TOLERANCE!! ITS SIGNIFICANCE TODAY

Tolerance!! Its Significance Today ~ 96 ~ TOLERANCE!! ITS SIGNIFICANCE TODAY “Requite evil with good...” (Qur’an, 23:96) On January 1st, 1995, newspapers flashed the news that “the United Nations has proclaimed 1995 as the ‘Year of Tolerance,’” saying that the ability to be tolerant of the actions, beliefs and opinions of others is a major factor in promoting world peace. Amidst the resurgence of ethnic conflicts, discrimination against minorities and xenophobia directed against refugees and asylum-seekers, tolerance is the only way forward, said the statement of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, (UNESCO). It is said, racism and religious fanaticism in many The ability to be tolerant of the actions, beliefs and opinions of others is a major factor in promoting world peace. —The United Nations