As many as 57 Percent of Teachers Have Intolerant Opinions

TEMPO.CO – Research results from the Center for the Study of Islam and Society (PPIM) of UIN Syarif Hidayatullah show that there were 57% of teachers who had intolerant opinions towards followers of other religions. Meanwhile, 37.77% of them wanted to commit intolerant or action-intentioned acts.

“This study aimed to see the views and religious attitudes of school and madrasah teachers in Indonesia. Teachers had a strategic position and had an important role in shaping students’ values, views, and thoughts, ”said PPIM Executive Director Saiful Uman when presenting the results of his research, at the Le Meridien Hotel, Jalan Jenderal Sudirman, Central Jakarta, Tuesday, October 16, 2018.

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Saiful Uman said that this research used two measuring instruments. First with a questionnaire, the second tool using the Implicit Association Test (IAT). The six statements were prepared to be used as a component of measuring intolerant opinion.

According to Saiful, there were two examples of statements that have a high factor content in measuring intolerant opinions of followers of other religions. “First, non-Muslims may establish a place of worship in the area where the mother/father lives. Second, neighbors of different religions may hold religious events, ”said Saiful.

From the two statements, 56% of them disagreed that non-Muslims had to build places of worship near their homes, and 21% did not agree that neighbors of different religions could hold religious events.

Meanwhile, intolerant action intentions of adherents of other religions are measured by five statements. The two statements were “signed the petition against the head of the education office of a different religion”, and “signed the petition against the establishment of a non-Islamic religious school in the vicinity of where he lived”.

The result was that 29% of teachers expressed their willingness, if there was an opportunity, to sign a petition rejecting heads of education offices of different religions. Then 34% of the teachers stated that they were willing to sign the petition rejecting the establishment of non-Islamic religious-based schools in their neighborhood.

This study used 2,237 teachers as a sample. With a proportion of 1,172 public school teachers and 1065 private school teachers (in this study madrasah). Conducted for one month, 6 August to 6 September 2018, this study took samples from 34 provinces in Indonesia, which were randomly selected using the probability proportional to size (PPS) technique.