Building a Nationalist-Religious Border Society in Tanjungpinang, Riau Islands

The wave of transnational religious movements has penetrated Tanjungpinang, Riau Islands, and threatened the nationalism of the people. It is worst by the lack of attention from the central government in developing border areas, which has become a problem for the nation's integrity and the pride of cultural religion in Tanjungpinang. Likewise, the national political condition after the 2019 presidential election has divided society which resulted in the strengthening of the stigma of 'nationalists are not religious, but religious are not nationalists. Therefore, it is important to build a nationalist-religious border society in Tanjungpinang. The people of Tanjungpinang must be a people who are proud of their nation-state and obedient to their religion. This literature study-based article explores how to build a nationalist-religious border society in Tanjungpinang. Data collection was carried out by searching the literature. After the data is collected, data analysis is carried out interactively and continuously until it is deemed sufficient. This article offers two important efforts to build a religious-nationalist Tanjungpinang society. At first, the importance of massively inculcating religious inclusive values and nationalism in the world of education. Second, the synergy of community development cooperation between state structural forces and religious authorities must continue to be strengthened.