Lunar New Year religious tolerance in Indonesia

Celebration of Lunar New Year is one proof of the success of Indonesia in developing the ethos of tolerance and religious antarsesama share, said Secretary of Doctoral Program Faculty of Islamic Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta (UMY) Muhammad Azhar.

"We have become` Indonesia `pilot project religious tolerance in the world based on cultural and religious diversity in this country. Celebration of Lunar New Year to the success of Indonesia's tolerance develops," he said in Yogyakarta, Friday.

He said the Lunar New Year celebration which nowadays is a national holiday, shows that Indonesia is able to function well as a democratic country which has cultural and religious diversity.

"Diversity is owned by Indonesia, including religious diversity also indicates that the existence of religious communities in this country is like living in one house, not just neighbors," he said.

According to him, the diversity that is so close that will strengthen the resilience of nations, because every religious community in this country has a balance to certain of the truth of each religion, but also develop the principle of mutual respect and tolerance.

"Lunar New Year celebrations are expected to provide implications and a better signal in the developing countries that teach pluralistic spirit of tolerance and sharing of religious people," he said.

He said the celebration of Lunar New Year is also expected to be the momentum sharing among religious believers, where they can respect and appreciate the worship and religious activities with each other.

"In addition, religious people also do not only perform well during the celebration of the holidays alone, but as a human being should have the ethos of sharing with others throughout his life," he said.

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