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9781138962804 1138962805 Maluku in eastern Indonesia is the home to Muslims, Protestants, and Catholics who had for the most part been living peaceably since the sixteenth century. In 1999, brutal conflicts broke out between local Christians and Muslims, and escalated into large-scale communal violence once the Laskar Jihad, a Java-based armed jihadist Islamic paramilitary group, sent several thousand fighters to Maluku. As a result of this escalated violence, the previously stable Maluku became the site of devastating interreligious wars. This book focuses on the interreligious violence and conciliation in this region. It examines factors underlying the interreligious violence as well as those shaping post-conflict peace and citizenship in Maluku. The author shows that religion--both Islam and Christianity--was indeed central and played an ambiguous role in the conflict settings of Maluku, whether in preserving and aggravating the Christian-Muslim conflict or supporting or improving peace and reconciliation. Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork and interviews as well as historical and comparative research on religious identities, this book is of interest to Indonesia specialists, as well as academics with an interest in anthropology, religious conflict, peace and conflict studies., Maluku is the home to Muslims, Protestants, and Catholics who had for the most part been living peaceably since the sixteenth century. However, brutal conflicts between local (Moluccan) Christians (both Protestants and Catholics) and Muslims broke out on this region. The conflict escalated into deadly large-scale communal violence once the Laskar Jihad (Holy War Militia), a Java-based armed jihadist Islamic paramilitary group, sent several thousand fighters to Maluku in the middle of 2000. As a result of this escalated violence, the previously stable Maluku became the site of devastating interreligious wars. This book focuses on the study of interreligious violence and conciliation in the Christian-Muslim conflict zone of Maluku (or the Moluccas) in eastern Indonesia. A comparative study of violence and conciliation within Islam and Christianity, it examines factors underlying the interreligious violence as well as those shaping post-conflict peace and citizenship in Maluku. The author shows that religion both Islam and Christianity was indeed central and played an ambiguous role in the conflict settings of Maluku, whether in preserving and aggravating the Christian-Muslim conflict or supporting or improving peace and reconciliation. Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork, network and associational analysis, interviews with former members of militia groups, both Christians and Muslims, as well as historical and comparative research on the social formation of religious identities and associations in the Maluku region, this study gives balanced analyses on the contribution of Islam and Christianity in the conflict settings of Maluku. This first English language book-length study of the violence conflict in Maluku and its aftermath, this book fills a gap in the literature on post-Suharto conflict in Indonesia. It will of interest to Indonesia specialists, as well as academics with an interest in anthropology, religious conflict, peace and conflict studies. "
9781138962804 1138962805 Maluku in eastern Indonesia is the home to Muslims, Protestants, and Catholics who had for the most part been living peaceably since the sixteenth century. In 1999, brutal conflicts broke out between local Christians and Muslims, and escalated into large-scale communal violence once the Laskar Jihad, a Java-based armed jihadist Islamic paramilitary group, sent several thousand fighters to Maluku. As a result of this escalated violence, the previously stable Maluku became the site of devastating interreligious wars. This book focuses on the interreligious violence and conciliation in this region. It examines factors underlying the interreligious violence as well as those shaping post-conflict peace and citizenship in Maluku. The author shows that religion--both Islam and Christianity--was indeed central and played an ambiguous role in the conflict settings of Maluku, whether in preserving and aggravating the Christian-Muslim conflict or supporting or improving peace and reconciliation. Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork and interviews as well as historical and comparative research on religious identities, this book is of interest to Indonesia specialists, as well as academics with an interest in anthropology, religious conflict, peace and conflict studies., Maluku is the home to Muslims, Protestants, and Catholics who had for the most part been living peaceably since the sixteenth century. However, brutal conflicts between local (Moluccan) Christians (both Protestants and Catholics) and Muslims broke out on this region. The conflict escalated into deadly large-scale communal violence once the Laskar Jihad (Holy War Militia), a Java-based armed jihadist Islamic paramilitary group, sent several thousand fighters to Maluku in the middle of 2000. As a result of this escalated violence, the previously stable Maluku became the site of devastating interreligious wars. This book focuses on the study of interreligious violence and conciliation in the Christian-Muslim conflict zone of Maluku (or the Moluccas) in eastern Indonesia. A comparative study of violence and conciliation within Islam and Christianity, it examines factors underlying the interreligious violence as well as those shaping post-conflict peace and citizenship in Maluku. The author shows that religion both Islam and Christianity was indeed central and played an ambiguous role in the conflict settings of Maluku, whether in preserving and aggravating the Christian-Muslim conflict or supporting or improving peace and reconciliation. Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork, network and associational analysis, interviews with former members of militia groups, both Christians and Muslims, as well as historical and comparative research on the social formation of religious identities and associations in the Maluku region, this study gives balanced analyses on the contribution of Islam and Christianity in the conflict settings of Maluku. This first English language book-length study of the violence conflict in Maluku and its aftermath, this book fills a gap in the literature on post-Suharto conflict in Indonesia. It will of interest to Indonesia specialists, as well as academics with an interest in anthropology, religious conflict, peace and conflict studies. "