RELIGIOUS MODERATION IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE OBI COMMUNITY

Abstract

Religious moderation is one of the policies pursued by the Ministry of Religion of the Republic of Indonesia to become a means of peace for Indonesian people who have a diversity of ethnicities, cultures and religions.  This study aims to find out how the Obi people understand religious moderation and how it is implemented in the Obi community.  This research uses descriptive qualitative research that is explaining the phenomena that occur descriptively, this research collects data using observation and interviews, the informants of this research are the Obi people.  From the results of this study it can be concluded that the Obi people are not very familiar with the term religious moderation, but they are more familiar with tolerance between religious communities.