Ex-minister gets honorary doctorate

Mon, 01 Sep 2003, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAKARTA: Indonesia must maintain religious harmony or risk the
disintegration of the nation, former religious affairs minister
Tarmizi Thaher said.

Tamizi said religious harmony was the "superglue" holding all
of the country's ethnic and religious groups together.

He made the statement after receiving an honorary doctorate
from the Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University here on
Saturday.

Tarmizi served as religious affairs minister from 1993 to 1998
under former president Soeharto.

He said preachers should always work to preserve tolerance
among different religious communities.

Also attending the ceremony were the university's rector
Azyumardi Azra, House of Representatives Deputy Speaker A.M.
Fatwa, Muslim scholar Komaruddin Hidayat and poet Taufiq Ismail.
-- Antara

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