Religious violence and conciliation in Indonesia : Christians and Muslims in the Moluccas / Sumanto Al Qurtuby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Qurtuby, Sumanto Al, 1975- author.

Series:

Routledge contemporary Southeast Asia series ; 80.

Routledge contemporary Southeast Asia series ; 80

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnic conflict--Indonesia--Maluku.

Ethnic conflict.

Islam--Relations--Christianity--Indonesia--Maluku.

Islam.

Relations.

Christianity.

Christianity and other religions.

Indonesia--Maluku.

Christianity and other religions--Islam.

Christianity and other religions--Indonesia--Maluku.

Violence--Religious aspects--Islam.

Violence.

Violence--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Interfaith relations.

Physical Description:

xiv, 215 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2016.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138962804

1138962805

OCLC:

922639696

Publisher Number:

99967803478