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Asian religious leaders say terrorism is anti-religious
Religious leaders
from the Asia-Pacific region said in a joint statement at the end of this week's
Yogyakarta meeting that inter-faith dialogue must be strengthened and
fundamentalist groups condemned as an obstacle to peace.
AsiaNews reports that the 124 representatives of different faiths, together with
politicians including Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, agreed that
dialogue between religions and peace must be promoted in the region.
Fr Ismartono SJ, who represented the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Indonesia
at the meeting sponsored jointly by Indonesia and Australia, told AsiaNews that
the meeting was important because it facilitated the exchange of ideas between
people from different religious groups strengthening their mutual bonds of
friendships.
He said the meeting was "politically significant" because it saw all
participants condemn the "extreme right and fundamentalist groups".
Monsignor Manuel Mousanto also said the meeting "strengthened inter-faith
dialogue" and created "better understanding between Christians and Muslims,"
especially in Mindanao.
Delegates agreed that terrorism had no roots in religion and that it went
against the ethical principles of "all faiths".
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said "terrorism is the enemy of
all religions", and it is necessary to eliminate "religious and racial
prejudices due to economic differences and discrimination between the rich and
the poor that might spark conflicts".
"The bases of terrorism are structural injustices," Australian delegate Sister
Patricia Madigan said. To defeat it requires "knowledge of, friendship with and
mutual understanding between one another".
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