New Spirit of Tolerance Needed in Indonesia, Says Leader
Posted August 20, 2009
Silver Spring, Maryland, USA .... [Bettina Krause/ANN]
Deadly religious conflicts in Indonesia can only be avoided by "building bridges of understanding" between the country's different religious and ethnic groups, says Ulil Abshar Abdalla, senior officer of the Indonesian Commission on Religion and Peace. Abdalla says it is vital to resist the current trend in Indonesian society for different groups to become "islands unto themselves."
