Hernandez, Clarissa

Mr. Wisner

World History

Period 1

Date April 3,2017

Current Event Title: Promoting religious interaction
Link to article
http://www.thestar.com.my/opinion/columnists/ikim-views/2017/03/07/promoting-religio
us-interaction-for-twoandahalf-decades-ikim-has-focused-on-creating-interreligious/
Key Vocabulary from the Article (Define at least 4).
Diversities: a range of different things
Adherents: someone who supports a particular party, person, or set of
ideas
Fundamentalism: a form of a religion, especially Islam or Protestant
Christianity, that upholds belief in the strict, literal interpretation of
scripture
Pertinent: relevant or applicable to a particular matter; apposite.
Compulsion: the action or state of forcing or being forced to do
something; constraint
Normalcy: the condition of being normal; the state of being usual, typical,
or expected.
Summary of the Event (at least 3 major points; each point will have its own paragraph)
There are many kinds of religious, culture, and things that there are too many to count.
Basically kim has kept their main focus on making or creating for interaction religious
understanding and making a connection among Malaysia's multicultural society. Just to
respect and consider about people's beliefs and taking it seriously. Because many people
have different opinion that can have negative or positive thoughts about it. Unlike Islam
who accepts many different kinds of religion and what mankind hold which to them is
important to accept to God and they are forced to accept everyone religion they are
choosing to accept. Islam grew as a respected religion who accepted or balanced society
for how they are and a culture as one. They also contain human rights, women rights,
socio cultural rights, religious freedom, and right that are priority.
By them understanding Malaysia and lkim work together to research to to carrying and
approach called fiqh al-takamul that is manners that basically interacts among people
 religious, cultural beliefs. The aim for all this research is to to help upgrade and create
more power interactions or connections among religious adherents in Malaysia.
All this means is lkim carries many many research and publications on Islam that can
help to creating diversity. This includes socio-cultural, economic, political, legal, the
environment, science and technology as well as harmonious relations between people of
different religious groups.

Your Opinion of the Event (at least 3 sentences).

I believe this is a good thing that the lkim accepted the world which has many many
religion and cultural interactions. Also respect and consider about people's beliefs and
received information about it. Also it was interesting that all this was research for Ikam to
bring it as one and welcome it.

Relate your Event to a Historical Event (compare and contrast with current event).
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/16/world/islam-fastest-growing-religion-trnd/index.ht
ml

Between the event and the Historical event they have the same theme which is religion. Such as
christianity, Muslims, and basically people beliefs. The difference between the event and the
historical event is that the historical event shows that Muslims are increasing across the world
and basically it will be the largest religion and that it will surpass christianity. Even though
christianity is the world's biggest religion in the century.

Relate your Event to the a subtheme (at least 3 sentences).

The event for the sub theme is religion and cultural. Lkim has done research about different
types of religion and by doing that they are trying to understand or make a connection among
Malaysia's multicultural society.

Questions You Have About the Event (4).

1) How did the lkim reacted to research all the religion and culture for two and a half
decades?
2) Why Ikim has focused on creating inter-religious ?
3) What make them think differently?
4) Can The aim of this research is to produce relevant guidelines can help to enhance
relations among religious adherents in Malaysia?