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This article is intended to argue several things. The first is that the educational institutions can play two roles within the context of transmitting Islamic understanding; either to preach the tolerance or in contrast the radicalism. The second is that the teachers affiliated to certain radical movements often fall in to corrupt practices by abusing the school curriculum, which actually is aimed at providing guideline for the teachers of Islamic Religion in order to promote characters of students in line with the values of Indonesia Islam. The third is that the condition and the environment of schools tend to allow the room for the deployment process of radical movements in Indonesia. This article will explore issues on the relationship between school curriculum and radicalism, the transmission of Islamic understanding as well as possible solutions for overcoming the spread of radicalism. In conclusion, this article will reinforce ideas that teachers are the most important instruments within the curriculum implementation. In this regards, it is important to note that curriculum in its various forms is just a text and hence the teachers are the ones really determine the ways in which it is being read and interpreted. It is suggested then that there is a duty that should be performed by the government to strengthen their ideology based on the country national guidelines embraced by Muslims in Indonesia.

Indonesia, with its diverse social, cultural and geographical variety, is one ofthe biggest multicultural societies in the world. This diversity ?when misused- can causemany problems such as corruption, collusion, nepotism, poverty, violence, damage toenvironment, separatism, and human right violation. Vis-?-vis this, multicultural educationsuggests that diversity of ethnicity, culture, language, religion, society, gender, intellectualacumen and age can in fact be used to create inclusive pluralism through sufficientstrategy and efficient concept of education. In practical terms, what is required from ateacher in this whole concept of education is not only to be able to teach his/her subjectmatter, but also to implant the multicultural and inclusive values such as democracy,humanism, and pluralism. In the end, what this approach can achieve is to produce theout-put that has not only the academic skill in his/her specialization, but also the ability toadopt and apply the norms of pluralism which will lead him/her to be more tolerant andunderstanding toward diversity and differences.