Jakarta (ANTARA) - The National Police (Polri) Chief, General Listyo Sigit Prabowo, and the Chairperson of the Executive Board of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) for People's Welfare, Alissa Wahid, emphasized the importance of tolerance for diversity during a meeting on Wednesday.
Listyo reaffirmed the police's commitment to upholding tolerance in Indonesia.
"We remain committed to promoting diversity and maintaining tolerance. Indonesia is a country with diverse populations and ethnic groups. This diversity is our strength, and we must preserve it," he said after the meeting at the Polri headquarters in Jakarta.
He also expressed the police's readiness to collaborate with NU, the country's largest Islamic organization, on this matter.
"We will take further steps to strengthen our cooperation on these issues," Listyo said.
Meanwhile, Alissa Wahid stated that the meeting also addressed radicalism, which contradicts the values of tolerance.
She pointed out that radical ideas persist in the community and must be proactively addressed.
"Radicalism remains a concern because it contradicts the spirit of hubbul wathan minal iman (love of the homeland is part of faith) upheld by NU," she said.
The discussion also covered violence in the education sector, particularly within Islamic boarding schools (pesantren).
According to Wahid, NU is actively working to minimize, reduce, and eliminate violence in schools, madrasas, and pesantren.
"Violence in educational institutions is a primary concern for us. We have taken concrete steps to address this," she said.
She added that effective implementation of these measures requires cooperation with Polri.
To that end, both parties will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to implement programs related to cultural diversity, tolerance, and the prevention of violence in pesantren.
