Prof. H. Abd. Rahman Mas’ud, Ph.D, Head of Research and Development Centre for Religious Lives said that religions theologically teach about justice, peace, and mutual respect, universal ethic which are parts of principles of  multiculturalism. He also stated: Indonesia is multicultural nation at any parts, from constitution to social practice. Substantially and by procedure, all historical constitution products, constitution 1945 and constitution 1950 were democratic concepts that appreciate multicultural.

Prof. Drs. Syafiq A. Mughni, MA, Ph.D, Chairman of Muhammadiyah in East Java, also gave speech about the importance of multiculturalism. He said that now several of religious society is also integrated by extremism and fundamentalism. The both should be target of multiculturalism programs in order to give chance for dialogue. He said that to contextualize multiculturalism, it could be through politic, educational, and da’wah (Islamic Teachings).

According to Prof. DR. Syamsul Arifin, M.Si, professor of Philofophy and Islamic Studies at UMM, religious boards have important roles to bring multicultural education. He suggested some model of studies which are able to create toleration, dialogue, and cooperation among religious people.

Professor of Islamic Religion at UMM, Prof. Dr. Tobroni, M.Si, stated about four models of religious life in society: textual-normative, contextual-rational, substantive-liberal, and fatalism. Pradana Boy ZTF, MA, principal at Syariah Program and Islamic Faculty UMM, had more focus on the roots of multiculturalism in Islam. He described some historical stories evidently that multiculturalism is very integrated in Islam, for example Madinah Declaration. He also mentioned some verses of the Qur’an implicitly supporting for multiculturalism.

In the workshop, some ideas about multicultural models and its dissemination in social life were raising. Generally, the ideas increasing in the workshop are more about multiculturalism in education, especially how multicultural values work internally in curriculum. Some others gave point to multiculturalism in politic and social fields.

Some conclusions from the workshop are:

a, Reality of plurality could bring social life into better or worse condition.

b, Multiculturalisms have rooted concept in theology.

c, multiculturalism  occupation is a process in many fields.

d, The importance to increase multiculturalism in action.