1st Edition
Religious Violence and Conciliation in Indonesia Christians and Muslims in the Moluccas
By Sumanto Al Qurtuby
Copyright 2016
230 Pages
by
Routledge
230 Pages
by
Routledge
230 Pages
by
Routledge
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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.... Read more
Introduction 1. The Moluccas Sectarian Unrest: Religion, History, and Local Dynamics 2. Perang Sabil: Islam, Radicalism, and the Idea of Holy War 3. Perang Salib: Christianity, Militancy, and the Crusades Imagery 4. The Indigenous Systems of Brotherhood and Dispute Resolution 5. Christian and Muslim Leaders and the Idea of Reconciliation 6. Grassroots Agencies and Peace Movement 7. Government Responses towards Peacebuilding Initiatives 8. Contemporary Moluccas: Religion, Regionalism, and Citizenship 9. Conclusion
Biography
Sumanto Al Qurtuby is Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia. His research interests include the study of Muslim politics and cultures, and the role religion plays in conflict, violence, peace, and public affairs.
One of the several welcome features of the book by Sumanto Al Qurtuby is its competent synthesis of this literature, its augmentation with some original research conducted in 2010, and the dispelling of myths and the o¿ering of new insights along the way. [...] it is di¿cult not to admire how the author rose to the challenge of a very di¿cult ethnographic situation and managed to secure – especially as a Javanese Muslim – remarkably balanced access to diverse groups from both sides. Roy Ellen, South East Asia Research 2019.
