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.
| ISBN: | 9781138962804 |
| Publication date: | 21st April 2016 |
| Author: | Sumanto King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia Al Qurtuby |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 230 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series |
| Genres: |
Ethnic studies Social and cultural history Religious intolerance, persecution and conflict Asian history Armed conflict History and Archaeology |
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.
Religious Violence and Conciliation in Indonesia features in the following genres: Ethnic studies, Social and cultural history, Religious intolerance, persecution and conflict, Asian history, Armed conflict, History and Archaeology
Religious Violence and Conciliation in Indonesia is available in Hardback
Religious Violence and Conciliation in Indonesia was written by Sumanto King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia Al Qurtuby and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
Religious Violence and Conciliation in Indonesia has 230 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series series
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