This is since basic Arabic language has become a mandatory course in every Indonesia Islamic University in addition to a pair of other mandatory Islamic courses such as fiqh, hadith, muamalah, or Islamic histories as an effort by the universities to integrate Islamic teaching and conventional educational majors including Accounting, Business, Pharmacy, and several others. This study investigates how the youths’ fear of demographic changes can be explained by the concentration of Arabic knowledge possession, religiosity, and political preference. The anatomy of this fear is the object of interest in this study, focusing on the interacting relationships among the youths, specifically Islamic university students, in Indonesia. This is indicated by the case of the suspected religious blasphemy of Basuki Tjahaya Purnama (an Indonesian Chinese) that divided the country and fueled the increasing fear of demographic change ( Winarni et al. It can be observed that a demographic shift is one of the hotbed issues during the election, and Indonesia has a similar trend. This is evident in the recent USA election, which showed that most of Donald Trump’s voters are dominated by those aged 50 and over and Caucasians (see Edison Research for the National Election Pool). This means there is a need for academic conversations to determine the constantly evolving demographic, religious, political, economic, and regulatory transitions. The demographic changes currently being experienced worldwide are the inevitable consequences of the interconnecting globalization.
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