Crisis in Maluku: from religion to nationalism.(against the current)

From: Arena Magazine | Date: June 1, 2004| Author: Knapman, Gareth | Copyright information

Between 1999 and 2002 the Maluku islands were divided by a purportedly bitter religious/ nationalist struggle that left over 5,000 people dead and approximately 500,000 people displaced. After two years of relative calm, this inter-communal violence recently reappeared as open warfare.

The conflict was sparked on 25 April, the date marking the founding of the Republic of South Maluku (Republic Maluku Selatan [RMS]) by the islands' relatively small independence movement. ...

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