Opening AYIC 2020, Vice President: Strengthening Tolerance In Youth And Differences

AYIC 2020 (doc. Public Relations Kemenpora)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Youth and Sports (Kemenpora) is holding another Asean Youth Interfaith Camp (AYIC) 2020 event. Even though it was carried out online in the midst of the corona pandemic, the gathering of young religious leaders was still attended by 51 delegates from countries in Southeast Asia.

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin had the opportunity to open AYIC 2020 virtually, carrying an important message to invite youth to build a commitment to togetherness amidst differences.

"One third of the population of Asean are young people, thus one in three people in Asean are young people. My message to all of you as future leader candidates is to better maintain and care for differences and be able to realize the motto of one vision, one identity, one community. , "said Ma'ruf Amin in his official statement, Wednesday, October 14.

According to him, this annual program initiated by Indonesia since 2017 seeks to continue to make Asean a peaceful area capable of managing cultural, religious, linguistic and ethnic differences into a major force to continue to unite and respect each other.

On the same occasion, Menpora Zainudin Amali said that, AYIC is one of the youth development programs in Asean that has been agreed upon by 10 member countries in the Senior Officials Meeting On Youth (SOMY). By carrying an important message related to togetherness in differences that must continue to be developed among the young generation across countries, especially in the Southeast Asia region.

"Interfaith dialogue is one of the means for us to learn to understand, appreciate, and establish tolerance in religious life to create peace," he said.

Furthermore, said Zainudin, AYIC was carried out to build a commitment to togetherness amidst differences, to build religious character inclusively amid the openness of society.

"AYIC is to build a different perspective, unite and understand each other. Even though we are different religions, different nations, we are bound by human brotherhood."