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Jakarta –
The Ministry of Religion (Kemenag) implements the transfer of the position of Minister of Religion (Menag). Yaqut Cholil Qoumas officially served as Minister of Religion replacing Fachrul Razi.
The delivery of the Minister of Religion was broadcast live on YouTube at the Indonesian Ministry of Religion, on Wednesday (12/23/2020). Yaqut was seen sitting in a row with Fachrul and Deputy Minister of Religion Zainut Tauhid.
Fachrul Razi welcomed Yaqut Cholil. He is sure that Yaqut Cholil can better direct the Ministry of Religion.
“As Minister of Religion 2019-2020, I would like to welcome Mr. Yaqut Cholil to the Ministry of Religion. You have been appointed by the President as Minister of Religion, I assume the choice of the president is correct, I am sure that the Ministry of Religion can better lead, “he said. Fachrul.
Meanwhile, Yaqut Cholil opened his remarks by citing the statement of former Minister of Religion Lukman Hakim Saifuddin, who imitated the statement of the fourth President of the Republic of Indonesia, Abdurrahman Wahid, on the Ministry of Religion. He said that the Ministry of Religion should be the ministry of all religions, not one religion. He hopes that in the future there will be no discrimination between one religion and another.
“I heard that when Pak Lukman Hakim Saifudin entered the Ministry of Religion, Gus Dur joked about the Ministry of Religion. This is very popular. Gus Dur said that what Pak Lukman Hakim repeated, the Ministry of Religion is like a market, everything exists. except religion, “said Gus Dur. This is the time for all of us to show that the Ministry of Religion is not the Ministry of Religion, period, but the ministry of all religions.So what Gus Dur said about this market, the market of religions is in the Ministry of Religion, there is no difference, there is no discrimination. we show all the religions in this ministry to the public, “he said.
“I said yesterday in the State Palace and before I told the president that I only wanted to go through the Ministry of Religion that I want to become this religion as an inspiration, not as an aspiration,” he added.
Then the event continued with the procession of handing over the memory of the final assignment from Fachrul Razi to Yaqut Cholil. The two were seen standing in front of the audience and shaking hands.
Previously, President Joko Widodo appointed Yaqut Cholil Qoumas as the new Minister of Religion. Yaqut promised that there would be further advancements in the ministry.
“We will see that there will definitely be advances in the ministry to make it different from other times,” Yaqut said at the Presidential Palace on Wednesday (12/23).
Today, Yaqut Cholil and 5 other new ministers were inaugurated by Jokowi at the State Palace in central Jakarta. In addition to 6 ministers, Jokowi also appointed 5 vice ministers.
(ibh / imk)
