While Indonesia has made great progress in consolidating a stable, democratic government after five decades of authoritarian rule, it nonetheless has significant difficulty with national religious tolerance.
According to its Statutes, candidates should be men, women, institutions or non-governmental organizations that have distinguished themselves through particularly remarkable initiatives extending over several years to promote the understanding and solution of international or national problems in a spirit of tolerance and non-violence.
Based on national survey data, it found a surprisingly high tolerance of wealth disparity.
Our documentary concludes that most politicians believe this will only be possible if India's age-old tradition of religious tolerance remains at the centre of its national ideology.
Roping in finance from patronage-seeking businesses, it plastered millions of posters across the country that declared the president, among other things, a Man of Tolerance and Dialogue, the Achiever of National Miracles, and the Knight of the Arabs.
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"A national strategy to support local authorities on housing strategies for Gypsy-Travellers and a national awareness campaign to ensure there is a zero-tolerance on discrimination against Gypsy-Travellers must be initiated and led by the Scottish government, " she said.
The report recommends the establishment of an "independent national task force" with a strong mandate and the resources to implement a religious tolerance and freedoms strategy for the country.
Raymond Louw, who heads the Media Freedom Committee at the National Editors' Forum, says that, though the press is quite free, official tolerance of media freedom and freedom of expression is diminishing.
Meanwhile two of Pakistan's closest allies, China and Saudi Arabia, have strongly indicated to the government that its continuing tolerance of the Taleban and al-Qaeda on its soil is endangering the national security of these two countries.
This could be a basis for national self-awareness and even for pride in the country's tradition of freedom and tolerance.
Launched in January 2012, the UNESCO-USA-Brazil project Teaching Respect for All aims to promote educational responses to counter discrimination and violence through strengthening the foundations of mutual tolerance, and cultivating respect for all people, regardless of colour, gender or national, ethnic or religious identity.
Lau Nai-keung, a Hong Kong member of China's National People's Congress, adds that because of Macau's reliance on tourism, its low tolerance for troublemakers is understandable.
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