RELIGIOUS PROPAGATION:

RELIGIOUS PROPAGATION:

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President Soeharto chats with participants of the Majlis Dakwah Islamiyah congress. The President warned people active in religious propagation not to mix their activities with politics.

The President (third from right) told participants of the 4th congress of Majlis Dakwah Islamiyah, a Golkar-oriented Islamic missionary organization, that if their activities are mixed with politics, certain groups will use the opportunities for their own ends.

Yesterday's opening ceremony, which was attended by Majlis chairman A. Kunaefi (fifth from right) as well as several government officials, including Minister of Religious Affairs Tarmizi Taher (fourth from right), took place at the Bina Graha presidential office.

Soeharto said the negative impacts of mixing religion and politics includes possible antagonism among followers of different religions in Indonesia.

The congress will discuss religious propagation for national development. (tis)