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View all search results“This event is badly needed as citizens have been polarized lately because of politics. They start to forget their history and their own identity as a diverse nation. Therefore we hold the purification ceremony,” Sosiawan said after his theatrical act using the red-and-white national flag.
“Religions exist so that humans can build civilization. We will be degrading our dignity as humans if we let ourselves get carried away by conflicts based on different choices or perceptions in the election,” Ahmad Syafi’i Ma’arif said.
The Peace Train team, which campaigns for interfaith harmony across the country, recently visited Malang to introduce participants to the many religions and beliefs in Indonesia and promote tolerance and dialogue.
The Jayapura Police said Monday that security in the regency and in Papua in general was under control after the Jayapura Churches Association protested via letter the height of the Al-Aqsa Mosque minaret in Sentani, Jayapura regency.
Religion journalists across Asia and beyond will be gathering in Tangerang, Banten, for a three-day workshop that kicks off on Tuesday to share stories and experiences as well as the challenges they face in reporting religions and conflicts between religious communities.
Tens of thousands of people filled a football stadium in Yangon for an interfaith prayer ceremony on Tuesday, a show of unity in a country seared by ethnically-charged violence against the Muslim Rohingya on its western border.
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