{"id":902,"date":"2015-09-08T12:00:41","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T12:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/?p=902"},"modified":"2015-09-08T12:00:41","modified_gmt":"2015-09-08T12:00:41","slug":"overcoming-radicalization-of-religion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/overcoming-radicalization-of-religion\/","title":{"rendered":"Overcoming Radicalization of Religion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<pre>IL News 015\/2015\n\n\n<\/pre>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>One Day Seminar (IL &#8211; GBKP &#8211; MUI SUMUT &#8211; UIN SUMUT)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Medan, North Sumatera. September 4<sup>th<\/sup>, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Leimena Institute, in cooperation with GBKP (Protestant Church of Batak Karo) Synode, MUI Sumut (North Sumatra Indonesian Ulama Council), UIN-SU (Islamic State University of North Sumatra), held a One-Day Seminar with the topic \u201cBuilding Interfaith Teamwork to Overcome the Radicalization of Religion\u201d on Friday, September 4th, 2015, from 09.30 am to 03.00 PM. This event was held in the Meeting Room of the Center for Arabic Language in UIN-SU Medan. The seminar was attended by around 70 participants from many religious groups, i.e. Protestant Church of Batak Karo, Indonesian Council of Churches-North Sumatra, Indonesian Ulama Council (MUI), Parisada Hindu Dharma Indonesia (PDHI), Jamaah Achmadiyah, Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia, GMKI (Indonesian Christian Student Movement) Medan, Baha\u2019I Indonesia, Islamic State University of North Sumatera.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image admin_label=&#8221;Image&#8221; src=&#8221;http:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/015-2.jpg&#8221; show_in_lightbox=&#8221;off&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;off&#8221; use_overlay=&#8221;off&#8221; animation=&#8221;left&#8221; sticky=&#8221;off&#8221; align=&#8221;left&#8221; force_fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; always_center_on_mobile=&#8221;on&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; \/][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">This one-day seminar was in a panel discussion setting with 5 panelists, who were Dr. Paul Marshall (Senior Fellow of Leimena Institute and Centre for Religious Freedom, Hudson Institute, USA), Dr. Phil. Zainul Fuad, MA (UIN Sumut), Dr. Arifinsyah, MA (MUI Sumut), Rev. Dr. Erick Barus (GBKP &amp; Abdi Sabda Theological School-Medan), Drs. Jakob Tobing, MPA (President of Leimena Institute). The seminar was formally opened by Vice Rector III UIN-SU, Prof. Dr. Ilhamuddin, MA. In his speech, he emphasized the importance of being Indonesian citizens which are in friendly terms to one another.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image admin_label=&#8221;Image&#8221; src=&#8221;http:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/015-3.jpg&#8221; show_in_lightbox=&#8221;off&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;off&#8221; use_overlay=&#8221;off&#8221; animation=&#8221;left&#8221; sticky=&#8221;off&#8221; align=&#8221;left&#8221; force_fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; always_center_on_mobile=&#8221;on&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; \/][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">After presentations from Dr. Paul Marshall and Drs. Jakob Tobing regarding the seminar topic, Dr. Arifinsyah from MUI-Sumut talked about the urgency for interpretations of the Holy Scriptures around the issue of radicalization of religion in todays context, so that the messages from the Holy Scriptures can appear more moderate remembering that Indonesia is our home together. Interfaith network then becomes important as a place to share information. Rev. Dr. Erick Barus from Abdi Sabda Theological School in Medan, emphasized the importance of developing a theological reflection that can be used as a benchmark for the future endeavour. He also emphasized the importance of prioritizing religious values and bottom-up approach so that we don\u2019t have to face a situation where the religious elites are united meanwhile the grass-roots are in chaos. Dr. Phil. Zainul Fuad, M.A. from UIN-SU shared the importance of building social ties in public sphere. Pancasila can be developed as a \u201cPublic Religion\u201d. The participants were then invited to learn about religion in transcendent way, so that religion will be truly understood spiritually and not just as a formality.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Many questions and critical responses were given by the participants, who basically yearned for a more conducive environment for plural religious living in Indonesia. Of course, an interfaith cooperation to handle the radicalization of religion is desperately needed.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Section&#8221; fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; specialty=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_post_nav admin_label=&#8221;Post Navigation&#8221; in_same_term=&#8221;on&#8221; hide_prev=&#8221;off&#8221; hide_next=&#8221;off&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IL News 015\/2015 One Day Seminar (IL &#8211; GBKP &#8211; MUI SUMUT &#8211; UIN SUMUT) Medan, North Sumatera. September 4th, 2015 &nbsp; Leimena Institute, in cooperation with GBKP (Protestant Church of Batak Karo) Synode, MUI Sumut (North Sumatra Indonesian Ulama Council), UIN-SU (Islamic State University of North Sumatra), held a One-Day Seminar with the topic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<div class=\"publication\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\">IL News 015\/2015<\/span><\/div><div class=\"by\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\">by Institut Leimena<\/span><\/div><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>One Day Seminar (IL - GBKP - MUI SUMUT - UIN SUMUT)<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Medan, North Sumatera. September 4<sup>th<\/sup>, 2015<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Leimena Institute, in cooperation with GBKP (Protestant Church of Batak Karo) Synode, MUI Sumut (North Sumatra Indonesian Ulama Council), UIN-SU (Islamic State University of North Sumatra), held a One-Day Seminar with the topic \u201cBuilding Interfaith Teamwork to Overcome the Radicalization of Religion\u201d on Friday, September 4th, 2015, from 09.30 am to 03.00 PM. This event was held in the Meeting Room of the Center for Arabic Language in UIN-SU Medan. The seminar was attended by around 70 participants from many religious groups, i.e. Protestant Church of Batak Karo, Indonesian Council of Churches-North Sumatra, Indonesian Ulama Council (MUI), Parisada Hindu Dharma Indonesia (PDHI), Jamaah Achmadiyah, Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia, GMKI (Indonesian Christian Student Movement) Medan, Baha\u2019I Indonesia, Islamic State University of North Sumatera.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.leimena.org\/id\/_assets\/files\/IL%20News%20137%202015wb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This one-day seminar was in a panel discussion setting with 5 panelists, who were Dr. Paul Marshall (Senior Fellow of Leimena Institute and Centre for Religious Freedom, Hudson Institute, USA), Dr. Phil. Zainul Fuad, MA (UIN Sumut), Dr. Arifinsyah, MA (MUI Sumut), Rev. Dr. Erick Barus (GBKP & Abdi Sabda Theological School-Medan), Drs. Jakob Tobing, MPA (President of Leimena Institute). The seminar was formally opened by Vice Rector III UIN-SU, Prof. Dr. Ilhamuddin, MA. In his speech, he emphasized the importance of being Indonesian citizens which are in friendly terms to one another.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.leimena.org\/id\/_assets\/files\/IL%20News%20137%202015wa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"333\" \/><\/strong><\/p><div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">After presentations from Dr. Paul Marshall and Drs. Jakob Tobing regarding the seminar topic, Dr. Arifinsyah from MUI-Sumut talked about the urgency for interpretations of the Holy Scriptures around the issue of radicalization of religion in todays context, so that the messages from the Holy Scriptures can appear more moderate remembering that Indonesia is our home together. Interfaith network then becomes important as a place to share information. Rev. Dr. Erick Barus from Abdi Sabda Theological School in Medan, emphasized the importance of developing a theological reflection that can be used as a benchmark for the future endeavour. He also emphasized the importance of prioritizing religious values and bottom-up approach so that we don\u2019t have to face a situation where the religious elites are united meanwhile the grass-roots are in chaos. Dr. Phil. Zainul Fuad, M.A. from UIN-SU shared the importance of building social ties in public sphere. Pancasila can be developed as a \u201cPublic Religion\u201d. The participants were then invited to learn about religion in transcendent way, so that religion will be truly understood spiritually and not just as a formality.\u00a0<\/div><div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many questions and critical responses were given by the participants, who basically yearned for a more conducive environment for plural religious living in Indonesia. Of course, an interfaith cooperation to handle the radicalization of religion is desperately needed.\u00a0<\/div><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After presentations from Dr. Paul Marshall and Drs. Jakob Tobing regarding the seminar topic, Dr. Arifinsyah from MUI-Sumut talked about the urgency for interpretations of the Holy Scriptures around the issue of radicalization of religion in todays context, so that the messages from the Holy Scriptures can appear more moderate remembering that Indonesia is our home together. Interfaith network then becomes important as a place to share information. Rev. Dr. Erick Barus from Abdi Sabda Theological School in Medan, emphasized the importance of developing a theological reflection that can be used as a benchmark for the future endeavour. He also emphasized the importance of prioritizing religious values and bottom-up approach so that we don\u2019t have to face a situation where the religious elites are united meanwhile the grass-roots are in chaos. Dr. Phil. Zainul Fuad, M.A. from UIN-SU shared the importance of building social ties in public sphere. Pancasila can be developed as a \u201cPublic Religion\u201d. The participants were then invited to learn about religion in transcendent way, so that religion will be truly understood spiritually and not just as a formality.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many questions and critical responses were given by the participants, who basically yearned for a more conducive environment for plural religious living in Indonesia. Of course, an interfaith cooperation to handle the radicalization of religion is desperately needed.\u00a0<\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-il-news","category-sla"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}