Radicalism Preference of Islamic Senior High School Student in East Java

Abstract

Islamic senior high school is assumed far and safe from intolerant and radical by society because they are out of reach of intolerant people. This study analyzed the preferences of Islamic senior high school Aliyah students towards the issue of radicalism in the Islamic senior high school. This research used quantitative research with 1167 Islamic senior high school students in East Java. The results showed that most of the respondents did not feel intimidated, to live around other religions’ societies. In addition, for state ideology preferences, it was found that 512 out of 1,167 respondents indicated that Pancasila was the appropriate ideology. While 146 respondents stated that religion ideology-based was very appropriate for the Indonesian state. Oki Setiana Dewi was the most popular religious figure among Islamic senior high school students. Oki's popularity is a paradox because the majority of respondents are members of NU and Muhammadiyah organizations. Furthermore, in Indonesian state ideology preferences in Islamic senior high schools, 131 respondents strongly agreed that the khilafah was not appropriate in Indonesia, 256 respondents agreed that the khilafah was not appropriate in Indonesia, and 533 respondents had doubts about the inappropriateness of the khilafah in Indonesia, 166 respondents tended to agree about the implementation of the khilafah in Indonesia, and 81 respondents strongly agreed with the implementation of the Khilafah.