TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Four church organizations in Bekasi, West Java, awarded the title ‘Father of Religious Tolerance’ to Bekasi Mayor Rahmat Effendi and Deputy Mayor Ahmad Syaikhu.
“Bekasi Mayor and Deputy Mayor are very committed to and consistent in the development of peace in diversity and the spirit of interreligious tolerance,” Bekasi Christmas celebration chairman Hotman Pane said Sunday, January 15, in Bekasi.
The award was given by four church organizations in Bekasi during Christmas celebration event on Saturday, January 14, 2017.
“Indonesia has been known as a friendly and hospitable nation. Interreligious tolerance is one form of dissemination of piece,” Pane said.
In his opening speech Rahmat Effendi stressed that Christians and Bekasi residents shall help maintain peace and order as well as interreligious harmony.
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