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US envoy participates in community service at Assidiqiyah boarding school
US ambassador to Indonesia Scot Marciel joined in on a community service activity as part of his visit to Assidiqiyah Islamic boarding school onJl
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U
S ambassador to Indonesia Scot Marciel joined in on a community service activity as part of his visit to Assidiqiyah Islamic boarding school onJl. Garuda, Batijaya subdistrict in Tangerang on Saturday.
'Community service in the US is a routine activity in which we volunteer every Saturday,'he said.
According to Scot, he and US Embassy staff members visited the boarding school to learn about the school, which has some alumni continuing their studies in the US.
Scot helped paint the floor of the school's basketball court while other embassy staff members worked along school teachers and students.The US envoy also spent time with the school's head, Noer
Muhamad Iskandar, and his students to discuss inter-religion tolerance, radicalism, terrorism, open opportunity to study in the US, bilateral ties between Indonesia and the US and Muslim life in the US.
Scot said interreligious tolerance was pivotal not only for Indonesia but also for the rest of the world. (dic)
