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Article: Holy war in the Spice Islands; Indonesia; Religious strife in Indonesia.(Asia)(ongoing war between Muslims and Christians has killed thousands)(Brief Article)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- March 17, 2001
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THERE is still gunfire every night in Ambon, the capital of the Moluccas, and sometimes a shattering bomb blast. Once a thriving commercial city, it is now a deadly maze of Christian "red" areas and Muslim "white" ones, a pattern of demarcation that has spread to the neighbouring islands. Children play near the front line and cheerfully tell visitors to relax when "there is no shooting at the moment." But virtually all adult Moluccans are tired of the killing, which has ruined their beautiful islands. Yet that does not mean it is over.
Ambon is now a city divided in two. Muslims call Christians Obet, a corruption of Robert. Christians call Muslims Acang, a ...
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