Potentials of Multicultural Education in Communal Conflict Areas

Syamsul Kurniawan*  -  Institut Agama Islam Negeri Pontianak, Indonesia
Muhammad Miftah  -  Institut Agama Islam Negeri Kudus, Indonesia

(*) Corresponding Author
DOI: 10.21580/nw.2021.15.2.7218
This study focuses on understanding communal conflicts in Indonesia, which are triggered by stereotyping. Indonesians have undergone communal conflicts, especially in the late 1990s. The conflicts were mainly religious and ethnic, suggesting serious tensions in stereotyping between religious and ethnic groups. In this case, the paper seeks to underline the importance of multicultural education in the school context. Education is considered having a strategic role in building positive circumstances among people. Multicultural education is expected to minimize the possibility of building negative stereotyping of one person against another, which could cause conflict. This qualitative study incorporates a literature review of multicultural education and communal conflicts in the Indonesian context.

Keywords: communal conflict, stereotyping, multicultural education

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