Badan Kesatuan Bangsa dan Politik (Kesbangpol) Kota Semarang merupakan lembaga yang fokus pada program-program kegiatan khususnya guna memantapkan ideologi dan kewaspadaan nasional. Kajian ini berfokus pada bagaimana peran Badan Kesbangpol dalam kebijakan kerukunan antar umat beragama serta apa saja kebijakannya dalam menjaga stabilitas kerukunan antar umat beragama di Kota Semarang. Fokus dari kajian ini akan dibahas menggunakan teori peran dan strategi komunikasi politik komunitas beragama. Metode penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian kualitatif melalui jenis pendekatan studi kasus dengan obyek penelitian ialah Badan Kesbangpol Kota Semarang. Teknik pengumpulan data primer yang dikumpulkan melalui wawancara, sedangkan data sekunder diperoleh dari berbagai sumber sekunder seperti artikel, buku-buku, jurnal penelitian dan berbagai sumber lain seperti media baik media cetak ataupun media elektronik.
Hasil penelitian yang dilakukan mendapatkan temuan bahwa menurut konsep teori peran serta startegi komunikasi politik komunitas beragama, bahwa Badan Kesatuan Bangsa dan Politik Kota Semarang telah berperan dalam upaya menjaga stabilitas kerukunan antara umat beragama di Kota Semarang dalam kurun waktu 2019-2021. Hal ini sesuai dengan peran Kesbangpol dalam menciptakan kebijakan kerukunan antar umat beragama diantaranya: (1) Peranan Kesbangpol dan FKUB Kota Semarang dalam upaya menumbuhkan rasa toleransi antar agama dengan adanya kegiatan dialog interaktif antar masyarakat yang berbeda agama; (2) Peranan Kesbangpol dan FKUB Kota Semarang dalam hal edukasi penanganan dan penyelesaian potensi konflik intoleransi antar umat beragama bersama Ormas dan masyarakat, kegiatan ini sebagai sarana pendidikan untuk menekan angka konflik antar umat beragama. Kemudian untuk menjawab apa saja kebijakannya dalam menjaga stabilitas kerukunan antar umat beragama di Kota Semarang, diantaranya: (1) Strategi peningkatan kualitas sumber daya manusia pada internal Kesbangpol untuk menjadi kualitas yang dapat menjaga kerukunan antara umat beragama;
(2) Pemberdayaan dan penguatan Forum Kerukunan Antar Umat Beragama Kota Semarang; (3) Strategi pembentukan FKUB hingga ke tingkat kecamatan.

ABSTRACT:
The National and Political Unity Agency (Kesbangpol) of Semarang City is an institution that focuses on program activities specifically to strengthen ideology and national awareness. This study focuses on the role of the Kesbangpol Agency in inter- religious harmony policies and what are its policies in maintaining the stability of inter- religious harmony in the city of Semarang. The focus of this study will be discussed using role theory and political communication strategies of religious communities. The research method used in this study uses a qualitative research method through a case study approach with the research object being the Semarang City Kesbangpol Agency. Primary data collection techniques were collected through interviews, while secondary data were obtained from various secondary sources such as articles, books, research journals and various other sources such as the media, both print and electronic media.
The results of the research conducted found that according to the concept of role theory and the political communication strategy of the religious community, that the National Unity and Politics Agency of the City of Semarang has played a role in efforts to maintain the stability of harmony between religious communities in the City of Semarang in the 2019-2021 period. This is consistent with the role of the Kesbangpol in creating inter-religious harmony policies including: (1) The role of the Kesbangpol and FKUB Semarang City in an effort to foster a sense of inter-religious tolerance through interactive dialogue activities between people of different religions; (2) The role of Kesbangpol and FKUB in Semarang City in terms of educating on handling and resolving potentialconflicts of intolerance between religious communities with CBOs and the community, this activity is an educational tool to reduce the number of conflicts between religious communities. Then to answer what are the policies in maintaining the stability of inter-religious harmony in the city of Semarang, including: (1) Strategies to improve the quality of human resources in Kesbangpol internal to become qualities that can maintain harmony between religious communities; (2) Empowerment and strengthening of the Forum for Inter-Religious Harmony in the City of Semarang; (3) The strategy for establishing FKUB down tothesub- district level.