After receiving the TOT for Strengthening Religious
Moderation, the trainers are expected to become an extension of the Ministry of Religious Affairs program to
convey the idea of Religious Moderation. In this regard, several lecturers of
English and literature Department of UIN Alauddin Makassar who have attended
the TOT are involved in various Ministry of Ministry
of Religious Affairs’ programs.
Among
them is Prof. Dr. Barsihannor, M.Ag who often gets assignments to go to the
regions to conduct Religious Moderation training at various agencies. In
addition, the English and literature Department Lecturer, Sandra Dewi Dahlan,
S.Pd., M.A was also appointed by the Central Religious Moderation Working Group
to give training for Madrasah leaders in the Gorontalo province. The event is
entitled “the Pioneer Orientation Activities to Strengthen Religious Moderation
for Civil Servants in the Gorontalo province”. The training was held from
Wednesday-Friday, March 15-17 2023 at the Gorontalo Hajj Hotel which was
attended by dozens of Madrasah leaders. Other Facilitators who were involved in
the team were Donald Tungkagi from IAIN Gorontalo and instructor Fawaizul Umam
from UIN KHAS Jember.
It
is hoped that this activity will enable civil servants in Gorontalo to carry
out their duties and daily activities in line with the values of the Ministry of Religious Affairs, which are inclusive,
democratic, egalitarian and moderate, humanist, non-discriminatory, courageous
and non-violent.