Social impact of iInterfaith dialogue on religious toleration among Malaysian university students

Abstract

Study on other religions is not simply to understand the beliefs but also to create awareness of religious toleration. But to be tolerant, study within a single religious community would not be enough to make it succesfull. Therefore engagement with other religious community through dialogue is needed. The purpose of this study is to determine if interfaith dialogue has social impact on religious toleration. A group of Muslim and Christian students in National University of Malaysia had been selected to organize an interfaith dialogue where they were all be observed and given questionnaire in order to examine how far they become more tolerant after joing the program. This study finds that continuos participation in interfaith dialogue will definitely increase religious toleration.