KUALA LUMPUR, March 1 (Bernama) — The Institute of Islamic Understanding Malaysia (IKIM), held an The Building Bridges Series Focus Group Discussion 2 Upholding Human Dignity For Peaceful Coxistence In Malaysia: Principles And Pre-Requisites, at IKIM’s Grand Hall.
The concept of human dignity highlights the importance of recognizing that human beings possess a special value intrinsic to their humanity. It abhors injustice and any forms of discrimination towards other human beings based on religion, race, colour, gender, language and nationality. Upholding human dignity is central to the efforts of creating and sustaining peaceful coexistence in a society. The sharing of idea and views by the invited scholars in these two programmes is important as it will allow rooms for elaborative and knowledge-based discussions on the topic and to better understand the concepts of human dignity and peaceful coexistence from the multicultural perspectives.