DIGITALISASI PENDIDIKAN AGAMA MELALUI WASATHA: APLIKASI MODERASI BERAGAMA BERBASIS DIGITALDALAM BINGKAI WAWASAN TAFSIR NUSANTARA

Abstrak

Religious moderation has been widely promoted by religious scholars in Indonesia; however, public access to a comprehensive and conceptual understanding of religious moderation remains limited. Strengthening religious moderation must now be enhanced through the education sector. Islamic boarding schools (pesantren), as modern and integrated institutions that foster and shape the nation’s character, play a crucial role in this process and must be fully utilized. In this context, this study proposes a new framework for implementing religious moderation in society through a digital application called “Wasatha.” This initiative serves as a preventive step to promote public understanding of religious moderation via digital means, including the digitization of the archipelago’s (Nusantara) interpretive traditions. The study employs a conceptual qualitative method with three approaches: descriptive analysis for writing, literature review for data presentation, and the waterfall technique for designing the application's structure. The Wasatha app offers new insights through its features, including perspectives on religious moderation by the Ministry of Religious Affairs and national figures, interpretations of religious moderation, a map of worship places across religions in Indonesia, a Religious Moderation House (RMB) feature, and historical context. This research is expected to offer a new direction for implementing and teaching religious moderation in Indonesian society through the Wasatha application.