Ministry Evaluates Regulation on Establishment of Worship Places
27 February 2015 19:32 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin, said that the Protection of Religious Groups draft bill would regulate the establishment of houses of worship to avoid religious conflicts.
"Establishment of houses of worship has been a source of religious dispute. That's why, it needs to be regulated," said Lukman on Thursday, February 26, 2015.
The Minister said that the establishment of houses of worship will be regulated in the new draft bill to protect religious groups and prevent conflicts by regulation clear procedures to establish house of worship.
The bill will also include procedures for proselytizing. "Conflict potential in religious proselytizing is still large," he said.
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