DAYAH: Journal of Islamic Education Vol. 4, No. 2, 192-207, 2021 Persepsi Dosen Pendidikan Agama Islam terhadap Rendahnya Sikap Toleransi di Kota Banda Aceh, Aceh, Indonesia Heru Syahputra Universitas Islam Negeri Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh Alamat: Kopelma Darussalam, Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh, 23111 Email: heru.ibnu1506@gmail.com Anton Widyanto Universitas Islam Negeri Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh Alamat: Kopelma Darussalam, Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh, 23111 Email: anton.widyanto@ar-raniry.ac.id Sri Suyanta Universitas Islam Negeri Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh Alamat: Kopelma Darussalam, Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh, 23111 Email: sri.suyanta@ar-raniry.ac.id DOI: 10.22373/jie.v4i2.5120 The Lecturers Perception of Islamic Education Department towards Low Tolerance in Banda Aceh, Aceh, Indonesia Abstract This study aims at answering the concept of tolerance in Islam; the attitude of tolerance between religious believers and social tolerance according to Islamic religious education lecturers at UIN Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh; and the response of the Islamic religious education lecturers of UIN Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh towards the study which concluded that the city of Banda Aceh was of low tolerance. This study used the qualitative approach. The study found that the main criterion in defining religious tolerance was found in the Qur‟an Surah al-Kafirun verse 6, while that in defining the social tolerance was in Surah an-Nisaa verse 86. The attitude of tolerance that the Prophet p.b.u.h had shown on various occasions was very comprehensive regardless of place and person, in any capacity. Therefore, the attitude of tolerance of the Prophet p.b.u.h had become a reference for every community to this day, and he was also dubbed as the role model (uswah ḥasanah). Responding to the finding of low tolerance in the city of Banda Aceh from a study, most respondents, however, believed otherwise. They agreed that Banda Aceh has already been a very tolerant city regarding religious and social aspects in Indonesia. Thus, such low tolerance could not be generalized to all aspects and concluded that the city of Banda Aceh was intolerant. Keywords: tolerance; lecturers perception; Islamic Education Department