[wanita-muslimah] IBRAHIM ISA - BANGSA KITA TOLERAN ---- YANG KONSERVATIF SANGAT KECIL .

IBRAHIM ISA
Senin, 25 Desember 2012
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BANGSA KITA TOLERAN ---- YANG KONSERVATIF SANGAT KECIL .


Ini ada artikel bagus di The Jakarta Post, hari ini, di tulis oleh
Margaret S. Aritonang.

Silakan baca, sebagai tambahan input mengenai masalah SEPERtI APA
TOLERANNYA BANGSA INDONESIA, selain seperti yang diutarakan oleh Pak
Menteri bahwa tidaklah soal mengucapkan selamat hari Natal kepada ummat
Kristen:

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Indonesia more tolerant than perceived: LSI
Margareth S. Aritonang, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta December 24 2012, 10:15 AM

A new survey conducted by the Indonesia Survey Circle (LSI) found that
the majority of people are tolerant and concerned about worsening
discrimination against religious and ethnic minorities.

According to the survey, conducted between Dec. 14 and 17, only 10
percent of respondents condoned discrimination against minority groups
in the country and insisted that minority groups should submit to the
wishes of the majority.

LSI, however, found that although intolerant people were few in number,
they were opinion setters who wielded influence in their communities.

The survey outfit found that intolerant groups could inflict violence on
a regular basis because of lax law enforcement.

"These groups include, among others, members of the Islam Defenders
Front (FPI). These people are very vocal and actively reach out to
society declaring that they represent the majority of the population to
legitimize their violent actions [against members of minority groups].
We now know that they are the minority," LSI researcher Adjie Alfaraby
said in a press briefing on Sunday.

He said that radical groups could freely commit violence because of the
inaction of moderate groups.

"These people would not dare impose their will if the majority
Indonesians were united in rejecting their arbitrary actions. It would
also help if the government enforced the law strictly when there are
violent acts," he added.

In its latest survey, LSI interviewed 440 respondents from around the
country in focus group discussions. Field workers also had in-depth
interviews with the respondents over the country's diversity.

In the survey, 88.84 percent of the respondents favored equality among
all religious groups, and only 9.15 percent insisted that the government
should favor members of the majority religion.

When asked about ethnicity issues, 93.04 percent of the respondents were
of the opinion that ethnic identity should not determine treatment
toward others.

Only 5.22 percent wanted special treatment for those of the ethnic majority.

LSI found that in spite of the spirit of tolerance among members of the
community, politics made it difficult to promote respect for those of
other faiths and ethnicity.

"Politicians will capture members of this small, powerful group to get
support for their political interests. We, for example, identified that
violent attacks by such groups tend to escalate during certain periods,"
Novriantoni Kahar from nonprofit group Denny JA Foundation said.

Novriantoni said that religious clashes tended to happen, both at local
and national levels, at around the time of elections.

Although the majority of the respondents accepted differences, only half
of them said they would accept leaders, particularly at the local
administration level, of different faiths and ethnicity.

Of six minority categories given as options, women were the most
welcomed to lead in local government, with homosexuals being the most
frowned upon.

Other categories included atheists, Ahmadis, Shiites and adherents to
different faiths.

"This reflects the condition of our society. People would tend to vote
for female candidates rather than male Ahmadis or Shiites, for example,"
LSI researcher Adjie said.

The finding also confirmed LSI's study released in October citing gays
and lesbians as the group most likely to face the highest level of
hostility.

According to the survey, rejection of having gay or lesbian neighbors
had increased significantly since 2005 as Indonesians would prefer to
live next door to people of other faiths, even with those they deem
deviant like Shia or Ahmadiyah.

"However, having seen that the majority of Indonesians in fact embrace
differences, we want to encourage leaders of this country to promote and
protect these differences. We also want to suggest that candidates
running in the 2014 presidential election not be afraid to advocate
differences over the fear of losing votes," Adjie added.



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