Attitudes of Religious Tolerance Among Traders in Mengkuang Titi, Penang

Abstract

Religious tolerance plays an important role in society today. This is because, without tolerance in every layer of society, understanding and unity between races will not be achieved. The practice of tolerance is not only limited to the young, but it needs to be practiced in every layer of society regardless of race, religion, and culture, including among traders. Since Mengkuang Titi is one of the villages that has many traders from various ethnicities and races, tolerance needs to be practiced so that the traders around the area can establish good relations between traders and customers despite different religions. Thus, this article presents about religious tolerance among traders in Mengkuang Titi, Penang. This study is a quantitative study by distributing questionnaires to the target group. The study sample was selected through a stratified random sample involving 30 traders aged 18 to 70 years. This research questionnaire was constructed using the principle of 'Keep It Short and Simple'. The collected data was analyzed using SPSS 22.0 software descriptively. The results of the study show that the attitude of religious tolerance among traders around the Mengkuang Titi area is at a high level, ie traders have good relationships with customers and traders in the surrounding area who are of different religions and help each other. This shows that the traders around the Mengkuang Titi area live in a peaceful and harmonious situation by practicing a society of tolerance.