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Throughout various phases and epochs of Islamic history, the mosque's functions have fluctuated and adapted to the political, economic and social realities of the time. To understand the diverse roles of the mosque today in traditionally Islamic and non-Islamic societies, it is necessary to understand how mosque functions evolved, changed and were sometimes reincorporated after long periods of dormancy. This study examines the increasingly significant role of the mosque, especially through their influential Friday prayer sermons (khutba), for empowering socio-economic dimensions in the moderate Indonesian Muslim society. Friday sermons which had been commonly dominated by religious themes have been progressively reformed by inserting more relevant and essential messages for socio-economic empowerment. A very historic Kauman mosque in Semarang, Central Java, has been demonstrating as a dynamic institution capable of responding to contemporary social needs. Islamic scholars and practitioners from different fields have been encouraged to deliver Friday sermons to enlighten the Friday congregation on how to deal with contemporary circumstances. Apparently, the Kauman mosque's strategy is to try to bridge the gap between religiously oriented and contextualized approaches in propagating Islam. However, the dynamic social environment surrounding the mosque will determine if mosques will be properly operated for religious, political, or socio-economic functions. This study suggests to maintain both social and cultural bases surrounding the mosque for a sustainable reform effort.

Strategi penanggulangan kemiskinan: Pertama, perlu kejujuran dari pihak penerintah, baik pusat maupun daerah untuk mengakui bahwa kebijakan yang ada selama ini kurang tepat dalam menanggulangi kemiskinan. Kedua,untuk memperkuat upaya penanggulangan kemiskinan diperlukan kepemimpinan yang memihak rakyat, serta komitmen dan political will dalam hal: 1) anggaran yang memihak kepada masyarakat miskin, baik laki-laki maupun perempuan, 2) prioritas kebijakan yang jelas dan terukur, 3) pelaksanaan kebijakan yang konsisten dengan pengawasan dan pengendalian serta sanksi yang tegas, 4) kelembagaan yang kokoh, 5) kemitraan pemerintah daerah, swasta, perguruan tinggi, LSM dan masyarakat. Rumusan ini memang bagus sekaligus ideal, tetapi yang ideal selalu tidak mudah dilihat pada realitasnya karena terbukti sampai saat ini belum mampu mengentaskan kemiskinan, tetapi memang tak ada cara lain bahwa perlu ada kerja keras yang terus menerus untuk menangani kemiskinan demi kehidupan bangsa yang sejahtera dan berkeadilan.

Mediation is relatively less known by the Indonesian people. As a potential country with wide conflicts, mediation can be an alternative in conflict resolution. In the history of Indonesia, the founding fathers had known the potency of conflict, especially religion and ethnicity based conflict, so they built a concept of unity in diversity. But lately those conflicts often occur. Indonesian society grew up into a society that does not respect differences in various spheres: social, politic, religion and ideology. Most of those conflicts are largely finished in the courthouse. Mediation that is expected as a way to give win - win solution is less appreciated. There are many obstacles for implementing mediation. This paper tries to examine the role of mediation in conflict resolution in the contemporary Indonesian society.

Wates vilage citizens utterly realized the important of forest fiuction for Semarang and vicinity city such as to avoid flood danger, and to manage temperature. But they perceived that they have nothing to face the strong force of network of the organized wood business. People see that teak wood forest around Wates vilage should be managed by government and they go along to protect it. Forest reinstalling shall be endeavored. But people note that security party shall have super ordinate consciousness in order to not become the facilitator or even supporters in prcesses of teakwood theft. Forest rehabilitation movemeent is not sufficient if they still keep on their exploitative mentality and repudiate the environmentally-friendly mentality. In some previous years they did forest rehabilitation. But then, before it was growing, those woods were hewn back by people and sold, since teakwood deficit at the timber market made it highly saleable even at its still age young. Therefore, it was very important to revitalize the traditional wisdom such as through folklore's wisdom to villagers through generation and reviving custom ceremonies that enable their consciouness-raising on the importance of forest conservation as one of prerequisites for a sustainable village.

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This article aims to provide insight into the formation of religious identity among the millennial generation of the Indonesian Muslim diaspora in the Netherlands, identifying its main influencing factors. Our empirical study identified a dynamic and diverse process regarding the formation of the millennial group's religious identity, expressed dynamically in various aspects of Islamic teachings at the level of religious beliefs, morals or ethics, and practices. The negotiation process between their Islamic and Western identities produced various identity statuses, namely diffusion, foreclosure, moratorium, and achievement. The process shifts between exploration and commitment. The study concludes that religious identities formed through exploration are more established and more adaptable to environmental changes than those based on commitment with no exploration. Second, the formation of the Indonesian Muslim millennial diaspora's religious identity is influenced by three key factors, namely social environment, reference groups, and role models.

Multi etnisitas Indonesia dan potensi konflik di dalamnya / Misbah Zulfa Elizabeth -- Konflik antar agama / Peter Suwarno -- Gerakan fundamentalisme dan konflik agama / Didin Nurul Rosidin -- Peran negara dalam kebebasan beragama dan resolusi atas konflik bernuansa agama / Musahadi H.A.M. -- Mediasi dan konflik agama di Indonesia / Abu Hafsin -- Mediasi dan konflik agama di Indonesia / Daniel Nuhamara -- Mediasi peradilan di Indonesia / Achmad Gunaryo -- Alternatif penyelesaian sengketa melalui mediasi / Muhammad Saifullah -- Peace building melalui pendidikan multikultural / Syamsul Ma'arif -- Peace building melalui pengembangan format keberagamaan inklusif dan dialogis / Sholihan.