Commission VIII Appreciates Religious Moderation Practices In Bali

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JAKARTA - Commission VIII DPR RI appreciates the practice of religious moderation in Bali Province which shows that local people can live in harmony and peace, even though they embrace different religions. Bali is like a miniature of Indonesia, religious diversity appears to exist in Bali, and everything feels harmonious and tolerant," said Chairman of Commission VIII DPR RI Ashabul Kahfi in a written statement received in Jakarta, Saturday, May 4. According to him, this is also a manifestation of the success of the Bali Provincial Government in building religious moderation in community life in the region.

He conveyed this when the House of Representatives Commission VIII Team made a recess working visit to Denpasar, Bali. Meanwhile, the Head of the Regional Office (Kanwil) of the Ministry of Religion of the Province of Bali, Komang Sri Marheni, said that the Balinese people are residents who live with the support of tourist destinations.

For this reason, according to him, harmony between religious believers must be properly maintained following the large number of tourists with various religious backgrounds to culture. "We know that Bali is a tourist destination where people live from tourism. Thus, of course we must maintain religious harmony," he said. Komang said that in maintaining religious harmony, the Ministry of Religion of Bali always synergizes and dialogues with the Religious Harmony Forum (FKUB) and the National Zakat Agency (Baznas). They collaborate to maintain the Religious Moderation program as one of the priority programs of the Ministry of Religion can continue to run well. "By synergizing and dialogue with FKUB and Baznas, also through dialogues between internal religious communities, as well as religious leaders and community leaders of course we can look for various problems in Bali, and together we can find solutions," said Komang.