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MAARIF seeking 2014 award nominees
Multicultural and pluralism organization MAARIF Institute has begun its search for leaders committed to democracy, human rights and pluralism, to become candidates for the 2014 MAARIF award
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ulticultural and pluralism organization MAARIF Institute has begun its search for leaders committed to democracy, human rights and pluralism, to become candidates for the 2014 MAARIF award.
MAARIF Institute program director Abdullah Darraz said that the selection of this year's award candidates would be extraordinary because of the upcoming legislative and presidential elections.
'Corruption and sectarianism that defy pluralism have exacerbated Indonesia's situation today, particularly given the involvement of political elites. The MAARIF Award aims to help inject hope and optimism,' he said in a press release made available to The Jakarta Post on Wednesday.
The institute said it was looking at various social, civil and religious organizations and figures that 'fight for pluralism, human rights and substantial democratic achievement'.
'This nation is still suffering from a 'leadership drought',' Ahmad Syafii Maarif, the founder of the institute, said as quoted in the release.
The judges of this year's award are Andy F. Noya, a senior journalist and TV presenter; Clara Joewono, a senior member of the MAARIF Institute and the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS); Amin Abdullah, a professor from the Yogyakarta-based Sunan Kalijaga Islamic State University; Maria Hartiningsih, a senior journalist and gender activist; and TGH Hasanain Juaini, a pluralism defender and 2008 award winner.
The selection process would include searching for potential nominees, administrative selections, on-the-ground investigation, and judges' assessment, according to the release.
The institute gives the award to community figures who had made a real contribution to promoting the values of religious pluralism as well as inspire the public.
The award is in its fifth year.
Past recipients include Arianto Sangadji, an activist who promoted peace between Muslims and Christians in Poso, Central Sulawesi, in 2007; Cicilia Yulia Hendayani, an advocate for poorer residents who worked toward erasing the Indonesian Communist Party stigma and initiated interfaith education in Blitar, East Java, in 2008; Habib Ali al-Habsyi, a Shia activist from Martapura, South Kalimantan, who pioneered economic empowerment programs for interfaith communities, in 2010; and Charles Patrick Edward Burrows or Romo Carolus, a Catholic priest who provides community services with no regard for class or religious background, in 2012.
