عنوان

Post-War Reflections on the Ambon War

Number

LA110739

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

Post-War Reflections on the Ambon War

General Material Designation

[Article]

First Statement of Responsibility

Lucien van Liere, Elizabeth van Dis, Lucien van Liere, et al.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Leiden

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brill

Text of Note

Between 1999 and 2004, with reverberations until 2011, several Moluccan islands (Indonesia) faced violent clashes between Christians and Muslims. Based on 79 interviews, this article seeks to understand how people from both religious groups look back at the conflict, 12 years after the Malino II peace treaty was signed in 2002. We identified three major conflict-related themes that continued to come to the fore during the interviews: explanations about causes of the conflict, religion-related justifications of violence and miracle stories. Most interviewees indicated that the causes of the conflict were non-religious, but rather political. Religion-related language however was frequently used to justify violence as self-defense while miracles-stories were often part of war-narratives. Looking back, Christians and Muslims still understood their communities as injured and victimized. The 'right to protect' one's community as a threatened Christian or Muslim community prevailed in most stories although the source of this threat was not always clear. Between 1999 and 2004, with reverberations until 2011, several Moluccan islands (Indonesia) faced violent clashes between Christians and Muslims. Based on 79 interviews, this article seeks to understand how people from both religious groups look back at the conflict, 12 years after the Malino II peace treaty was signed in 2002. We identified three major conflict-related themes that continued to come to the fore during the interviews: explanations about causes of the conflict, religion-related justifications of violence and miracle stories. Most interviewees indicated that the causes of the conflict were non-religious, but rather political. Religion-related language however was frequently used to justify violence as self-defense while miracles-stories were often part of war-narratives. Looking back, Christians and Muslims still understood their communities as injured and victimized. The 'right to protect' one's community as a threatened Christian or Muslim community prevailed in most stories although the source of this threat was not always clear. Between 1999 and 2004, with reverberations until 2011, several Moluccan islands (Indonesia) faced violent clashes between Christians and Muslims. Based on 79 interviews, this article seeks to understand how people from both religious groups look back at the conflict, 12 years after the Malino II peace treaty was signed in 2002. We identified three major conflict-related themes that continued to come to the fore during the interviews: explanations about causes of the conflict, religion-related justifications of violence and miracle stories. Most interviewees indicated that the causes of the conflict were non-religious, but rather political. Religion-related language however was frequently used to justify violence as self-defense while miracles-stories were often part of war-narratives. Looking back, Christians and Muslims still understood their communities as injured and victimized. The 'right to protect' one's community as a threatened Christian or Muslim community prevailed in most stories although the source of this threat was not always clear. Between 1999 and 2004, with reverberations until 2011, several Moluccan islands (Indonesia) faced violent clashes between Christians and Muslims. Based on 79 interviews, this article seeks to understand how people from both religious groups look back at the conflict, 12 years after the Malino II peace treaty was signed in 2002. We identified three major conflict-related themes that continued to come to the fore during the interviews: explanations about causes of the conflict, religion-related justifications of violence and miracle stories. Most interviewees indicated that the causes of the conflict were non-religious, but rather political. Religion-related language however was frequently used to justify violence as self-defense while miracles-stories were often part of war-narratives. Looking back, Christians and Muslims still understood their communities as injured and victimized. The 'right to protect' one's community as a threatened Christian or Muslim community prevailed in most stories although the source of this threat was not always clear.

Date of Publication

2018

Physical description

372-399

Title

Exchange

Volume Number

47/4

International Standard Serial Number

1572-543X

Subject Term

Ambon

Subject Term

Christian-Muslim relations

Subject Term

community theory

Subject Term

conflict interpretations

Subject Term

justifications

Subject Term

miracles

Subject Term

visions

Elizabeth van Dis

Lucien van Liere

Call Number

10.1163/1572543X-12341500

Electronic name

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[Article]

275578

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