JAKARTA. Experts say the new Indonesian government led by Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and Jusuf Kalla must immediately improve the management of religious diversity in Indonesia, in line with principles of the 1945 Constitution. “Three critical problems, namely the issue of houses of worship and religious blasphemy allegations, discriminatory impacts of definitions of a religion and discriminative regional bylaws, need to be immediately resolved,” said Mohammad Iqbal Ahnaf, coordinator of the public education division of the University of Gadjah Mada’s Center for Religious and Cross-Cultural Studies (CRCS-UGM), at a press conference on Monday. The three main issues are stated in the center’s document on recommendations regarding religious diversity in Indonesia, which it will submit to the new Jokowi-Kalla administration.
Jokowi-Kalla must manage religious diversity
JAKARTA. Experts say the new Indonesian government led by Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and Jusuf Kalla must immediately improve the management of religious diversity in Indonesia, in line with principles of the 1945 Constitution. “Three critical problems, namely the issue of houses of worship and religious blasphemy allegations, discriminatory impacts of definitions of a religion and discriminative regional bylaws, need to be immediately resolved,” said Mohammad Iqbal Ahnaf, coordinator of the public education division of the University of Gadjah Mada’s Center for Religious and Cross-Cultural Studies (CRCS-UGM), at a press conference on Monday. The three main issues are stated in the center’s document on recommendations regarding religious diversity in Indonesia, which it will submit to the new Jokowi-Kalla administration.