Save Students from the Trap of Radicalism

The face of our universities increasingly shows an aura of radicalism. A survey by BNPT indicates that 39 percent of students have been exposed to radicalism.

Kompas/Handining

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Apridar\'s article entitled "Radical Universities" (Kompas, 14/2) looks at how to cope with and handle growing issues of radicalism and extremism in higher education.

Because, when referring to a number of research studies and surveys conducted by several parties, the face of our universities increasingly shows an aura of radicalism. A survey by the National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT), for example, indicates that 39 percent of students have been exposed to radicalism. Meanwhile, Anas Zaidi\'s research from the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) reveals that the radicalism phenomenon has widely penetrated major campuses in Indonesia.