By: Muhammad Yasin)*
Radicalism is an ideology that can infiltrate anyone, including those who are currently studying, especially students. Educational institutions are also asked to be vigilant and participate in preventing the spread of the anti-Pancasila ideology.
Radical ideology has also experienced camouflage according to the place and conditions, these ideas have infiltrated changing skins through student activities by providing financial assistance for activities so that they get a good reception and big smiles among students.
Referring to Permenristekdikti No. 55 of 2018 the response by emphasizing the mentoring of campus nationalities. Each campus is required to form a National Ideology Guard Student Activity Unit (UKM-PIB). The UKM can certainly be a forum for extra Pancasila-oriented organizations to participate in strengthening efforts to fight radicalism on campus.
Flow Radicalism in Indonesia noted that there is a need to optimize the role of formal and non-formal educational institutions, including in higher education, in an effort to prevent and find quick-term solutions, prevention efforts through dialogue and education. In this effort, prevention in the early form of radicalism can be carried out with useful activities, such as educational, creative, innovative, productive and cooperative activities based on the 1945 Constitution, the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia and Bhineka Tunggal Ika.
Of course, colleges have a lot of homework to do. In an effort to prevent radicalization in the campus environment, it is now appropriate for all aspects of activities to be involved. Students can certainly be given nationality training in the hope of having a good sense of nationalism as good citizens.
By establishing good relations between students and lecturers, alumni and student organizations both intra and extra, lecturers who are parents on campus must be able to direct that the activities carried out by students are always in the corridor of understanding in accordance with the principles of the state and religion.
On a different occasion, Deputy Chairperson of the MPR, Jazilul Fawaid, said radicalism often starts with critical thinking, which always feels right when others are wrong. These are called extremist groups.
Meanwhile, radicalism that continues with action is called terrorism. Therefore, the campus, which is a place for critical groups, must be at the forefront of countering radicalism.
Gus Jazil said, radical groups usually always feel right about themselves and often judge other groups, especially the state and leaders in positions that are always unfair. These are the seeds of radicalism. Well, interruptions to injustice often come from the campus environment.
He also hopes that the campus can pay attention to the potential for the emergence of radical ideas which often start with critical thinking but are not well directed. Because, a critical attitude on campus should be a must, but a critical attitude is still directed at goodness, not hatred towards the state, leaders or certain groups. He also said, in fact, radical thoughts have always existed in every era. Even since the time of the prophet, the roots of radicalism have been similar, namely a hard mind and always self-righteous.
Meanwhile, the Head of the Counter Propaganda Sub-Directorate of the BNPT Deputy I Prevention Directorate Colonel Pas Sujatmiko said all campuses had the same opportunity to be affected by recruitment to become part of radical groups.
According to him, so that campuses in Indonesia are not influenced by the narrative of radicalism, national values must be emphasized to the academic community. And always be aware of these threats.
A former convict of terrorism cases, Irfan Suhardianto shared his experience regarding the radical understanding of a terrorist. The terrorists have a radical understanding of religion, so they are going too far. They regard the system and the state apparatus as tagut, so it is necessary to change the system and state ideology.
Campuses must be able to realize the spirit to live in diversity and build tolerance among religious people. Moreover, the campus usually contains students from various ethnicities and religions. So that the attitude of tolerance should be the breath of life on campus.
Concretely, the campus must have a place that becomes the center for fostering the Pancasila ideology, as a form of student concern for the sense of nationalism. This forum is of course tasked with protecting the campus from the risk of exposure to radical narratives that aim to replace the ideology of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia.
)* The author is a contributor to the Nusa Pertiwi Institute
