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Muslims urged to live peacefully with those of other faiths
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Wahid Foundation director Yenny Wahid speaks at an event in Jakarta. (Antara/Arindra Meodia)
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akarta-based religious freedom watchdog Wahid Foundation has called on Muslims across country to live peacefully with people of other faiths, just as Prophet Muhammad did, foundation executive director Yenny Wahid has said.
Muslims should refer Quranic verses saying that people were created in diversity to encourage them to learn about each other, said Yenny, a daughter of former president Abdurraman “Gus Dur” Wahid.
She said even Prophet Muhammad accepted those of other faiths in his family.
“His [Prophet Muhammad] uncle, Abu Thalib, refused to convert to Islam, while his father-in law, Huyayy Akhtab, was Jewish. However, Prophet Muhammad respected what they believed in,” Yenny told The Jakarta Post Friday.
A mob set alight and plundered temples and pagodas in Tanjung Balai late last month. The violence broke out after a Chinese-Indonesian woman complained about the volume of a speaker at Al Maksum Mosque, located in her neighborhood.
“We are confused as why some of Muslims like attacking other houses of worship,” Yenny said. (rez/bbn)
