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Indonesia Muslim Christian Conflict. Almost 90000 Muslims poured into the Indonesian capital of Jakarta in January demanding a holy war against Christians living in two riot-torn provinces of. Police previously said they were tipped off to Zulkarnaens location in raids after interrogating several. In many outbreaks of violence thus far notably the shooting on March 1 of four people outside a mosque and the conflict on the island of Haruku. But if it is correct it suggests the solution to the Ambon conflict lies not so much in the inter-religious area important as that is as it does in reforming government.
Indeed Islam in Indonesia has been shaped in no small measure by opposition to Wahhabism. Allowing persecution to happen. Muslim Indonesia has invaded and conquered Christian East Timor with horrible loss of life. In Indonesia radical Muslims also believe that Christians are stepping up a Christianization movement toward turning Indonesia into a predominantly Christian country. Thats clearly the worst of the conflicts we are facing right now but even there it is almost a misnomer to see it as arising from some long-seated religious dispute. JAKARTA Indonesia The deadly attacks in Sri Lanka on Sunday highlighted how easily religious coexistence can be ripped apart in a region where secularism is weakening amid the growing appeal of.
Christians spoke of Islamic fanaticism in Jakarta while some spoke nostalgically of the Christian-dominated South Maluku Republic breakaway movement of 1950.
It is not a pretty picture. Those who did convert were then separated from their families given Muslim names and forcibly circumcised without anaesthetic and with dirty instruments. Police previously said they were tipped off to Zulkarnaens location in raids after interrogating several. It is not a pretty picture. In Indonesia radical Muslims also believe that Christians are stepping up a Christianization movement toward turning Indonesia into a predominantly Christian country. Allowing persecution to happen.