This paper argues that numeric minority in any context (micro or macro) is vulnerable to discrimination by the dominating majority when the law of social relations is not fairly implemented.
Minority in this paper refers to religious groups that are either numeric minority or subordinate majority at the micro school level, not in the macro national population. This paper presents findings of four different school case studies on the problem of access to RC by religious minority in schools in Indonesia. This particular article has a legal ramification that school – state and private – by law must provide corresponding Religion Classes (RC) for each religious group of students in order to fulfil their very human basic right to access to and observe their religious and cultural teaching and practices. Minority Rights to Access Religion Classes: Three Different Cases Raihani1 Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Sultan Syarif Kasim, Riau Abstract: In 2003, Indonesian government issued a new education law in which one of the articles (Article 12) states that student has the right to access religion class in school in accordance with his or her religion by teachers who share the faith. CAPTER 3 ISLAMIC LAW: FROM ‘ILLAH TO MAQASID