As many as 22 Protestant clerics recently attended the first Islam and Pluralism Workshop, a series of seminars designed by the Wahid Institute in cooperation with the Indonesian Christian Church Crisis Centre.

Australia's experience has shown that conflict among peoples of different ethnicities and religions is best settled through a policy of multiculturalism, two leading Australian academics say.

Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawat’s government has been unable to bring peace to the country’s southern provinces because it has failed to understand and peacefully engage with the ethnic Malay people in the region.

People should not be tempted by the promises of politicians who said implementing Islamic law in the country was the solution to their problems.

“The program is designed to challenge anti-pluralism and anti-democracy movements in the country, either those sponsored by the state or by distinct groups.”

He is a combination of lots of profession: intellectual, author, columnist, public speaker, cleric, politician, activist, peacebuilder, artist, and soccer’s commentator. He is also a charismatic leader of the largest Indonesian Islamic organization Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), whose membership is of more than 45 million.