I-Interfaith Dimension - AmaLungu ePhalamende nabameleli bezenkolo bahlangana ePhalamende lase-UK ukuze badingide ngeqhaza kanye nenani lokuhlangana kwezinkolo.
Ngokuvamile imithombo yezindaba iveza inkolo njengomthombo wezingxabano, izimpi nezingxabano, kodwa ingabe inkolo iyawunikeza umhlaba ukubaluleka ngempela? Ingabe ukuxuba izinkolo kubalulekile emphakathini? Kungani kufanele silwele inkululeko yenkolo noma yenkolelo?
Engqungqutheleni ebixhaswe ngabakwa UHenry Smith, iLungu lePhalamende likaCrawley, futhi ihlelwe i-All Faiths Network, amaLungu ePhalamende uStephen Timms, uSihlalo we-APPG Yezokholo Nenkolo, kanye noFiona Bruce, Inxusa Elikhethekile likaNdunankulu Wenkululeko Yenkolo Noma Inkolo bahlangana nabantu bokholo ePhalamende ukuze badingide lezi zindaba.
UMartin Weightman, uMqondisi we-All Faiths Network, wethule ithimba lezikhulumi eziqinile ezingu-14 ezimele izinhlangano zezenkolo ezihlukahlukene e-UK ezethula isifinyezo esingenakuphikwa somsebenzi ongakholeki owenziwa ukholo.
Uphinde wagqamisa incwadi leli qembu esanda kuyishicilela ebizwa ngokuthi Abantu Bokholo Abakhuphuka Ngaphezu Kwe-COVID-19 ukunikeza ubufakazi bomsebenzi wamaqembu enkolo kanye nokubhala ukubaluleka okukhulu nokungaqashelwa kwemiphakathi yezenkolo. Incwadi eshiwo inikezwe ama-AFN kuzo zonke izikhulumi ukuze zibe nesibonelo esibhalwe kahle salokho okwenziwe yizinhlangano zezenkolo ezahlukene.
Henry Smith MP wamukele abebehambele lo mhlangano wabaxoxela ngesakhe isifunda lapho kunezinkolo eziningi ezahlukene ethi “ukholo lungaletha amandla emiphakathini yethu futhi ikakhulukazi esimweni sabantu abasha, ukubasiza ukuba bakhule futhi bathuthuke. "
Stephen Timms MP, Usihlalo we-APPG (Iqembu LamaPhalamende Amaqembu Onke) ku-Faith and Society yaveza indima ebalulekile imisebenzi yenkolo nemisebenzi yokuxuba izinkolo ekugcwaliseni izidingo ezihlukene emphakathini kanye nokuhlinzeka ngokusekela ngokuzithandela. Wachaza ukuthi I-APPG yayikhiphe Isivumelwano Sokholo, iziphathimandla zendawo ezisayinayo, ukubeka imithetho eyisisekelo yokusebenzisana phakathi kwemikhandlu namaqembu ezenkolo ukuze kukhuthazwe ukubambisana okuqinile. I APPG iphinde yashicilela umbiko wango-2020 ngeminikelo yezenkolo emphakathini lapho imikhandlu eminingi eyahlolwa ithole ukuthi ukusebenzisana kwayo namaqembu ezenkolo kwakuhle futhi kuyasekela.
UFiona Bruce MP, Inxusa Elikhethekile LikaNdunankulu Kwenkululeko Yenkolo Noma Inkolelo, wakhuluma ngemizamo yakhe yokuletha i-ForRB enkulu emhlabeni wonke enikeza izibonelo zamacala ahlukene lapho lokhu kukhawulelwe kakhulu kodwa nangezinye zempumelelo lapho i-ForRB iphumelele khona. Uphinde wakhuluma nangezinye izinhlelo abambe iqhaza kuzo okuhlanganisa neNgqungquthela Yongqongqoshe YezoNgqongqoshe ezayo eLondon kulo Julayi ehanjelwe ohulumeni bamazwe angama-50 emhlabeni jikelele, isihloko sayo okuwukuhlonipha nokubambelela ezimisweni zenkululeko yezenkolo. Fiona Bruce kamuva wabhala ku-Twitter “Kuyamangaza ukuba phakathi kwabantu abangaka abashiseka kangaka nge-ForRB emhlanganweni wanamuhla we-All Faiths Network ePhalamende lase-UK.".
Ngemva kokwethulwa kukaFiona Bruce, U-Alessandro Amicarelli, ummeli kanye noSihlalo we-European Federation for Freedom of Belief baqokomisa ukushushiswa ngokwenkolo eChina nakwezinye izindawo futhi bagcizelela isidingo sesenzo esihlanganisiwe emhlabeni wonke ukuze kubhekwane nalezi zinkinga. Washo lokho ngenkathi i-UN ithatha izinyathelo ezithile, akwanele futhi bekubaluleke kakhulu kwamanye amazwe, ikakhulukazi i-UK ne-USA ukuthi ibambe iqhaza. Uthe uNgqongqoshe ozayo, njengoba sekushiwo nguFiona Bruce kwakuyithuba elibalulekile lokuthi lokhu kwenzeke futhi acindezele ohulumeni abahlukene lapho ushushiso luvela khona.
U-Sheik Rahman onguMongameli we-Wimbledon Ahmadiyya Moslem Association wabe esetshela umhlangano ukuthi ufuna ukubonga i-UK ngokuqinisekisa ukuthi ukholo lwakhe lukwazi ukuthuthuka ngokukhululeka futhi ngaphandle kokucwaswa kukahulumeni e-UK. Waphinda wathi izingcingo ezedlule zokuqinisekisa amalungelo abantu ikakhulukazi njengoba siphila emhlabeni oxhumene emhlabeni wonke onenkundla yezokuxhumana esisondeza nakakhulu. Uthe kumele sihlale sixhuma futhi sizindle ngokuthi sikuphi nokuthi siphokophelephi. Uphinde wacela ukwabiwa kwezinsiza ngokulinganayo kanye nesidingo esibalulekile sokuthuthukisa ukubonakaliswa kobuntu nobulungiswa ezimpilweni zethu.
UHarriet Crabtree OBE, Umqondisi we I-Inter Faith Network yase-UK utshele umhlangano wemisebenzi yangemuva ethule kodwa engaguquguquki osekuyiminyaka eminingi iqhubeka kusukela kwasungulwa i-IFN eminyakeni engu-35 edlule, nokuthi iqhubeke kanjani phambili kuyo yonke le minyaka. Uthe umsebenzi wokuxube izinkolo akulula ukuthi uwenze njengoba isikhathi esiningi ubukelwa phansi, uxhaswe ngemali futhi awusekelwa kodwa labo abathintekayo bafuna ukuba ngabantu abangase babe yibona, bangabanjwa wubandlululo oluvimba injabulo kuphela. Wathi sonke singamaphayona ezweni elishintshashintsha njalo.
URabi uJeff Berger wafingqa ngokuphelele umoya wokuxuba izinkolo ngokutshela umhlangano ukuthi “Inselelo yethu thina esikholelwa enkolweni iwukuba nesibindi sokusuka ekubeni yedwa siye ekufakweni. Kusukela 'ukholo lwami luwukuphela kokholo lweqiniso, futhi wonke umuntu udinga ukungihlanganisa' - kuya 'kuleyo naleyo nkolo yethu iwukuvezwa okuyingqayizivele komlayezo wobuNkulunkulu onikezwe ngesikhathi esithile emlandweni'. Isibopho sokudala inkhulumomphendvulwano yezenkolo ebandakanya wonke umuntu, ebekezelayo, nokufundisa ukufunda nokubhala ngokwezenkolo okukhulu, uwela phansi ezinyaweni zabaholi bezenkolo."
Tracey Coleman, Isikhulu Somphakathi se Isonto le Scientology (inkolo eyasungulwa uL. Ron Hubbard) yatshela umhlangano, “Ngiyakukholwa lokho kukholwa kwabangama-21st ikhulunyaka lidlala indima ebalulekile ekuletheni izixazululo zangempela kanye nosizo olungokoqobo emiphakathini yethu. Njengamavolontiya okholo, sishukunyiswa isifiso sethu sokusiza abanye abantu. Ngokusebenzisana nezinye izinkolo phakathi nalolu bhubhane, sakha ubudlelwano obusekelwe ekuhlonipheni kweqiniso nobungane. Lobu ubuhle be-interfaith dimension. Kungamandla aqeda ukungabekezelelani futhi akhe ukuthula, ngakho-ke izenzo zokusekela inkululeko yenkolo nenkolelo kufanele zandiswe ukuze abantu bokholo baqhubeke nomsebenzi wabo obalulekile."
UMandip Singh, umphathiswa weCentral Gurdwara London kanye nomsunguli we-Gurdwara Aid banikeze izibonelo ezinhle kakhulu zenani leminikelo yamaSikh kweyabo kanye nomphakathi obanzi ngokusebenzisa isiko lamaSikh lelangar - ikhishi lomphakathi elilungiselela futhi liphakele ukudla kwemifino mahhala. Ekuphakameni kwalolu bhubhane ulinganisela ukuthi cishe 90,000 ukudla okushisayo kwamahhala usuku nosuku bekuthunyelwa kubasebenzi abaphambili nasemiphakathini esengozini. “Yindawo lapho abampofu nabaswele bengathola khona ukudla okunomsoco," uthe, "Konke lokhu kubangelwa ugqozi olungokomoya lwamaSikh olubizwa ngokuthi iSewa (inkonzo yokuzidela) kanye nokunakekela inhlalakahle yabo bonke."
USheik Ramzy, uMqondisi we-Oxford Islamic Information Center kanye no-imam wase-Oxford University, naye wakhuluma ngezinye zezindaba ezimbi kakhulu zokucwaswa ngokwenkolo emhlabeni njengama-Uyghur agqilazwe eShayina, amaRohingya abulawa eMyanmar. Uveze ukuthi, “ukuxutshwa kwezinkolo kunomthelela omkhulu emphakathini, Kusikhumbuza ukuthi omakhelwane bethu banendaba. Ukuhlonipha amalungelo abantu kuyingxenye ebalulekile yokuthanda omakhelwane bethu futhi kulabo abacwaswayo kumele sikhumbule ukuthi amalungelo abo awumthwalo wethu.. "
Ahsan Ahmedi emele I-Crawley Interfaith Network (CIFN) wanikeza izibonelo ezingokoqobo emhlanganweni echaza ukuthi i-CIFN isiphenduke isizinda sezindaba eziphathelene nenkolo. Izikole zazibathinta uma sebedinga izikhulumi zokholo, uma kuqubuka ukungezwani kwendawo amaphoyisa ayefika e-CIFN ukuze athole usizo kanti sekukonke asiza umphakathi ukuthi ubekezele.
Umfundisi uDkt Precious Toe, umsunguli Women Worship Gospel Music Awards, wathi, "ukuthi ukusebenza nezinye izinkolo kuyinto enika amandla. Sinikeza umphakathi ukubaluleka ngokwakha amabhuloho. Sisiza izizukulwane ezilandelayo zabesifazane ngomculo wethu futhi sinikeze izwi kwabangenazwi njengoba silwela ukuthula, uthando, ubuntu kanye nobunye."
Ifingqa umhlangano UMnu. Weightman wathi,inhloso yomhlangano wanamuhla bekuwukugqamisa ukubaluleka kokholo nomsebenzi wokuxuba izinkolo emphakathini nokukhiqiza ukwesekwa okukhulu, ukuqwashisa nokuqonda kabanzi ngalo msebenzi, ukubaluleka kokuziphatha okulethwa izinkolo emphakathini kanye nokubaluleka kokubeka isibonelo kwabanye. Ngicabanga ukuthi bonke ababekhona bakwenze lokhu ngendlela encomekayo futhi sizoqhubeka nokukuthuthukisa lokhu njengomsebenzi oqhubekayo.
"Ngokusobala kunezinkinga ezinzima okufanele zixazululwe. Inkinga yokushisekela inkolo enodlame - eyaphakanyiswa ngesikhathi somhlangano. Kukhona i-Islamophobia, ukucwasa kwamaJuda kanye nokucwasa izinkolo ezincane ukusho ezinye zezindaba ezibalulekile - kodwa nakuba zonke lezi zigxilile ngokufanelekile emithonjeni yezindaba evamile, ziyingxenye encane yemisebenzi ehlobene nemisebenzi yezenkolo. Kufanele kugxilwe kakhulu ezindabeni ezinhle eziphathelene nezinkolo nomsebenzi wokuxuba izinkolo. Ngakho-ke ngibonga kakhulu ngokwesekwa nokwesekwa kwamalungu ePhalamende nabo bonke abathamele umhlangano abakhathalela ngempela futhi abafisa ukuthuthukisa ukuqonda okwengeziwe nokuqwashisa ngalezi zindaba kanye nokuvikela nokwazisa inkululeko yenkolo noma yenkolelo."
