Vice President Receives Secretary General Of The Abu Dhabi Peace Promotion Forum

Vice President (Vice President) Ma'ruf Amin receives the Secretary General (Secretary General) of the Abu Dhabi Peace Promotion Forum Al-Mahfouz bin Bayyah, in Jakarta, Friday (29/7/2022). ANTARA/HO-BPMI Setwapres

JAKARTA - Vice President (Vice President) Ma'ruf Amin received the Secretary General (Secretary General) of the Abu Dhabi Peace Promotion Forum Al-Mahfouz bin Bayyah at the Vice President's official residence.

Reported by ANTARA, Friday, July 29, during the meeting, Al-Mahfouz invited the Vice President to attend the Abu Dhabi Forum for Peace which will be held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (PEA), December 2022.

He said the forum would be attended by around 500 invitees and 40 international organizations, to jointly discuss serious steps in an effort to achieve world peace, including issues related to Islamic society and social affairs.

"Our visit is a directive from the Leader of the United Arab Emirates to meet with the Vice President in order to follow up on the President's visit to Abu Dhabi, in order to increase cooperation between the two countries, especially in terms of improving education and equality of views in the international and religious worlds," he said. Al-Mahfouz.

The Vice President stated that he was honored and willing to attend the event. According to him, Indonesia and Abu Dhabi have a common vision for peace and tolerance in diversity.

"I express my gratitude, Jazakillah, for the visit of His Highness Sheikh Mahfouz Al-Bayyah. Hopefully this meeting can provide many benefits for Muslims in various parts of the world, especially in promoting moderate Islam," said the Vice President.

Furthermore, the Vice President said that the Indonesian government also has a similar initiative in the form of the International Conference of Islamic Scholars (ICIS), to spread moderate Indonesian Islam together with world scholars.

"And, Indonesia has also established the Indonesian International Islamic University (IIIU), among others, in the context of promoting moderate Islam," he said.

The vice president then expressed Indonesia's experience in realizing a harmonious and harmonious life through four frames.

"The first is the political frame, namely through strengthening the insight into the life of the nation and state through a national agreement consisting of Pancasila as the basis of the state, the 1945 Constitution, and also the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia," said the vice president.

The second frame, he said again, is a sociocultural frame through the development of local wisdom that supports a culture of peace, tolerance, and harmony throughout Indonesia.

"The third is the juridical frame, through strengthening the regulation of religious life, law enforcement, and also mediation through the Religious Harmony Forum," he said.

As for the fourth frame, the Vice President detailed, in the form of a theology of harmony for mutual respect between religious communities and not a theology of conflict, which was developed through increasing public understanding of Islam that is rahmatan lil 'alamin as a blessing for the entire nation.