Jakarta, The Indonesia Post – Vice President Ma’ruf Amin invited the international community to apply religious moderation to maintain world peace in the midst of a rapidly changing global and regional environment.
“Religious moderation management solutions are important instruments in preventing conflict, building consensus, and maintaining the unity and integrity of a nation and a peaceful world order,” said the Vice President when giving a virtual keynote speech at the 9th Abu Dhabi Forum for Peace, Tuesday, as quoted by Antara. press release received in Jakarta.
The vice president appealed to the international community to continue to encourage Wasathiyyah Islamic diplomacy, Islam that is Rahmatan lil Alamin for the international community.
“Indonesia has a high commitment to promoting the Wasathiyah Islamic World axis, where Muslims build global ethics, mutual understanding, mutual respect, and interdependence. The Islamic world must rise up to build a harmonious world civilization,” he explained.
According to the Vice President, cooperation, support, and strategic partnership from all global communities will be very useful in realizing sustainable global and regional peace.
The Vice President further said that Indonesia is also actively sending peacekeeping missions and humanitarian missions under the United Nations.
He conveyed that the visit of Indonesian President Joko Widodo to Ukraine and Russia some time ago was an effort to encourage dialogue in resolving the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
“Indonesia wants to convey a message about the importance of a diplomatic settlement with a win-win solution approach from every conflict between countries,” said the Vice President.
The vice president then shared the experience of the Indonesian people in maintaining harmony and maintaining unity over religious diversity. He stressed that the Indonesian people strive to uphold the principle of religious freedom as stated in the basic ideology of Pancasila and the democratic system of the Indonesian state.
“One of our efforts is to establish a Religious Harmony Forum, whose members consist of religious assemblies in Indonesia to prevent conflicts with religious backgrounds and at the same time resolve internal and inter-religious disputes,” explained the Vice President.
As a concrete step, the Vice President said that the Indonesian government together with all elements of the nation are trying to apply the tradition of deliberation and local wisdom in resolving differences and conflicts as well as building a theology of harmony to prevent conflicts from occurring.
For additional information, the 9th Abu Dhabi Forum for Peace will be held from 8 to 10 November 2022. With the theme “Globalized Conflict and Universal Peace: Urgent Needs for Partnership”, this year’s Abu Dhabi Forum for Peace focuses on mechanisms to deal with economic challenges, global health and security.
Present at this event were the Minister of Tolerance of the PEA Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan and more than 500 participants from 60 countries, 30 international organizations, as well as academics and leaders of youth institutions. (mhn/bbs)
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