hehehehe, kali ini si debil agak pinter dikit komentarnya --- In [email protected], item abu <itemabu@...> wrote: > > Toleran dlm teori apanya? Teorinya kan jelas, atheis itu dilarang, jg agama2 > di luar 5 besar. Jadi teorinya aja udah ga toleran sama sekali, prakteknya > lbh parah lagi. > Â > > From: Sunny <ambon@...> > >To: Undisclosed-Recipient@... > >Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 5:48 AM > >Subject: [proletar] Tolerance in Theory, but Not in Action > > > > > >Â > >http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/tolerance-in-theory-but-not-in-action/497627?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=jgnewsletter > >Tolerance in Theory, but Not in Action > >Markus Junianto Sihaloho | February 13, 2012 > > > >Youths from inter religious community in a rally to campaign for pluralism > >at Malioboro street, Yogyakarta. A new survey released on Saturday found > >that 95.4 percent of 2,500 people questioned across Indonesia believed that > >religious freedom should be respected. (JG Photo/Boy T. Harjanto) > > > >While the majority of Indonesians agree in principle that other peopleâs > >religions and faiths should be respected, this does not consistently > >translate to everyday life, according to a new survey. > > > >The survey, which was released on Saturday, found that 95.4 percent of 2,500 > >people questioned across the country believed that religious freedom should > >be respected. It was conducted jointly by the Peopleâs Consultative > >Assembly (MPR) and Syarif Hidayatullah University in Jakarta. > > > >The results were unveiled on Saturday by lawmaker Eva Kusuma Sundari, who > >said the reality of events playing out across Indonesia did not reflect this > >broad consensus. > > > >âThis means that peopleâs tolerance for religious differences is just > >intellectual discourse or a moral commitment,â she said. âItâs not yet > >at the level of action or political commitment.â > > > >Forty-six percent of respondents said they would not accept an > >interreligious marriage among their immediate family members, underlining > >the disconnect between honoring religious difference in theory and in > >practice. > > > >Eva said the survey also showed there was a very low level of implementation > >of the stateâs founding ideology, Pancasila, which stipulates equal > >footing for all religions. > > > >She said only 3 percent of those questioned said they consciously applied > >Pancasila. The rest said they did not go out of their way to implement it. > > > >âThis contradicts the fact that the results of the survey found that the > >majority of people, or 90 percent of Indonesians, agree that Pancasila > >should provide a foundation for everyday action and life,â she said. > > > >The surveyâs results, she said, should serve as a serious warning for the > >MPR and the government that Pancasila is increasingly losing its meaning as > >an ideology for the nation. > > > >âSeventy-seven percent of the people questioned also expressed concerns > >that globalization and foreign values and ideologies were pushing out > >Pancasila,â Eva said. > > > >Meanwhile, thousands of representatives of the countryâs six officially > >recognized religions gathered on Sunday at the House of Representatives in > >Jakarta to mark World Interfaith Harmony Week. The theme of the gathering > >was âDiversity Creates Harmony in Indonesia.â > > > >Among those present were Din Syamsuddin, the chairman of the countryâs > >second-largest Islamic organization, Muhammadiyah, Andreas Sewangu of the > >Indonesian Bishops Council and I Nyoman Udayana of the Indonesian Hindu > >Dharma Association. Also present were Philip Wijaya from the Buddhist > >Council and Wawan Wiratman from the Confucian High Council, among others. > > > >âOn this occasion, we pledge that there is no religion in Indonesia that > >refuses to allow diversity,â Syamsuddin said. > > > >âDo not always look for what is different, but look to our similarities to > >live in harmony and peace in Indonesia.â > > > >Those present also expressed a commitment to maintain harmony in the society > >and state, under the ideology of Pancasila. > > > >MPR chairman Taufik Kiemas vowed to support every program that promoted > >interfaith tolerance in the country. > > > >âEach year, the MPR will support events that renew pledges of commitment > >to interfaith harmony in Indonesia,â he said. > > > >Udayana said the state had a responsibility to maintain interfaith harmony > >in Indonesia. > > > >âThe state guarantees freedom of religion,â he said. âThere should be > >no discrimination between the majority and minority.â > > > >Hajriyanto Thohari, deputy chairman of the MPR, said state institutions > >should work closely with religious groups to promote unity in diversity and > >the recognition of the pluralistic nature of the nation. > > > >He also agreed that while most people professed an acceptance of Pancasila > >and pluralism, this was mainly in theory and not in actual practice > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
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