MULTICULTURAL DA‘WA IN SCHOOLS FROM A SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

Multicultural da‘wa for the sake of building the paradigm of multicultural education is not an easy work due to the determinants in social structure like social, cultural, economic and political determinants. The implementation of multicultural education related to various social elements in society which are not in synergy one another. This article will reveal multicultural preaching carried out in schools and look at the strategies of multicultural education is implemented in schools. Applying qualitative study by describing the initial data associated with a multicultural dakwah activity at the three high schools in Yogyakarta Indonesia, this research concluded that multi­cultural da‘wa in schools is a combination of several approaches namely the contri­bution approach, the additive approach, the transformation approach, and the social action approach. Multicultural da‘wa can help students to develop a social identity that to be achieved based on the values of justice, equality and respect the diversity. The strategy developed by the school for implementing multicultural dakwah is by developing language skills, language classes, art performance, the use of cultural symbols, student exchange between tribes or between countries, and uniformity.