Moderation Islam Ibn Rushd’s … 171-188 (Mamdukh Budiman, et all) |171 Moderation Islam Ibn Rushd’s Thoughts to Counter Radicalism in Indonesia Mamdukh Budiman mamdukh@unimus.ac.id Universitas Muhammadiyah Semarang, Indonesia Mirza Mahbub Wijaya dewalast79@yahoo.com Universitas Islam Negeri Walisongo Semarang, Indonesia Abstract This paper discusses the moderation attitude to counter radicalism in Indonesia. Why is this research interesting to discuss? Fundamentalism is dammed by education and understanding of diversity. Therefore, the author offers the thoughts and personality of Ibn Rushd. In historical records, Ibn Rushd is a scholar who never attacks personally and accuses his opponents of infidelity. The moderation attitude showed by Ibn Rushd can be used as a model for character building for Muslims today. In terms of methodology, this article is of library research type. Furthermore, the writer digs up data from Ibn Rushd’s books and uses a philosophical approach with content analysis or hermeneutics. According to Ibn Rushd, a scholar must have several essential moderation personalities. There are three parts: before, in, and after thinking. Before thinking, a scholar must have an open, honest, curious, sceptical, courageous, and patient personality. Scholars’ personality in thinking is speculative, willing to be guided by experience and reason, willing to accept, ready to face mistakes and dare to make decisions. Furthermore, the personality, after thinking, is tolerant and forgiving Keywords: Moderation, Radicalism, Islamic Philosophy, Ibn Rushd, Scholars Personality URL: http://e-journal.iainpekalongan.ac.id/index.php/Religia/article/view/5715 DOI: https://doi.org/10.28918/religia.v25i2.5715 INTRODUCTION Religion is a belief in the bond between man and his God. Religion can influence a person’s behavior because it offers guidelines that can guide them to the right path. Because every religion must have a goal so that each of its adherents becomes focused and safe, then every religious adherent tends to make claims of good justification (claiming to be most right) and claims of error (Claiming Error). The adherents of each religion cause claim, justifications, or mistakes because many factors can give rise to justification (Gufron, 2014, p. 3); (Latif, 2018, p. 175). If the adherents of religion live and apply it well, accompanied by a good attitude of thought (mindset) or attitude (behavior), then positive Vol. 25 No. 2 2022 ISSN: 1411-1632 (Print) 2527-5992 (Online) J u r n a l I l m u – I l m u K e i s l a m a n RELIGIA Article History Submitted: 24-06-2022 Reviewed: 08-08-2022 Aproved: 30-10-2022