Showing posts with label religious tolerance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label religious tolerance. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

World Hindu Summit in Bali


Bali was chosen as the formation of the world Hindu organization in line with the signing of the Charter of Bali by the participants at the meeting of the world Hindu leaders or “World Hindu Summit” in Denpasar, Bali.

After signing the Charter of Bali, Prof. Dr. Dr. Made Bakta steering committee chairman of World Hindu Bali Summit said that the new Hindu organization will be called the “World Hindu Parisadh” or World Hindu Parisada.

In the Charter of Bali (Bali Charter) that there are eight points of agreement signed by 200 delegates of Hindu leaders over the world and the representatives of local scholars from Indonesia.

Devotees present, plan to form a “World Hindu Parisadh” is one of the eight points of agreement contained in the Charter of Bali. “The purpose of this organization is to unite all the spiritual activity and devotion of the Hindus as a whole in the world, to promote human values ​​that exist in the teachings of Hindu scriptures, especially the value of Satyam (truth), shivam (wisdom) and Sundaram (purity).

This organization would be pursued to enhance mutual respect and respect among all religions in the world that can lead to world harmony.

Bali but believed to be the center of the formation of Hindu organizations, will also be established Hindu center of the world (World Hindu Center). It is expected there will be annual conference regarding this organization in Bali, and there will be more participations among scholars.

Most of the Hindu leaders were impressed that Hindu-Bali religion can survive well despite not being the dominant country embraced Hinduism. Even the Hindu religion can come together and strongly associated with the culture of Bali.

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Media and Overblown Religious Intolerance


We strongly agree with how we should be prudent in dealing with various cases of conflicts in the name of religion. If we refer to The Jakarta Post article about religious intolerance, we should be able to see the other side of the success of religious life; not just negative only. It is inevitable that religion is still a tool for actors in influencing the future for the benefit of one-sided.

As the media continually exposing information about the religious intolerance in Indonesia, that is not balanced. As the result, instead of conveying information, the media would spread animosity to the people who actually do not solve a problem, but exacerbates the problem.

Thus, it is very important to establish interfaith forum that can provide balanced information to the public. Through this interfaith forum, the participants are not to blame one side or the other, but rather how to formulate measures to solve them.