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This study is motivated by national social and political developments in Indonesia. The phenomenon that arises is that religion is used as a vehicle to achieve political goals. On the other hand, to accommodate religious goals requires support from the authorities policies. In other words, the existence and interests of religion need political support. The main purpose of this paper is to analyze the pattern of relations and dominance between religion and politics. on the one hand religion is used as a means to achieve political goals. While on the other hand religious interests are also fought through politics. this study uses a normative, historical, and sociological approach as the analytical knife. The conclusion of this study is that in certain conditions the pattern of relations between religion and politics is symbiotic parasitism. In this case religion becomes the loser because there is no balance between achieving interests between the two. The phenomenon that appears is that politics dominates religion. this is evidenced by the achievement of political interests through religion as its vehicle.