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Muhammadiyah chairman at Jewish congress
Preaching to the converted
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Preaching to the converted: Muhammadiyah chairman Din Syamsuddin calls upon devotees of all religions to live in peace and harmony at the 14th General Assembly of Jewish Congress, held in Budapest, Hungary, on May 5 to 7. (Courtesy of Muhammadiyah Central Board) (Courtesy of Muhammadiyah Central Board)
Preaching to the converted. Muhammadiyah chairman Din Syamsuddin calls upon devotees of all religions to live in peace and harmony at the 14th General Assembly of Jewish Congress, held in Budapest, Hungary, on May 5 to 7. (Courtesy of Muhammadiyah Central Board)
Muhammadiyah chairman Din Syamsuddin highlighted the right to have a religion in his remarks at the 14th General Assembly of Jewish Congress, held in Budapest, Hungary, on May 5 to 7.
He delivered the remarks in the congress' Freedom of Religious Practices session together with President of the Bishops' Conferences of Europe, Ukraine's Chief Rabbi, and Professor Chloe Meyer from New York.
In his remarks, Din said that the right to religion was the most basic of human rights.
'Even God gives human beings the freedom to choose on whether he or she wants to be a faithful person or not,' he said in a statement made available to The Jakarta Post on Sunday.
Din was the only Muslim speaker who had a session in the international congress of the Jewish leaders.
'The followers of three Abrahamic religions -- Jew, Christian, and Islam ' need to get closer each other and live in peace and harmony, as well as to enhance stronger cooperation among civilizations for the sake of humanity,' he said. (ebf)
