Kamis 17 Jan 2013 23:04 WIB

Minister: Indonesia is a lab for interreligious relations

Rep: Indah Wulandari/Satya Festiani/ Red: Yeyen Rostiyani
Indonesian Minister of Religious Affairs Suryadharma Ali (file photo)
Foto: Antara/Sigid Kurniawan
Indonesian Minister of Religious Affairs Suryadharma Ali (file photo)

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, PATTANI - Indonesian Minister for Religious Affairs Suryadharma Ali said that Indonesia like a social laboratory for research on inter-religious relations.

"We are diversed but we are still one entity. The keys to our unity are how we recognize our nature and the friendship," Ali said on Wednesday during international seminar at Prince of Songkhla University in Pattani Campus, Thailand.

He said that diversity among people is disposition or natural. But when peole failed to recognize it, then they made a mistake byas it was against the nature's law.

As an archipelago, Indonesia is a plural country. "One of things that glue them together is Islam with tolerant and human face," he said in a written statement. Islamic education institutions also accommodate local values.

In Thailand, the minister also meet with Secretary General of Southern Border Provinces Administrative Center (SBPAC), Tawee Sodsong. The meeting is attended by Muslim figures from Pattani.

Indonesian Minister of Religious Affairs Suryadharma Ali (file photo)

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Dan mereka (Ahli Kitab) tidak berpecah belah kecuali setelah datang kepada mereka ilmu (kebenaran yang disampaikan oleh para nabi) karena kedengkian antara sesama mereka. Jika tidaklah karena suatu ketetapan yang telah ada dahulunya dari Tuhanmu (untuk menangguhkan azab) sampai batas waktu yang ditentukan, pastilah hukuman bagi mereka telah dilaksanakan. Dan sesungguhnya orang-orang yang mewarisi Kitab (Taurat dan Injil) setelah mereka (pada zaman Muhammad), benar-benar berada dalam keraguan yang mendalam tentang Kitab (Al-Qur'an) itu.

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