Magelang - The Magelang branch of Gerakan Pemuda Ansor (GP Ansor), offers to help police in maintaining security for Christians in celebrating Christmas. GP Ansor has a commitment to create religious harmony, Muhammad Chabibulah, chairman of the Magelang branch of the youth organization of the country's largest non political Islamic organization Nahdatul Ulama (NU), said. It has been a tradition that GP Ansor is involved in creating security in various places where Christians perform their religious services during Christmas days, Chabibulah said here on Wednesday. "Maintaining religious harmony is an implementation of Ansor's conception of brotherhood and tolerance among people of the nation," he said. NU and its youth organization have been the most tolerant toward the Christian minority in this predominantly Musliam country. "The people of Magelang are religious communities with strong spirit of brotherhood ," Chabibulah . Fraternity brings rise to tolerance and respect to each other among communities of different religious faiths,he added. (*)

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