On November 13, 2024, a delegation from the Faculty of Da'wah consisting of the Vice Dean for Academic Affairs Dr. Fita Faturakhmah, M.Si, Vice Dean for General Administration, Dr. Rubiyanah M.Si, Vice Dean for Student Affairs, Alumni and Cooperation and Head of the Da'wah Management Study Program, Amiruddin M.Si visited CSEAS Kyoto University which was received by Professor Fumiharu Meino, Professor Akamoto Masaaki, Ph.D, and Professor Kobayashi Satoru, Ph.D. On January 1, 2017, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), was integrated with the Center for Integrated Area Studies (CIAS) to be relaunched as a new Center. The Center for Southeast Asian Studies was established as an intramural organization at Kyoto University in 1963 as a research department in charge of comprehensive research on Southeast Asia, and was followed by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, which became a government organization in 1965. The Center for Integrated Area Studies was established in 2006 as a research department at Kyoto University based at the Center for Japan Area Studies, National Museum of Ethnology.

During the visit, academician of FDIKOM UIN Jakarta, Dr. Fita Faturakhmah, M.Si presented the results of research entitled Analysis on the Religious “Institutions” Social Media Discourse on the Worship Restrictions by the Ministry of Religious Affairs during the Covid Pandemic: Communicative Actions or Not?. This activity was attended by researchers at CSEAS Kyoto University from Japan, Uganda and Indonesia.

The presentation explores how Islamic organizations in Indonesia utilize social media during the crisis triggered by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Specifically, it examines the communication of various religious institutions through social media in responding to the Ministry of Religious Affairs' restrictions on worship by referring to Habermas's theory of communicative action. Analysis of various social media sources found that the two different groups have different views on restrictions on worship. On the one hand, the Ministry of Religious Affairs itself and the largest Islamic organization Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) relaxed restrictions after the initial restrictions. In contrast, the second largest Islamic organization, Muhammadiyah, and the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) continued to enforce the restrictions. Analysis of social media discourse reveals that requests or orders for restrictions made by religious institutions may be strategic actions rather than communicative actions in accordance with Habermas's dichotomy in communication. Therefore, the differences in requests or orders reflect the way they convey their own interpretations of religious doctrine and public legitimacy to influence Muslim society in Indonesia.