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Lawamena
Victoria
Reports
by
CRISIS
CENTRE DIOCESE OF AMBOINA
Jalan Pattimura 32 - Ambon 97124 Indonesia
Tel 0062 (0)911 342195 Fax 0062 (0)911 355337
e-mail [email protected]
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THE
SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS - Report No. 352
2003-05-02
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Ambon, February 5, 2003
Reacting
to the threat of possible war being waged on Iraq, the religious
leaders of Muslims, Protestants and Catholics sent out the
following appeal to world leaders:
CALL FOR PEACE
by The Religious Leaders of the Moluccas, Indonesia
Social strife, together with grueling events of criminality and
savagery towards human beings have tormented our region for four
years. It was generally the common, innocent people that had to
bear its horrible consequences of agony and utmost suffering. In
the wake of this terrible experience we, the religious leaders of
the Moluccas, most honestly want to proffer our standpoint and
concern in relation to the latest development in the Persian Gulf
area:
1. God Almighty made man as His supreme and most precious
creature, providing him a rich array of possibilities and
capacities. Thus man is called to accommodate himself one to
another, acknowledging equality and living in harmony.
2. Existing differences are not meant to effectuate the
determination to wipe out one another, but – on the contrary –
to establish contact and dialogue with one another and mutually
beneficial cooperation.
3. Every nation on this earth has the right to live in peace and
welfare, thus must not be played down becoming victim of any other
nation’s aspirations for whatever reason.
4. Civilized nations solve any internal or external crisis by way
of dialogue and not by choosing the way of war and violence.
5. Any war and any acts of violence gravely damage humanity,
milieu, and civilization. All of this will have its impact not
only on those that are directly involved in the strife, but will
seriously harm global harmony and stability.
Based on this perception, we send out this appeal to the
Government of the United States of America with its Allies, and to
the Iraqi Government:
One - To stop without delay any effort which is aimed at war and
violence.
Two - To enhance renewed efforts to come to sincere dialogue as
the only decent and befitting way to come to a solution.
Three - To acknowledge everybody’s basic human rights as God’s
most precious creatures.
Four - To prefer love, peace and justice to any political,
economic and military considerations.
Five - To entrust it wholly to the United Nations as the
representation of all nations to find a just and peaceable
solution.
May the Almighty God, who is the source of all grace and blessing,
bestow His prudence and wisdom on all involved parties to reflect
on this our appeal for peace.
February 4, 2003
MUI and BIMM, Province of the Moluccas
(signed) Uztad Hadji Abd. Wahab Polpoke, Chairman / Ir. M. Nazir
Rahawarin, Secretary
Catholic Church / Diocese of Amboina,
(signed) Msgr. P.C. Mandagi MSC, bishop
Moluccas Protestant Church / Synod Secretariate
(signed) Dr. I.W.J. Hendriks, Chairman / S.J. Mailoa, M.Th.,
Secretary General
(translated and reported by C.J.Böhm msc, Crisis Centre Diocese
of Amboina)
Crisis Centre Diocese of Amboina
Jalan Pattimura 32
Ambon 97124
Indonesia
Tel 0062 (0)911 342195
Fax 0062 (0)911 355337
E-mail: [email protected]
C.J.Böhm msc,
Crisis Centre Diocese of Amboina
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