Ethno-Religious Violence in Indonesia: From Soil to God (Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series)
By Chris Wilson.
Description
Ethno-religious violence in Indonesia illustrates in detail how and why previously peaceful religious communities can descend into violent conflict. From 1999 until 2000, the conflict in North Maluku, Indonesia, saw the most intense communal violence of Indonesia’s period of democratization. For almost a year, militias waged a brutal religious war which claimed the lives of almost four thousand lives. The conflict culminated in ethnic cleansing along lines of religious identity, with approximately three hundred thousand people fleeing their homes. Based on detailed research, this boo...
ISBN(s)
0415453801, 9780415453806
