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Indonesia calls on religious leaders to promote world peace

Indonesian President Joko Widodo has called on religious leaders to increase the contributions of religions to solving world problems to reduce rivalry and stop wars for a peaceful world.
Indonesia calls on religious leaders to promote world peace ảnh 1Indonesian President Joko Widodo. (Photo: ANTARA)

Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesian President Joko Widodohas called on religious leaders to increase the contributions of religions tosolving world problems to reduce rivalry and stop wars for a peaceful world.

The Indonesian President made the statement at the opening of the G20 Religion Forum(R20) in Nusa Dua, Bali, on November 2.

R20 is part of a series of G20 events initiated under Indonesia's G20Presidency. It is a forum of inter-religious figures from various countries.Islamic organisation Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) initiated the forum in cooperationwith the Muslim World League (MWL).

Widodo welcomed religious leaders attending the R20conference and expressed his hope that they would build understanding andagreement, so that religions can make greater contributions to civilisation andhumanity.

Head of the NU's Communication and Information Institute Ishaq ZubaediRaqib stated that the R20 meeting mobilised leaders and religious leaders inthe world to ensure that religion functions as a true and dynamic solution andnot as a source of problems in the 21st century.

The main purpose of organising R20 is to prevent identity issues frombeing used as weapons, limit the spread of group hatred, and protect the publicfrom violence and suffering due to conflicts, he explained./.

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