Peacebuilding Strategies for Multicultural Society in the Literature of Islamic Supplementary Lessons Named “Learning for Understanding”
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This research aimed to study the peacebuilding strategies in terms of lesson content and language used in the literature of Islamic supplementary lessons named “Learning for Understanding”. The resources of this research included six books of the literature of Islamic supplementary lessons named "Learning for Understanding" and one book of reprint edition, totaling at seven books. The primary data collecting and analysis had been conducted as a research method and objectives. The result showed that the writers had used five strategies in lesson content for peacebuilding. It presented the core of peace in Islam comprising with 1) the peace free from denying and deceiving; 2) the peace free from all vices and sins; 3) the peace free from Sharia and all kinds of unusual behaviors; 4) the peace free from injustice and violation; and 5) the peace free from torture in hell and vicious habitat in the underworld. In terms of language, there are four strategies used in these sample groups, namely, Referential form, Describing form, Modality form, and Arab transliteration form. This result also reflected various and interesting ways to perform the peacebuilding strategies. The readers could understand the core of the Islamic religion and Islam people’s thinking easily and significantly.
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