Abstract
This article which aimed at (1) describing religious pluralism as the
context of “Bhinneka Tunggal Ika” (Unity in Diversity), (2) revealing
prominent issues in politic of religious pluralism in Indonesia, and (3)
analyzing prospect of political policy of religious pluralism in
Indonesia, discusses some points of insights. First, religious pluralism
is natural fact and socio-political consensus that be sociological basic
of “Bhinneka Tunggal Ika” as national motto of Indonesia. Second,
there are prominent issues linking to politic of religious freedom in
Indonesia, namely: 1) inconsistence of governmental regulations against
constitutional provisions on freedom of every citizen to follow any
religion and worship according to his/her religion and faith, 2)
strengthen of religious conservatism leading to violent extremism which
shows ineffectiveness of state policies in preserving religious
pluralism in Indonesia, and 3) politicking of religious identity and
sentiment in electoral politics. Third, prospect of political policy on
religious pluralism is functionally determined by working of three
agenda; 1) formulation of regulation which is in line with basic norm of
constitution, 2) abolition of discriminatory regulations in local level,
and 3) formulation of national rule which intentionally prohibits
politicking sentiment of ethnic, religion, race, and inter social group
in electoral politics in Indonesia.