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teachings of their religion. However, religious tolerance does not mean mixing
religious teachings. Because mixing religious teachings no longer means

tolerance but is blasphemy against religion.
Religious moderation also does not mean giving rise to indifference to
the surrounding environmental conditions, nor does it mean creating apathy,

negating the prohibition of ma'ruf and nahyi Munkar for the emergence of
various immoral behaviors are shown, either directly or through the media.

Because in Islam, Amar ma'ruf (ordering or inviting goodness) is not enough
but must be balanced with nahyi Munkar. (forbid to use) either shown or
secretly.

2. Values of Religious Moderation
Value in English is called value. Value literally means price. Antony

Giddens (1995) defines value as an idea that a person or group has about what
is appropriate, what is action, and what is good and bad. Meanwhile,
according to Danandjaja (2002), value is the understanding that a person has

of something more important or less important, what is better and less good,
and also what is better and what is wrong. So, value is a concept that shows
everything considered valuable in human life, namely something that is

considered true, good, worthy, appropriate, or essential by humans.
While the same meaning is also found in Mu'jam al-Was (1972),
namely 'adulan and khiyāran which means simple and selected. Moderation in

this case can be interpreted as being in the middle, fair, standard, and elected.
Moderation in the Big Indonesian Dictionary V edition is defined as reducing

violence; avoiding extremes. Thus, a moderate person can be defined as
someone who reduces and avoids harsh and extreme attitudes and behaviours.
The person always behaves and behaves in a reasonable, fair, standard, and

mediocre manner. So, moderation is a commendable state of a person who
keeps him from being moderate and avoiding two extreme attitudes; ifrāṫ

attitude (excessive) and muqaṣṣir attitude (reduce).
Thus, religious moderation can be interpreted as a person's attitude
and awareness to accept the diversity and religious freedom of a person or