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Freedom institute: Wahid Institute executive director Yenni Wahid prepares to present a paper in January 2014
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Freedom institute: Wahid Institute executive director Yenni Wahid prepares to present a paper in January 2014. The research institute reported numerous violations of religious freedom and increasing cases of intolerance, including the poor treatment of Shia followers in East Java and the Ahmadiyah sect in Java and West Nusa Tenggara.(JP/Jerry Adiguna) (JP/Jerry Adiguna)
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span class="caption">Freedom institute: Wahid Institute executive director Yenni Wahid prepares to present a paper in January 2014. The research institute reported numerous violations of religious freedom and increasing cases of intolerance, including the poor treatment of Shia followers in East Java and the Ahmadiyah sect in Java and West Nusa Tenggara.(JP/Jerry Adiguna)
Your comments on Wahid Institute's recent survey that shows an increasing trend of violence against minority groups and on the government's acknowledgement that it faced difficulties in promoting religious tolerance.
The government should impeach itself ' if they still have any dignity left ' for failure to govern the people.
Jose Christie
The government said that it was facing difficulties in promoting religious tolerance. What is the government really doing? Radical religious groups systematically and violently storm every event that doesn't follow their ideas with complete impunity, while the police turn a blind eye and always show up after the fact.
And the government wonders why it's facing difficulties.
Phippe Marland
Difficulties in promoting religious tolerance are mainly caused by our religiously based schools, instead of having scientifically based education. This is in fact the very cause of the difficulties in adhering to the uniting principles of our Pancasila and Bhineka Tunggal Eka.
Yet we all realize our vast archipelago territory is in need of sincere unity. Science-based education is necessary to induce tolerance and enhance 'peoples' unity'.
Moeljono Adikoesoemo
Indonesia is at risk of becoming a Stone-Age state. Intolerance of anything and everything, which has built up over the years because of unchecked religious fervor emanating from the Middle East, has created an atmosphere of extreme conservatism.
The discourse is now dominated by those who consider themselves messengers of God in their determination of what is right or wrong. They invade the private space of other individuals. Their latest victims are LGBT people.
Tifatul, former minister under president SBY, should be jailed for his hateful comments promoting the murder of LGBT people in the name of Islam. I kind of get it now why intolerance bloomed under SBY. Look at his choice of a minister.
Humanist
Well, of course! How can this government, which is itself so intolerant to anyone and anything not an exact clone of its members, such as Achmadi, Shiites, Christians, Gafatar and LGBT people, promote tolerance?
Hadi
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