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Use Islamic values to address problems: president

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono told a conference of Islamic countries` legislators that Islamic values could be ...

Lunar new year preparations at temple show interfaith tolerance

An example of the practice of Indonesian pluralism and tolerance can be seen in activity at the Jin De Yuan Buddhist ...

US envoy hosts reception for young Indonesian leaders

US Ambassador to Indonesia Scot Marciel hosted a reception in honor of 14 Indonesian university students who have been ...

Indonesia must be more peaceful in 2012

Commonly understood as the absence of hostility, peace is a state of harmony characterized by the lack of violent ...

Islamic media expected to act as balancing power : Minister

Islamic media can act as a power to balance all news circulating in the world discrediting Islam as a religion of God, ...

Ways to Reach Peacefullness

Day 2 (12/11), the 3rd International Bali Mediators' Festival 2011 is featuring Ida Pedanda Sebali Tianyar, Swami ...

Anand Krishna in Plenary Keynote Speech of the 3rd IBMF 2011

The festival of 2011 opened on Nov 10 in Puri Agung - Ubud, but the plenary, panel discussion, and workshop session ...

More prehistoric artifacts waiting to be unearthed in Indonesia

More and more prehistoric artifacts have been surfacing in Indonesia`s islands from Sumatra to Papua over the years, ...

South Sudan wants to join Commonwealth

The world`s newest nation, South Sudan, wants to join the Commonwealth, the bloc`s Assistant Secretary General Stephen ...

RI can be example of inter-religious harmony

Indonesia`s inter-religious harmony and tolerance which have often cited as an example to the rest of the world are in ...

VP stresses need to maintain inter-religious harmony

Vice President Boediono has asked religious communities in Indonesia to continue to foster tolerance and ...

Pope urges freedom for Indonesia`s christians

Pope Benedict XVI on Friday (Oct. 7) appealed for religious freedom and tolerance for Christians in Indonesia, where ...

Israel police say mosque arson suspect arrested

Israeli police said on Thursday they have arrested a suspect in the arson attack on a mosque in northern Israel, after ...

Peaceful coexistence absolute need in multicultural world : Din Syamsuddin

Peaceful coexistence is an inevitable necessity in a multicultural and multireligious world community, the leader of ...

Religion for Peace hopes Ambon not mired in same tragedy

World Conference on Religions for Peace (WCRP) President KH Hasyim Muzadi reminds the people in Ambon, Maluku, not to ...