JAKARTA (UCAN): Parishes in the Archdiocese of Jakarta, Indonesia, offered cattle for Eid al-Adha (Festival of the Sacrifice) celebrations to promote brotherhood among Catholics and Muslims in the country’s capital.
 
In all, 42 out of 66 parishes in the archdiocese offered 234 goats and seven cows for the Eid al-Adha, which fell on August 11 this year. The festival commemorates the story of the Abraham, revered by Christians, Jews and Muslims alike, who was willing to sacrifice his only son at God’s command.
 

JAKARTA (UCAN): More than 100 representatives from 16 Asian countries attended the Fourth Conference of Muslim-Christian Religious Leaders of Asia in Jakarta, Indonesia, beginning on February 25.

“Bringing Common Word to Common Action is our theme now. In order to bring common word to common action, we must overcome and solve many problems—religious, political and social,” Hasyim Muzadi, the secretary-general of the International Conference of Islamic Scholars, said.