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PANEL: Experts Discuss Role of Culture, Religion in Indonesian Education

Parsing Pancasila: How Indonesia's Muslims and Christians Seek Unity

Three Muslim and three Christian leaders candidly discuss sharia, extremism, and national identity in the world's most populous Muslim country.

Ministry highlights importance of cross-cultural religious literacy

The Ministry of Law and Human Rights, through the International Conference on Cross-Cultural Religious Literacy, emphasized the importance of cross-cultural ...

Confce held on intersections of faith, dev

At Oxford conference, Nigeria's high commissioner, others harp on promotion of human dignity

Nigeria’s High Commissioner in the United Kingdom, SarafaTunji Isola, has harped on the need to promote human dignity as part of efforts to inspire hope

#UNHumanDignityDay: Amb. Sarafa Isola advocates leveraging collaboration, advocacy, technology

In commemoration of the United Nations Human Dignity Day, H.E Sarafa Tunji Ishola, Nigeria's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, advocates leveraging

Minister promotes Indonesia's religious freedom to British lawmaker

Minister of Law and Human Rights Yasonna H. Laoly promoted the practice of freedom of religion in Indonesia to a member of the United Kingdom's ...

All religions elevate human dignity: Istiqlal Grand Imam

All religions elevate human dignity and aim to realize quality humans who are prosperous and peaceful, according to the Grand Imam of Jakarta's Istiqlal ...

AJC Initiatives Seek Way Forward for Muslim-Jewish Partnership

The American Jewish Committee (AJC), a leading national American Jewish advocacy organization, has made remarkable strides in Muslim-Jewish understanding and cooperation over the past six years According to Dr.

Building Understanding Between Muslims, Christians, and Jews Through Education

Building Understanding Between Muslims, Christians, and Jews Through Education The Media Line Staff 12/18/2020 Translations available in Arabic, English, and Indonesian The webinar will look at how we can build mutual understanding and respect between Muslims, Christians, and Jews as an Abrahamic family through education, especially through primary and secondary schools. How they learn to affirm commonalities and respect differences can help them appreciate and relate to the diversity in the broader society. Such education is urgently needed nowadays where Islamophobia, antisemitism, and other forms of religious hatred abound. The speakers will attempt to address the following questions: (1) Will an education on building a mutual understanding and respect between Muslims, Christians, and Jews as an Abrahamic family help promote religious moderation and tolerance in general? Why?; (2) From the perspective of Islam, Christianity, and Judaism, what needs to be addressed in such education in schools and universities?; and (3) What experiences or examples of such education where Muslims, Christians, and Jews learn to affirm their commonalities and respect their differences?