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Internalization of religious moderation values to students effectively, efficiently and
comprehensively starting from classroom learning, extracurricular activities, teacher
examples as role models, and so on need to be maximized so that madrasah becomes one
of the institutions that make a positive contribution to the development and progress of the
nation. Andewi Suhartini said that in the development of a nation, including Indonesia,
education is the main focus that is the highlight of renewal, compared to other aspects.
Almost everyone agrees, education has a linear relationship with development successes
and failures (Suhartini, 2017).
Decree of the Minister of Religious Affairs (KMA) 184 of 2019 aims to encourage
madrasahs to take various innovative steps to strengthen madrasah students, in the context
of strengthening religious moderations, character education, anti-corruption education,
literacy, and strengthening the morals of madrasah students, has a very important role. One
aspect that must be emphasized is religious moderation, aimed at creating madrasah
students who have tolerant attitudes and behaviors, respect the existence of others, respect
the opinions of others, and reject all forms of coercion by violent means. The main
objective of this effort is to produce individuals who are devout and knowledgeable, in line
with the vision of madrasah to achieve superior and competitive status by 2030. Thus,
KMA 184 of 2019 provides important directions for madrasahs to involve students in the
development of broader values of religious moderation, character, and literacy, while
ensuring that anti-corruption education and moral strengthening are also emphasized. This
is an important step in producing young people who are committed to positive values,
tolerance, and strong knowledge, who can make a positive contribution to society and the
nation (Salim, 2020).
Madrasah has an important role as an educational institution, being the center of
learning second only to family education. With its position as an advanced coach, madrasah
should be a place where students get continuous coaching and also a place to nurture
positive behavior that has been instilled from the family, as well as correct bad behavior.
Education provided in madrasah has a comprehensive purpose, which is to form students
in two dimensions of life, namely the intellectual dimension and the spirituality dimension.
From an academic perspective, madrasah plays a role in training students to be able to adapt
to rapid changes in a competitive environment and culture. Islamic religious education
should not only develop knowledge, but also delve into aspects of students' spirituality and
morality, helping them become intellectually and spiritually balanced individuals. This is
important, to form individuals who are resilient in facing challenges in a dynamic and
competitive daily life (Kamarudin Hidayat, 1999).
Each educational institution has its own efforts in shaping and developing moderate
attitudes of students. Such as Madrasah Tsanawiyah (MTs) Assalam Salem, Brebes
Regency and Madrasah Tsanawiyah (MTs) Al Irfan Tanjungsari, Sumedang Regency
which has several excellent extracurricular activities of madrasahs such as extracurricular
scouts in printing and developing students who have a foundation of faith and piety and are
able to express their religious understanding in living together. The establishment of
scouting education as a compulsory extracurricular activity shows that scouting education
has a systematic role in strengthening psychological, social, and cultural aspects in the
development of attitudes and skills (Kemendikbud, 2014). The Scout code of honor consists
of an appointment known as Satya Pramuka and also contains moral provisions called
Darma Pramuka (Bahtiar, 2018). Some values of religious moderation are explicitly stated
in Darma Pramuka.
Based on the author's initial observations to the two madrasas above, that
extracurricular scouts become one of the containers or vehicles in an effort to internalize
the values of religious moderation and the values of religious teachings which are