Inter-religious harmony

Just some ideas given to our government. Not sure it will lend to the table of the right authority but just give it a shot :) Those that saw these, feel free to give me feedbacks :)

Dear Sir,

Just some feedback which I thought could help promote inter-religious harmony. It is pertaining to recurring episodes of religious leaders trying to put down other religion, causing disharmony to the community of Singapore.

Abusing other religion usually happens due to lack of knowledge for other religious belief thus giving chance to insensitivity and irresponsible comments. This is especially true and delicate in a multi-racial country like Singapore. I was thinking maybe the government could step in to legislate "Induction programmes" for existing religion leaders as well as up-coming leaders that wishes to promote their religion in the community.

The induction programme which i propose could consist of core teachings of the other religion taught by respected religious teachers in Singapore assigned by the religion's regulatory committee and has a track record of having past initiatives in promoting inter-religious activities. The duration should be reasonably long enough for these learners to internalise the knowledge rather then just another "go with the follow" courses. Those leaders that pass through the course will have some form of certification.

With the course in place, there should be tougher penalities for offenders especially when after they have genuine understanding of others' religion already. This will allow government to segregate those ill-informed leaders and those that have bad intentional motives.

Yours Sincerely,

Nelson Ng