Saya MENOLAK menerima ucapan selamat dari orang-orang
yang rajin membunuh dan menindas di seluruh penjuru dunia...
orang-orang yang mulutnya ngga bisa dipercaya...
orang-orang yang katanya menentang kekerasan tapi ikut serta
terlibat di dalam kekerasan itu ....
orang-orang yang menghina orang Islam, Hindu, Budha, atheis dengan
menganggapnya sebagai domba...
orang-orang yang menyuruh membunuh, mencungkil mata, memotong tangan dan kaki
para kafir...
Jusfiq Hadjar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> menulis:
Sementara itu di Indonesia orang Islam tidak didorong untuk
mengucapkan Selamat Tahun Baru atau Selamat Natal kepada orang
Nasrani...
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PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE
MESSAGE FOR THE END OF RAMADAN
'Id al-Fitr 1424 A.H . / 2003 A.D.
Constructing Peace Today
Dear Muslim Friends,
1. The time of Ramadan comes round again, and it is my pleasure to
greet you on this occasion and to offer you my very best wishes.
During this special month the communal meal, iftâr, which breaks the
fast at the end of the day, brings family members and friends
together in an atmosphere of joy. Quite often people of other
religions are invited to share in this moment of conviviality, and
there is a growing custom of Christians organizing an iftâr for their
Muslim friends. Such signs of friendship are appreciable, especially
at this time when there is so much unrest and tension in the world.
It is in this spirit of fraternity that I extend my greetings and
those of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue to all
Muslims throughout the world, in particular on the occasion of `Id al-
Fitr, the Feast which concludes the month of Ramadan.
2. As has become customary with this annual message, I should like to
share with you some reflections, and it would seem appropriate to
centre these on the need to construct peace. My starting point is a
letter which Pope John XXIII addressed to all people of good will
forty years ago, in 1963. In this letter, entitled Pacem in Terris,
Peace on Earth, it was suggested that peace is an edifice resting on
four pillars: Truth, Justice, Love and Freedom. Each of these values
has to be present if there are to be good and harmonious relations
between peoples and between nations.
3. Truth is the first pillar, for it includes the recognition that
human beings are not their own masters, but are called to fulfil the
will of God, the Creator of all, who is the Absolute Truth. In human
relations truth implies sincerity, essential to mutual confidence and
fruitful dialogue leading to peace. Truth moreover brings each
individual to acknowledge his or her own rights, but also to
recognize his or her own duties towards others.
4. Yet peace cannot exist without justice, respect for the dignity
and rights of each human person. It is the lack of justice, in
individual, social and international relations, that causes so much
unrest in our world today, and brings about violence.
5. Justice must nevertheless be tempered by love. This implies the
ability to recognize that we all belong to one human family, and so
to see our fellow human beings as our brothers and sisters. It gives
the capacity to share in both sorrows and joys. It makes people feel
the needs of others as if they were one's own, and this empathy leads
them to share their own gifts with others, not only material goods
but also the values of mind and spirit. Love also makes allowances
for weakness, and so includes the ability to forgive. This
forgiveness is essential to the restoration of peace when conflict
has broken out, for it opens up the possibility of beginning again,
on a new basis, in a restored relationship.
6. All this supposes freedom, an essential characteristic of the
human person. For freedom allows people to act according to reason
and to assume responsibility for their own actions. Indeed each of us
is responsible before God for our contribution to society.
7. To these four pillars I would be inclined to add a fifth, namely
prayer. For we know that, as human beings, we are weak. We find it
hard to live up to these ideals. We need God's help, and this we have
to implore humbly. Let me quote here some words of Pope John Paul II:
If peace is God's gift and has its source in him, where are we to
seek it and how can we build it, if not in a deep and intimate
relationship with God? To build the peace of order, justice and
freedom requires, therefore, a priority commitment to prayer, which
is openness, listening, dialogue and finally union with God, the
prime wellspring of true peace.
(Address on the Day of Prayer for Peace, Assisi, 24 January 2002)
The Pope went on to say that prayer is not a form of escapism. On the
contrary, it allows us to face up to reality with a strength which
comes from God.
8. The month of Ramadan is not only a time of fasting, but also a
period of intense prayer. I wish to assure you, my Muslim friends,
that we are united with you in prayer to the Almighty and Merciful
God. May He bless each one of you and all the members of your
families. May this blessing be a source of comfort in particular for
those who have suffered, or who are still suffering, on account of
armed conflict. May the Good God give all of us the strength to be
true constructors of peace.
With best wishes for a Blessed Feast, `Id mubârak.
Archbishop Michael L. Fitzgerald
President
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