Religious Warfare on the Tiny Indonesian Island of Ambon (1999)

AMBON (1999): In the run up to elections in 1999, the Indonesian island of Ambon became an unlikely battleground for a bitter conflict between Muslims and Christians.

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Indonesia continues to grapple with sectarian and ethnic violence. Nowhere more so than on the remote island of Ambon. This once peaceful island has become the unlikely battleground for a bitter conflict between Muslims and Christians. In the past two months some two hundred people have been killed and thousands of buildings have been destroyed. Just after this film was released, twelve students died in some of the worst violence since the student riots in Jakarta the year before, giving rise to fears that religious violence will erupt through the rest of the archipelago unless the government resolves the tensions in Ambon.

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For similar stories, see:
Indonesia's Religious War (1999)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEtU7bn59Iw
Sectarian Violence Is On The Rise In Indonesia (2011)
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The Death Throes Of Indonesia's Dictatorship (1998)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abaURwoFuyg&t=1s

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