“…This is related to the genetic concepts of Islam, Indonesian-ness, and modernity described by Nurcholish Madjid in his book “Modern Islam and Indonesian-ness” that the link between Islam and Indonesian-ness is the spirit to restore the basic principles and values of Islam as a religion of humanity for multicultural Indonesia while at the same time offering a way a new perspective for all mankind, especially Muslims, regarding an inclusive way of thinking which Nurcholish Madjid himself calls a modern way of thinking (Mashudi et al , 2022). What Nurcholish Madjid stated is the essence of Islam in Indonesia which can be used as the main provision in facing the modern era with an open and dynamic way of thinking so as to avoid the degradation of thinking to a more fatal stage, namely, the freezing of science, including in Islamic schools and colleges in Indonesia (Muhsinin and Assapari, 2023).…”