New Christian-Muslim strife in Indonesia.(Brief Article) From: The Christian Century | Date: January 19, 2000 | COPYRIGHT 2000 The Christian Century Foundation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

More than 500 people have died in recent clashes between Indonesian Christians and Muslims. In North Maluku province some 250 people were killed in violence that began December 26, a military spokesman said. The fighting on the island of Halmahera began when a mob of 400 Christians attacked a Muslim village, according to Lieutenant Colonel Iwa Budiman, a local military spokesman.

In the adjoining province of Maluku, 68 people have died in similar sectarian clashes since ...

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