12. THE HIGHEST RESULT OF TOLERANCE IS RESPECT AND SOCIAL RELATIONS

THE HIGHEST RESULT OF TOLERANCE IS RESPECT AND SOCIAL RELATIONS

By dr. Gamal Albinsaid

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim ...

Two days ago, before I received the award Empowering people Award from Siemens in Germany, one of the organizers came to me to ask how to shake hands on stage because their leader is a woman. They respect when they find out I do not shake hands with women because they do not want contact with the not unrelated me. I simply put my hands and greeted them without touching hands. They set it on stage so I feel comfortable. That tolerance.

On the way to England for a visit to the 15 companies, once I boarded the plane that does not provide kosher food. After I told them I could only eat kosher food, they look for an instant noodles that have kosher label for me. That tolerance

When I had a presentation at the same University of California during Friday prayers, I ask the committee shifting the hours of our presentation, because I wanted to carry out the Friday prayers there. They allowed me to shift the presentation time. That tolerance.

When dinner with Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace, they arranged for me to get food for a vegetarian so I feel comfortable. That tolerance.

In many experiences, I felt and concluded that this form of tolerance is respect. For me "The highest result of tolerance is respect and social relations", it is a form of tolerance and respect for our on the differences that exist. Starting from small things such as food, how to dress, how to move, until the great thing about religion, scripture, and the principle of Godhead.

UNESCO in its publication "Tolerance: The Threshold of Peace" declared social relations is one indicator of the success of tolerance in a society. Therefore the result of tolerance is the comfort of the individual and social harmony.

Inevitably, the leader plays a major role in maintaining, building, and creating a good tolerance. The leader should not enter or leave a comment on religion, scripture, the principle of the Godhead, and how to worship a religion.

The leader's role is very important in that we build tolerance. We miss leaders capable of soothing our differences in politeness, creating harmony between different mutual respect in love. Not leaders who do not care about the differences, creating tension with religious insult, harass book, limiting the ways of worship. A leader must respect the different religions to not judge or comment on religion, did not comment on the scripture, and can not comment on how to worship. Then how harmony can be present when the statement leads to harassment or humiliation in the scriptures and the contents of the scriptures?

Teruntuk Pak Ahok, Before you say something, stop and think how you'd feel if someone said it to you. It hurts when you feel how we feel as a Muslim, the book that we read every day, we make a handle on life, we memorize, we see as many people were sleeping, we learned many years, and then simply to call it as a tool to lie , Is Pak Ahok ever taking subject interpretation to feel entitled to arbitrarily interpret the Koran? Pak Ahok, I do not abject scriptures only for political interests you! There is no iota of falsehood in the Koran! Respect our Koran!

"Do not get so tolerant that you tolerate intolerance" (Bill Maher).

Do not mistake tolerance, "Tolerance does not mean tolerating intolerance". I actually do not like to write or give responses about political issues, but the advice of Ayaan Hirsi Ali that "Tolerance of intolerance is cowardice (tolerate an intolerance is cowardice)" sufficiently strengthen my heart not to be silent. The idea of ​​tolerance Ayaah Hirsi Ali was similar to what was said Haji Abdul Malik Karim Amrullah or what we know as Buya Hamka, "If your religion, prophet, insulted your book and you live alone, it is clear you have lost ghiroh .... If ghiroh has been lost from the heart, instead of only one, the shroud. Because losing ghiroh same as dying ... .. "

Yes! If silent when insulted religion, change your clothes in a shroud.