Menkumham Mention Pancasila How Indonesia Maintains Inter-religious Harmony

Yasonna Laoly/Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - Pancasila is the Indonesian people's way of maintaining inter-religious harmony, said Minister of Law and Human Rights (Menkumham) Yasonna Hamonangan Laoly at the International Religious Freedom Summit forum in Washington DC, United States. ," Yasonna said in a written statement received in Jakarta, Thursday, June 30. Yasonna said the founders of the Indonesian nation had agreed to choose Pancasila as the official basis and philosophy of the Indonesian state. In the forum, he revealed that Indonesia is home to around 280 million people. , where with that number, Indonesia is the fourth most populous country in the world after China, India, and the United States. In addition to having the fourth largest population in the world, Indonesia also has more than 300 ethnic groups, 700 languages and cultures, as well as diverse religions. He explained that religious freedom is an inalienable right can be reduced and cannot be violated as a fundamental human right, as stated in Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. .