Unisa Yogyakarta Students Take Part In Interfaith Forum: Strengthening Inclusivity

Two students of Universitas ‘Aisyiyah (Unisa) Yogyakarta took part in the Muhammadiyah Youth Interfaith Leadership Program (MY-ILP) 2025 Forum, at the Bali Education Quality Development Center, Wednesday (14/1/2025) – Friday (16/1/2025).

Unisa Yogyakarta students who participated in MY-ILP 2025 were Theresia Wilmince Nahak, a Bachelor of Public Administration (Public Administration) student class of 2021 and Ivonea Renha Dos Santos Soares, a Communication Science student class of 2023.

Reporting from Muhammadiyah.or.id, the activity aims as a form of expansion of the Muhammadiyah Christian variant (Krismuha) to provide leadership training and instill Muhammadiyah values, nationality and humanity to non-Muslim students consisting of Christians, Catholics, Hindus and Buddhists. It is expected that they can play a voluntary role as catalysts, ambassadors, in their respective environments through various mainstream media platforms or social media and other means.

There shared that her experience during the MY-ILP 2025 activity was very memorable and grateful that Muhammadiyah held an interfaith activity that certainly presented many pros and cons regarding Krismuha’s culture. Other than that, he felt happy because he met other great interfaith presenters who certainly grew through the inclusive Muhammadiyah movement.

“I am grateful to meet fellow believers who have other good experiences at Perguruan Tinggi Muhammadiyah ‘Aisyiyah (PTMA),” There said, Sunday (19/1/2025).

He realized the presence of Muhammadiyah as a better humanitarian movement, with many PTMAs that have reached more than 10,000 units spread throughout Indonesia. “Even other examples such as in Papua and East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) where the majority are non-Muslims,” he said.

There also shared experiences from other friends who have never received racist or unfavorable treatment. “With this interfaith agenda, an interfaith organization will be formed as a forum for all students to collaborate and resolve humanitarian issues,” he said.

He felt there were other interesting things after discussing with non-Muslim friends at several PTMAs. They participated in the activities of the Muhammadiyah Student Association (IMM) and they served as Head and Secretary of the regional IMM.

“That’s what surprised me because as far as I know in Jogja there is no such thing, but in several regions such as Muhammadiyah University (UM) Palangkaraya and UM Makulu Utara, non-Muslims have the same role in IMM,” There said.

In the MY-ILP 2025 forum, which was attended by 18 campuses from all over Indonesia, There also said that there was the Deputy Minister of Education and Culture, the Chairperson of the IMM Central Leadership Council (DPP), the Bali Education Office, and a number of religious figures who attended the event.

Here also said it was very important to follow student organizations and dialogue forums “It’s very important because with this we are more open in our perspective and improve soft skills and build relationships,” he said.

He thanked Unisa Yogyakarta for supporting the MY-ILP 2025 forum. There hopes that Unisa Yogyakarta will continue to strengthen and facilitate all groups regardless of religious, ethnic, and regional backgrounds. “I hope Unisa Yogyakarta will strengthen the value of inclusiveness,” There hoped.

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