The Importance of Civility
As the legislative and presidential elections of 2019 draw ever nearer, we frequently hear calls to maintain peace and welcome the elections with cheer and gratitude.
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Muhammadiyah executive board chairman Haedar Nashir (seventh left), Education and Culture Minister Muhadjir Effendy (fifth left) and People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) Deputy Speaker Ahmad Basarah (sixth left), pose for a group photograph with interfaith leaders on Sunday (12/8/2018), following Haedar’s national speech at the University of Muhammadiyah in Malang, East Java.
As the legislative and presidential elections of 2019 draw ever nearer, we frequently hear calls to maintain peace and welcome the elections with cheer and gratitude.
On Monday in this daily, we read such a call as conveyed by Haedar Nashir, the chairman of the nation’s second largest Muslim organization, the Muhammadiyah. He said that he hoped all Indonesians would uphold civility, unity, peace, tolerance and be virtuous (Kompas, 13/8/2018).