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...TIME: Have you sent any volunteers to fight in the Maluku Islands or in Sulawesi against Christians...
...After his return, Ja'far might have stayed an obscure preacher in Yogyakarta but for an explosion of Muslim-Christian fighting in the Maluku Islands, the famed Spice Islands, in 1998. "We waited and waited for the government to respond and finally we gave up hope they would defend the Muslim community and decided to act ourselves," Ja'far says. His call for an armed defense force elicited a speedy response, both in personnel and cash. Within months the newly formed Laskar Jihad had sent some 3,000 volunteers to Ambon, the capital of Maluku province, a force the group...
...West Sumatrans hope their success could lead to the resurrection of traditional systems that once existed in Aceh, the Maluku Islands, Bali and other places. "The key is not orders," says Anwar Zainal Abidin, a respected elder and former government official. "Things get done because of a collective spirit...
...police delegates in parliament went along with the warning motion. The vote, say military analysts, indicates that the armed forces are growing impatient with Wahid. They criticize his indecisive handling of secessionst uprisings in Aceh and Irian Jaya and of the fighting between Muslims and Christians in the Maluku islands, which has claimed more than 4,000 lives in the past two years...
...Suharto. Eight months on, even his supporters are starting to worry that it might be a liability. The economy is barely holding together, and religious violence is shaking the country to its foundations. Since mid-June, more than 200 Christians and Muslims have been killed in fighting in the Maluku Islands. Having admitted that "the situation is out of control," Wahid two weeks ago declared a state of emergency in the region. But the shooting and bombing have continued, and on June 29 an overloaded boat carrying an estimated 491 refugees who were fleeing the violence sank, leaving just...