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Article: An Island Holy War.(Moluccan Islands in grip of religious war)
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- Newsweek International
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- August 7, 2000
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The headquarters for the Islamic Protection Front (FPI) seems more like a Club Med resort than a command center for anti-Christian warriors on the Moluccan Islands. Abu Bakar Wahid, the FPI's leader, works in a tin-roofed office on sleepy Tidore Island--one of hundreds that comprise the Moluccan chain, which stretches across a wide swath of sea in eastern Indonesia. The building sits on a palm-lined beach at the base of the verdant Kiematubu Volcano. From there the 49-year-old Islamic cleric has a commanding view of the nearby island of Halmahera, several kilometers away. Halmahera has become a key battleground in the Moluccas' bloody, 18-month-old feud. For Abu Bakar, the ...
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