Observer: Freedom of Religion develop the spirit of tolerance

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta, in a book discussion about God, freedom and love, the place was held by the Office of the Secretariat of the Aji, South Jakarta, social observers say that the question of religious Novriantoni religion can not be disposed of only by a series of regulations be. In fact, argued that deregulation may be more important than the setting Novriantoni udalam handle religious issues.

"If the question of religious regulation minimal, superficial, and given the climate of healthy competition and fair, of religious commitment and piety even higher," said Novriantoni the material he gave Saturday, May 5, 2012.

Deregulation is the Novriantoni minimize legal aspects of the continuity of religious activity, enable the people who are not restricted to certain religious activities. And if a number of religious groups is not particularly limited, he continued, the group will actually respect each other because there is no tendency for the rule makers.

Novriantoni explain the rules would likely result in religious persecution (restriction) and religious divisions. Therefore, the impression, especially tendency on the part of a particular religion. The religion that is not regulated (not limited to) feel that the power to assess the controlled (limited).

A concrete example is the case of the hijab in France is regarded as a religious symbol. Nine months after the ban on religious symbols in place, social discrimination and physical abuse occurs, they are veiled. "In fact, prior to any regulation, no," he said.

Novriantoni added that many of the religious communities, there is a tendency that the Muslim community is much more thirsty than the regulation of other communities. Them, he said, often makes the rules, which, if not created by the government by the cartel for the religious community to address a particular religion made.

"Therefore, the most committed persecution or restrictions on other religious communities," he said.

Finally, in the context of Indonesia, said Novriantoni that there currently is a trend the government of Indonesia more care than the intolerance of inter-religious tolerance. This is because the number of religious rule in Indonesia is too lucrative a particular religious community.

Some examples of them said, Novriantoni, the Joint Order of the Minister of Religious Affairs and the Minister for Home Affairs 8 and 9 of 2006 on the establishment of houses of worship, three ministerial decree on Ahmadiyah, and so on.

"Governments, as I said Saiful Mujani, in the shadow of the power of the people who are not on a vision of tolerance among religious people in this country," said Novriantoni saying that law enforcement is weak by the government, the religious preferences of oppressive regimes.