulturalisme pada mapel pendidikan pancasila untuk meningkatkan berpikir kritis siswa kelas iv sd. Jurnal Pendidikan Dasar Flobamorata, 5(1), 165–173. https://doi.org/10.51494/jpdf.v5i1.1460
Fuadi, N. (2024). The teaching of islamic education in the multicultural school environment: approaches and challenges. Jurnal Pai Raden Fatah, 6(1), 76–88. https://doi.org/10.19109/pairf.v6i1.19822
Gultom, N., & Lubis, S. (2024). Implementasi pendidikan agama islam berbasis multikultural pada siswa kelas xi sma abdi negara binjai. Jurnal Pendidikan Dan Kewirausahaan, 12(1), 409–421. https://doi.org/10.47668/pkwu.v12i1.1160
Idris, T., Rijal, F., Irwandi, I., Hanum, R., & Mardhiah, A. (2024). A multicultural approach in islamic education learning to strengthen the islamic identity of moderate students in ptkin aceh. Tafkir Interdisciplinary Journal of Islamic Education, 5(3), 478–493. https://doi.org/10.31538/tijie.v5i3.1138
Jalwis, J., & Habibi, N. (2019). Konstruk pendidikan multikultural (studi urgensi integrasi nilai-nilai multikultural dalam kurikulum pendidikan). Tarbawi Jurnal Ilmu Pendidikan, 15(2), 233–247. https://doi.org/10.32939/tarbawi.v15i02.453
Miftahussurur, W., & Firdaus, R. (2024). Analisis konseptual tentang pendidikan multikultural dalam perspektif islam. Al Yazidiy Jurnal Sosial Humaniora Dan Pendidikan, 6(2), 130–144. https://doi.org/10.55606/ay.v6i2.1288
Miles, M. B., & Huberman, A. M. (1994). Qualitative Data Analysis: An Expanded Sourcebook. Sage Publications.
Mubarok, M., & Yusuf, M. (2024). Manajemen kurikulum pendidikan agama islam multikultural di sekolah menengah atas islam terpadu ar-rahmah dalam menumbuhkan kesadaran siswa terhadap keberagaman masyarakat. Learning Jurnal Inovasi Penelitian Pendidikan Dan Pembelajaran, 4(2), 199–209. https://doi.org/10.51878/learning.v4i2.2830
Mukhsin, M. (2024). Fostering tolerance through religious moderation: strategies in islamic education. Jurnal Manajemen Pendidikan Islam, 3(2), 259–277. https://doi.org/10.70412/itr.v3i2.115
Mulyadi, D. (2023). Pendidikan agama islam sebagai sarana membentuk identitas keagamaan dalam masyarakat multikultural. Khazanah, 2(3), 90–99. https://doi.org/10.51178/khazanah.v2i3.1554
Mustamir, M., & Tang, M. (2025). Integrating multicultural values in islamic religious education: a case study in junior high schools. Al-Ishlah Jurnal Pendidikan, 17(1), 105–115. https://doi.org/10.35445/alishlah.v17i1.6296
Muthoifin, M., Elbanna, M., Barry, A., Afiyah, I., Nirwana, A., Bernardlauwers, B., & Islam, M. (2025). Islamic education management in promoting multiculturalism, democracy and harmony. JoMW, 2025(1), 445–456. https://doi.org/10.53935/jomw.v2024i4.713
Nasri, U. (2024). Paradigma filsafat islam: revitalisasi pendidikan multikultural telaah pemikiran tgkh. muhammad zainuddin abdul madjid lombok. Al-Qalam Jurnal Kajian Islam Dan Pendidikan, 16(1), 8–21. https://doi.org/10.47435/al-qalam.v16i1.2293
Noor, H. (2022). Peran pendidikan agama islam untuk mengembangkan sikap multikultural siswa (studi di mts al-muddakir banjarmasin). Al Qalam Jurnal Ilmiah Keagamaan Dan Kemasyarakatan, 16(4), 1273. https://doi.org/10.35931/aq.v16i4.1073
Norvaizi, I., Lestari, N., Nurlaili, N., & Karni, A. (2024). Pendidikan multikultural dalam diskursus islam. Irsyaduna Jurnal Studi Kemahasiswaan, 4(3), 351–364. https://doi.org/10.54437/irsyaduna.v4i3.1857
Nur’aeni, Y., Araniri, N., & Nahriyah, S. (2022). Peran guru pendidikan agama islam dalam menerapkan pendidikan multikultural di smk global jatitujuh, majalengka. Al-Mau Izhoh, 4(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.31949/am.v4i1.4103
Sardiman, A. M. (2012). Pengembangan Model Pembelajaran yang Berorientasi pada Keberagaman dan Inklusivitas. Alfabeta.
Sirojuddin, A., Maskuri, M., & Ghoni, J. (2025). Integration of higher education curriculum with islamic boarding schools from a multicultural islamic education perspective. Nazhruna Jurnal Pendidikan Islam, 8(2). https://doi.org/10.31538/nzh.v8i2.163
Sugiyono. (2018). Metode Penelitian Pendidikan Pendekatan Kuantitatif, Kualitatif, dan R&D. Alfabeta.
Syarif, S., Abdullah, F., & Herlambang, S. (2024). Multiculturalism among students in madrasah: knowledge, challenges, and social capital. Nazhruna Jurnal Pendidikan Islam, 7(2), 390–408. https://doi.org/10.31538/nzh.v7i2.4710
Tang, M., Rahmati, D., & Mubarok, M. (2024). Fungsi guru dalam implementasi kurikulum pendidikan agama islam multikultural di sekolah menengah atas islam terpadu ar-rahmah makassar. Learning Jurnal Inovasi Penelitian Pendidikan Dan Pembelajaran, 4(2), 165–173. https://doi.org/10.51878/learning.v4i2.2827
Wulandari, I. (2024). Pendidikan multikultural bagi mahasiswa di perguruan tinggi hindu menuju sikap moderasi beragama. Japam (Jurnal Pendidikan Agama), 4(01), 46–51. https://doi.org/10.25078/japam.v4i01.3258
Zaki, A. (2022). Inovasi kurikulum pai berbasis multikultural untuk sekolah menengah. Mitra Pilar Jurnal Pendidikan Inovasi Dan Terapan Teknologi, 2(1), 31–36. https://doi.org/10.58797/pilar.0201.04
- Afista, Y., Sumbulah, U., & Hawari, R. (2021). Pendidikan multikultural dalam transformasi lembaga pendidikan islam di indonesia. Journal Evaluasi, 5(1), 128–147. https://doi.org/10.32478/evaluasi.v5i1.602
- Alam, M., Farooqi, M., & Hussain, M. (2023). Correlational analysis of socioeconomic status (ses) and interfaith harmony in islamabad, pakistan. Journal of Social Sciences and Management, 4(4), 272–289. https://doi.org/10.61503/cissmp.v2i4.102
- Arikunto, S. (2010). Prosedur Penelitian Suatu Pendekatan Praktek. Rineka Cipta.
- Azmi, U. (2022). Planning Strategy On Additional Lessons To Improve The Quality Of Islamic Religious Education. Journal of Educational Administration, 10(2), 11–16. https://ejournal.inpi.or.id/index.php/ijea/article/view/65
- Baharun, H., & Awwaliyah, R. (2017). Pendidikan multikultural dalam menanggulangi narasi islamisme di indonesia. Jurnal Pendidikan Agama Islam (Journal of Islamic Education Studies), 5(2), 224–243. https://doi.org/10.15642/jpai.2017.5.2.224-243
- Banks, J. A. (2014). An Introduction to Multicultural Education. Pearson Education.
- Camelia, A., & Suryandari, N. (2021). Pendidikan multikultural: Sebuah perspektif global. Edukatif Jurnal Ilmu Pendidikan, 3(6), 5143–5149. https://doi.org/10.31004/edukatif.v3i6.1649
- Creswell, J. W. (2014). Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches. Sage Publications.
- Djamaluddin, B., Bahri, S., Halim, A., & Chabibi, M. (2024). Deradicalization through multicultural islamic religious education at the islamic university. Nazhruna Jurnal Pendidikan Islam, 7(3), 646–663. https://doi.org/10.31538/nzh.v7i3.34
- Elius, M. (2023). Interfaith dialogue: an islamic framework. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Humanities, 68(2), 193–206. https://doi.org/10.3329/jasbh.v68i2.70363
- Farohah, N., & Tirtoni, F. (2024). Pengaruh model pembelajaran multikulturalisme pada mapel pendidikan pancasila untuk meningkatkan berpikir kritis siswa kelas iv sd. Jurnal Pendidikan Dasar Flobamorata, 5(1), 165–173. https://doi.org/10.51494/jpdf.v5i1.1460
- Fuadi, N. (2024). The teaching of islamic education in the multicultural school environment: approaches and challenges. Jurnal Pai Raden Fatah, 6(1), 76–88. https://doi.org/10.19109/pairf.v6i1.19822
- Gultom, N., & Lubis, S. (2024). Implementasi pendidikan agama islam berbasis multikultural pada siswa kelas xi sma abdi negara binjai. Jurnal Pendidikan Dan Kewirausahaan, 12(1), 409–421. https://doi.org/10.47668/pkwu.v12i1.1160
- Idris, T., Rijal, F., Irwandi, I., Hanum, R., & Mardhiah, A. (2024). A multicultural approach in islamic education learning to strengthen the islamic identity of moderate students in ptkin aceh. Tafkir Interdisciplinary Journal of Islamic Education, 5(3), 478–493. https://doi.org/10.31538/tijie.v5i3.1138
- Jalwis, J., & Habibi, N. (2019). Konstruk pendidikan multikultural (studi urgensi integrasi nilai-nilai multikultural dalam kurikulum pendidikan). Tarbawi Jurnal Ilmu Pendidikan, 15(2), 233–247. https://doi.org/10.32939/tarbawi.v15i02.453
- Miftahussurur, W., & Firdaus, R. (2024). Analisis konseptual tentang pendidikan multikultural dalam perspektif islam. Al Yazidiy Jurnal Sosial Humaniora Dan Pendidikan, 6(2), 130–144. https://doi.org/10.55606/ay.v6i2.1288
- Miles, M. B., & Huberman, A. M. (1994). Qualitative Data Analysis: An Expanded Sourcebook. Sage Publications.
- Mubarok, M., & Yusuf, M. (2024). Manajemen kurikulum pendidikan agama islam multikultural di sekolah menengah atas islam terpadu ar-rahmah dalam menumbuhkan kesadaran siswa terhadap keberagaman masyarakat. Learning Jurnal Inovasi Penelitian Pendidikan Dan Pembelajaran, 4(2), 199–209. https://doi.org/10.51878/learning.v4i2.2830
- Mukhsin, M. (2024). Fostering tolerance through religious moderation: strategies in islamic education. Jurnal Manajemen Pendidikan Islam, 3(2), 259–277. https://doi.org/10.70412/itr.v3i2.115
- Mulyadi, D. (2023). Pendidikan agama islam sebagai sarana membentuk identitas keagamaan dalam masyarakat multikultural. Khazanah, 2(3), 90–99. https://doi.org/10.51178/khazanah.v2i3.1554
- Mustamir, M., & Tang, M. (2025). Integrating multicultural values in islamic religious education: a case study in junior high schools. Al-Ishlah Jurnal Pendidikan, 17(1), 105–115. https://doi.org/10.35445/alishlah.v17i1.6296
- Muthoifin, M., Elbanna, M., Barry, A., Afiyah, I., Nirwana, A., Bernardlauwers, B., & Islam, M. (2025). Islamic education management in promoting multiculturalism, democracy and harmony. JoMW, 2025(1), 445–456. https://doi.org/10.53935/jomw.v2024i4.713
- Nasri, U. (2024). Paradigma filsafat islam: revitalisasi pendidikan multikultural telaah pemikiran tgkh. muhammad zainuddin abdul madjid lombok. Al-Qalam Jurnal Kajian Islam Dan Pendidikan, 16(1), 8–21. https://doi.org/10.47435/al-qalam.v16i1.2293
- Noor, H. (2022). Peran pendidikan agama islam untuk mengembangkan sikap multikultural siswa (studi di mts al-muddakir banjarmasin). Al Qalam Jurnal Ilmiah Keagamaan Dan Kemasyarakatan, 16(4), 1273. https://doi.org/10.35931/aq.v16i4.1073
- Norvaizi, I., Lestari, N., Nurlaili, N., & Karni, A. (2024). Pendidikan multikultural dalam diskursus islam. Irsyaduna Jurnal Studi Kemahasiswaan, 4(3), 351–364. https://doi.org/10.54437/irsyaduna.v4i3.1857
- Nur’aeni, Y., Araniri, N., & Nahriyah, S. (2022). Peran guru pendidikan agama islam dalam menerapkan pendidikan multikultural di smk global jatitujuh, majalengka. Al-Mau Izhoh, 4(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.31949/am.v4i1.4103
- Sardiman, A. M. (2012). Pengembangan Model Pembelajaran yang Berorientasi pada Keberagaman dan Inklusivitas. Alfabeta.
- Sirojuddin, A., Maskuri, M., & Ghoni, J. (2025). Integration of higher education curriculum with islamic boarding schools from a multicultural islamic education perspective. Nazhruna Jurnal Pendidikan Islam, 8(2). https://doi.org/10.31538/nzh.v8i2.163
- Sugiyono. (2018). Metode Penelitian Pendidikan Pendekatan Kuantitatif, Kualitatif, dan R\&D. Alfabeta.
- Syarif, S., Abdullah, F., & Herlambang, S. (2024). Multiculturalism among students in madrasah: knowledge, challenges, and social capital. Nazhruna Jurnal Pendidikan Islam, 7(2), 390–408. https://doi.org/10.31538/nzh.v7i2.4710
- Tang, M., Rahmati, D., & Mubarok, M. (2024). Fungsi guru dalam implementasi kurikulum pendidikan agama islam multikultural di sekolah menengah atas islam terpadu ar-rahmah makassar. Learning Jurnal Inovasi Penelitian Pendidikan Dan Pembelajaran, 4(2), 165–173. https://doi.org/10.51878/learning.v4i2.2827
- Wulandari, I. (2024). Pendidikan multikultural bagi mahasiswa di perguruan tinggi hindu menuju sikap moderasi beragama. Japam (Jurnal Pendidikan Agama), 4(01), 46–51. https://doi.org/10.25078/japam.v4i01.3258
- Zaki, A. (2022). Inovasi kurikulum pai berbasis multikultural untuk sekolah menengah. Mitra Pilar Jurnal Pendidikan Inovasi Dan Terapan Teknologi, 2(1), 31–36. https://doi.org/10.58797/pilar.0201.04