Cultural Diversity

Introduction Our cultural environment is changing and becoming more and more diversified. Cultural diversity is a key requirement for human society, caused by cross-border migration, claims of national and other minorities to a distinct cultural identity, cultural effect of globalization, growing interdependence between all regions of the world and the advancement of information and communication media. More and more individuals living in normality ' multicultural ' and must manage multiple affiliates their own culture. Cultural diversity is also economic, social and political plus, which needs to be developed and well regulated. On the other hand, increasing cultural diversity brings about social and political challenges. Cultural diversity

The objectives of this journal are to make the reader to understand the importance of having intercultural dialogue to avoid conflict and as the bridge for Muslim and Western decrease the tension of Islamophobia so it can rebuild the trust to living in harmony. Many actors are giving efforts by involving to solve the Islamophobia as the example are the government policy. Goverment has role to building social harmony and national unity in the form of an effort to encourage and guide all people to live in a harmonious theological framework to create the ideal attitude of tolerance and togetherness and creating a conducive environment for life to produce a religious practice and understanding that supports harmony in intra and inter-religious groups. International organizations like United nations also do some efforts by make forum to discuss this kind of issues. Good communication, respect and tolerance is key to live in harmony because we are living in multicultural world. We must proud about our civilization but not reject other civilization and see others as our partners not enemy or our competitor by having this perspective we don’t see ourselves as superior but equals. We must respect and realized that every individual are have right to choose their religion and not being discriminated not making barriers and

To living in peace and harmony we must have same perspective every problems need to solve by communicate not by having conflicts that lead to war. Intercultural dialogue is as the tools and resolutions to solve the problems and to clarify the misconceptions. The are so many function of having dialogue. First is to identify the similarities and differences between different cultural traditions and perceptions. Second, is to reach a consensus that the dispute cannot be resolved by violence. Third is to help manage cultural diversity in a democratic way, by making the necessary adjustments to all kinds of social and political arrangements exist. Fourth is to bridge the gap between those who perceive diversity as a threat and those who see it as an enrichment. The bridge the gap is the main focus argument in this journal, by having dialogue among Muslim and Western hopefully the threat of clash civilization are decreasing. Every individual has role to contribute for making peace and not become provocate to issue and the role of media mass must be filter and only used for good purpose. The values of humanity and moral must be emphasized as the main concern of interaction so not mixed with the religion or political interest that can be