YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia — The sixth assembly of the Asian Conference on Religion and Peace (ACRP) opens today at the Sheraton Mustika Hotel in Yogyakarata, the ancient capital and cultural center of Indonesia.
The conference, being hosted by the Tokyo-based Asian World Conference on Religion and Peace, was originally scheduled to be held seven months ago, but was postponed due to the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States.
Reflecting the changes that have taken place since the attacks, the conference chose "Asia: The Reconciler" as its theme to emphasize the forum's heightened relevance in seeking reconciliation among people of different nations and faiths.