<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The special envoy of the president of Indonesia for Interfaith and Intercivilizational Dialogue and Cooperation Dr Syafiq A. Mughni, visited the World Council of Churches (WCC) and met with the general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit and Peter Prove, director of the WCC Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, in Geneva 4 July, 2019.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In a press release by WCC and
made available to OpenLife, Dr Mughni expressed his appreciation for the WCC
promoting human rights and fighting against xenophobia and Islamophobia.
&#8220;We have to see human rights as universal principles.&#8221;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8220;I have worked with several
churches in Indonesia in the humanitarian context, but this is the first
opportunity I have to learn about the World Council of Churches&#8221;, said
Mughni, expressing particular interest in interreligious dialogue with Muslims.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Dr Tveit said &#8220;It is our
duty as human beings and also as Christians to fight for the rights of
everybody.&#8221; Tveit added: &#8220;I have learnt that Indonesia has the
biggest Muslim population in the world. That shows how crucial are the
interreligious relationships for you. I think you have an important task, not
only for your country but also to be a model for the world beyond.&#8221;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Tveit continued: &#8220;We cannot
give up. We have to believe in this project of one humanity. We need strong
partners like you and your government to show what we want, what we need.&#8221;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Many of the 27 WCC member
churches based in the South Asian country are engaged in interreligious
dialogue with Muslim communities.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8220;Besides the few incidents
when churches were attacked in Indonesia, there is a strong sense of
intercommunal solidarity between Christians and Muslims in Indonesia.
Unfortunately, this doesn&#8217;t get the same attention from media&#8221;, said Peter
Prove, director of the WCC Commission of the Churches on International Affairs,
who also attended the meeting.</p>

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