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Jakarta Ever Less Tolerant: Survey November 30, 2010 Jakarta. Greater Jakarta is becoming increasingly intolerant and fundamentalist, a survey by a nongovernmental organization showed on Monday. "Based on the survey that we conducted, we can say many people are intolerant and one step away from becoming fundamentalists," Ismail Hasani, a researcher at the Setara Institute for Democracy and Peace, said of residents of Greater Jakarta. The survey was conducted from Oct. 20 to Nov. 10 among 1,200 random respondents in the area that includes the capital and surrounding regions of Bogor, Depok, Tangerang and Bekasi. Ismail said tolerance in the area was limited to people not minding having friends or neighbors of a different culture or race. But intolerance was rampant when it concerned family members converting to other religions or having houses of worship of other faiths in the neighborhood. In the survey, 49.5 percent of those questioned could not accept the latter, while 45 percent said they could. Intolerance was also high against religions other than the six recognized by the Indonesian state (Islam, Catholicism, Protestantism, Hinduism, Buddhism and Confucianism). The survey showed that 45.4 percent of respondents wanted the government to disband the Ahmadiyah while 20.7 percent said the Islamic sect's activities should be restricted. The survey also showed that economic injustice was believed by 41.9 percent of those questioned as being the root of terrorism. It showed that most people saw no relation between radical organizations and terrorism. Ismail said 40.2 percent believed inter-religious conflicts were triggered by a lack of knowledge of other religions, 21.5 percent believed they are caused by provocations of religious leaders, while the establishment of houses of worship was a considered the culprit by 9.2 percent. "The lack of knowledge of one's own religion and that of others can be taken advantage of," he said. An example of this was found in the survey of young people's reasons for being involved in religious violence: 75.6 percent said influence of others was decisive while only 8.5 percent acted purely on of their own convictions. Masdar Masudi, deputy chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama, said the government needed to be firm in confronting groups that violate the religious rights of others. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
