News Photos (5/2014)

IL News 018/2014

In this picture taken in Ambon during the Pastors Convention of the Communion of Churches in Indonesia (CCI) for Maluku Region on August 26, 2014, Leimena Institute’s Senior Fellow Paul Marshall (left), and the CCI Chairman Rev. A.A. Yewangoe (right), discuss questions from the participants regarding church and politics relation, and the participation of Christians in the life of nation and state. Maluku’s Governor Said Assagaff, together with Rev. A.A. Yewangoe and CCI Maluku Region’s Chairman Rev. John Ruhulesin, opened the convention which was the first time for Maluku region and attended by pastors and church elders from the 13 church synod members in various islands in Maluku.

To better understand how to build interfaith relationship and cooperation through the experience of Maluku people, Paul Marshall and Matius Ho of the Leimena Institute, accompanied by the Maluku Protestant Church Synod’s Vice Chair Rev. Lies Mailoa, went to visit the Indonesian Ulama Council (MUI) of Maluku in Ambon on August 25, 2014, for a discussion, which was greeted warmly by the Council’s leaders. The above picture taken after the meeting shows (left to right): Rev. Lies Mailoa, Abidin Wakano (Council’s 1st Head), H. Jamjal Waleulu (Council’s Advisor), Matius Ho, H. Idrus Tukan (Council’s Chairman), Paul Marshall, H. Idrus Latuconsina (Council’s Secretary).

Why is religious freedom important, including for economic growth? This was one of the issues addressed by Leimena Institute’s Senior Fellow Paul Marshall in a roundtable discussion with private sector leaders on “The Role of Business in Promoting Inter-Cultural and Inter-Religious Peace and Harmony” in Bali on August 29, 2014. The program was part of the Sixth Global Forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC). The roundtable discussion, which was opened by Indonesia Global Compact Network’s President YW Junardy, was also attended by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon who gave the keynote address that evening. In the above picture, Paul Marshall and the UN Global Compact’s Founding Member Martha Tilaar are with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon shortly before his keynote address.