MANADO - Minister of Religion Yaqut Cholil Qoumas emphasized the importance of tolerance in social life. Without tolerance called Mega there is no harmony.
"Experience proves that tolerance and harmony are not created only from one party, while the other party adheres to their own rights," said the Minister of Religion in his closing remarks at the closing of the International Harmony Week and the VI National Conference of FKUB in Indonesia which was read by the Expert Staff of the Minister of Religion, Albertus Magnus. Adiyarto Sumardjono in Manado, North Sulawesi, quoted by Antara, Monday, November 22.
Currently, he said, religious moderation is being developed so that existing tolerance and harmony are more deeply rooted in the daily life of the Indonesian people.
In a country based on Pancasila, there is no majority or minority tyranny, all religious people are required to respect each other's rights and obligations, where one person's rights are limited by the rights of others.
"Pancasila is a unifying ideology that embraces Indonesian values as a religious nation. The first and foremost precepts of Pancasila, namely Belief in One Supreme God, strengthen national identity as a religious and moral nation," said the Minister.
Therefore, the Minister of Religion invited the Indonesian people from generation to generation to maintain a national commitment to the foundation of the state in the midst of the enormity of the global arena in the fields of geopolitics, economy, culture, science, technology, and other matters.
The Minister expressed his appreciation for the successful implementation of FKUB VI in North Sulawesi which carries the spirit of "Torang Samua God's Creation" as an inspiration for an Indonesian pluralist figure, Olly Dondokambey who is also the Governor of North Sulawesi.
"This has colored the spirit of harmony activists, both in regencies/cities and provinces throughout Indonesia to become a national spirit that places religious harmony as one of the assets of this nation to move forward," he said.
Without harmony, the Minister continued, it will be difficult to achieve the big goals as a nation that is equal to other nations in the world.
"North Sulawesi is a province of harmony laboratory in Indonesia and a role model in building tolerance and harmony policies in regions in Indonesia.
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