Survey: Muslim Teachers Have Highly Radical and Intolerant Opinions

Jakarta, CNN Indonesia – The results of a recent survey from the Center for Islamic and Community Studies (PPIM), UIN Jakarta, found that the majority of Muslim teachers in Indonesia have high intolerant and radical opinions.

“Teachers in Indonesia from TK / RA to SMA / MA have high intolerant and radical opinions,” said the Executive Director of PPIM UIN Jakarta, Saiful Umam, when presenting the results of his institution’s survey in Jakarta.

In this survey, the PPIM took a sample of 2,237 Muslim teachers. They consist of kindergarten teachers, Raudatul Athfal, SD, Madrasah Ibtidaiyah (MI), SMP, Madrasah Tsanawiyah (MTS), SMA, and Madrasah Aliyah (MA) in Indonesia.

Of these, the PPIM found as many as 10.01 percent of Muslim teachers had implicitly intolerant opinions and 53.06 percent had implicit intolerant opinions. In addition, 6.03 percent of Muslim teachers have very intolerant opinions and 50.87 percent of teachers have explicitly intolerant opinions.

“So the explicit [opinion] is smaller than the implicit [opinion] in terms of intolerant opinion. But both of them we can see that the percentage is already above 50 percent, ”said Saiful.

Saiful said that the opinion findings were very intolerant and intolerant based on a number of questions posed to respondents.

Some of the questions posed included: “Do you agree or disagree if neighbors of different religions are allowed to hold religious events at their residence”. Or other questions such as: “Is it okay if non-Muslims can set up a religion-based school around them”.

“So there are several questions that we use to measure intolerant opinion. Because it is an opinion, we ask whether we agree or disagree, ”said Saiful.

For radical opinions, PPIM found that 2.58 percent of teachers had very radical opinions implicitly and 11.70 percent of teachers had implicitly radical opinions.

In addition, 5.95 percent of teachers have an explicitly radical opinion and 40.14 percent of teachers have an explicitly radical opinion.

The intolerant and radical opinion decreased when the respondents were asked about their intention of action or desire to take intolerant and radical actions.

For the intention of intolerant actions, the PPIM survey noted that only 4.56 percent of Muslim teachers would be very intolerant and 33.21 percent who wanted to take intolerant actions.

The PPIM survey was conducted from 6 August to 6 September 2018. This survey took a sample of 2,237 Muslim teachers in Indonesia with a 95 percent confidence level and a margin of error of 2.07 percent.

In conducting the survey, PPIM also conducted quality control on 5 percent of the total sample. Quality control is carried out by the Provincial Coordinator and the PPIM Team.

According to the PPIM research, there are three factors that cause a person to be exposed to intolerance and radicalism, namely Islamist views, demographic factors, and involvement with mass organizations and sources of Islamic knowledge.

“Islamism is different from Islam. Islamism is a view in itself. The Islamist view has contributed to the opinion and intention of teacher intolerance. Also contributed to the opinion and intention of radical action, “said Saiful.

For demographic factors, PPIM divides them into gender, school or madrasah, public or private, teacher profile, income, and age of the teacher.

The PPIM survey found that in terms of that demographic, female teachers have higher intolerant opinions towards followers of other religions than male teachers. Female teachers also have a higher opinion and radical action intentions than male teachers.

In addition, madrasah teachers have more intolerant opinions on other religions than school teachers. Private school or madrasah teachers are also more intolerant and radical in terms of opinion compared to public school or madrasah teachers in Indonesia.

“The explanation may be that this madrasa is homogeneous, teachers do not meet non-Muslim students, do not meet non-Muslim teachers, and maybe in the village there are also non-Muslims who end up having their perceptions, their opinion of non-Muslims tends to be intolerant,” said Saiful. (wis)

source: https://www.cnnindonesia.com/nasional/20181018153237-20-339600/survei-guru-muslim-punya-opini-intoleran-dan-radikal-tinggi