{"id":1802,"date":"2008-04-23T13:00:14","date_gmt":"2008-04-23T05:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/borninmalaysia\/2008\/04\/23\/build-religious-bridges-at-home-first\/"},"modified":"2008-04-23T13:00:14","modified_gmt":"2008-04-23T05:00:14","slug":"build-religious-bridges-at-home-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/borninmalaysia\/2008\/04\/23\/build-religious-bridges-at-home-first\/","title":{"rendered":"build religious bridges at home first"},"content":{"rendered":"

We always hear these kind of speeches. We know what to do and how to do it all. But we tell others to do it, instead of applying it on our own backyard. Isn’t that what people are good at? Offering free advice to others?<\/p>\n

Let’s have a look at some quotable quotes from PM:<\/p>\n

It has been proven that the more societies learn about other cultures, they too become more tolerant and accepting of others,<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Q: Why do Indians celebrate Chittirai Pournami? What is the Hungry Ghost Festival all about? What is the signifcance of the Easter Egg? Why are Sikhs not Benggalis? I’m sure PM knows the answers. Please refer to him.<\/p>\n

While taking pride in protecting our own heritage and cultures, we can and should be willing to respect the heritage and cultures of others<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Q: Does that mean all Malaysian leaders, government staff, CEOs, students, entrepreneurs etc. should undergo cultural and religious sensitizing courses? Probably can lead by example – try removing beef from menus or have the dishes on a separate counters. Learn about “haram and halal” of other religions as well.<\/p>\n

PM: Find ways to reach out to other religions<\/strong><\/p>\n

source<\/a><\/p>\n

KUALA LUMPUR: One of the most difficult “bridges” to build is to have people appreciate the value system of others, be it in terms of religion or forms of worship, said Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. The Prime Minister said that “bridge” should be cautiously built and strengthened.<\/p>\n

“It has been proven that the more societies learn about other cultures, they too become more tolerant and accepting of others,” he said yesterday in his speech at the Asem (Asia-Europe Meeting) Culture Ministers meeting.<\/p>\n

Abdullah said dialogues and cooperation between cultures and civilisations should aim to tackle simultaneously the two inter-related problems.<\/p>\n

He said while identifying the best approaches for promoting mutual understanding and tolerance, it should at the same time achieve success in removing ignorance and prejudices.<\/p>\n

“While taking pride in protecting our own heritage and cultures, we can and should be willing to respect the heritage and cultures of others,” he added.<\/p>\n

He said it was necessary to have more dialogue and co-operation between the people of Asia and Europe at many levels and in various fields particularly in social development, labour, employment, education and training, public health and the environment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We always hear these kind of speeches. We know what to do and how to do it all. But we tell others to do it, instead of applying it on our own backyard. Isn’t that what people are good at? Offering free advice to others?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[113,225,302],"class_list":["post-1802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-borninmalaysia","tag-intolerance","tag-politicians","tag-religion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1802\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}