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A contingent from the Quran Recitation Competition (Musabaqah Tilawatil Quran/MTQ) of Banten pose with Ambon Bishop PC Mandagi in Ambon, Maluku, in 2012. The contingent stayed at the house of the Catholic leader during the annual competition in the city that was once ravaged by a religious and communal conflict. (tribunnews.com)
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number of experts and peace-movement activists, as well as state officials from the Netherlands and Indonesia will discuss inclusive religious education in a three-day conference in Ambon, Maluku, starting on Wednesday.
Organized by the Netherlands-Indonesia Consortium for Muslim-Christian Relations, the experts and activists will discuss several key issues, such as the role of religious education in strengthening openness instead of fear of the other, reaching the minds and hearts of citizens, especially the youth, and the role of governmental and non-governmental religious education and peace programs play in post-conflict areas.
Among the experts and activists and state officials who will discuss the issues are Prof. Dr. Frans Wijssen from Radboud University, Dr. Zainal Abidin Bagir from Gadjah Mada University, Dr. Ismail Rumadah from IAIN Ambon, Dr. Cornelis Adolf Alyona from the Indonesian Christian University of Maluku (UKIM), Maluku Governor Dr. Said Assagaf, Prof. Dr. Amsal Bakhtiar from the Religious Affairs Ministry, Foreign Affairs Ministry representative H.E. Niniek Kun Haryati and Tess van der Zee from the Dutch Embassy.
Corrie van der Ven of the Netherlands-Indonesia Consortium for Muslim-Christian Relations said Ambon was chosen as the venue because Ambon was increasingly seen, both at a national and international level, as a place to learn how to build peace among different religious groups, known as a laboratorium damai, a laboratory for peace.
Supported by the Foreign Affairs Ministry, the conference will take place at IAIN Ambon and the UKIM. (jun)
