'Purified' in the Name of Allah / Richard C. Paddock.
by Paddock, Richard C; Paddock, richard C; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2002Article 43Human Relations. Publisher: Los Angeles Times, 2001; Los Angeles Times, 2001ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): Child soldiers | Christians -- Indonesia | Conversion | Ethnic relations | Jihad | Muslims -- Indonesia | Slavery and Islam | Indonesia -- Ethnic relations | Maluku (Indonesia)DDC classification: 050 Summary: "'Purified' in the name of Allah" --- "The people of Kesui have been caught up in a vicious war of religious cleansing that has swept through Indonesia's Molucca Islands over the last two years." (LOS ANGELES TIMES) This article examines the violent religious fighting in Indonesia's Molucca Islands and includes reports of forced conversion and mutilations of Christians by Muslim extremists.Summary: "My Job Is to Throw Bombs and Burn Houses," Moluccan Boy Says --- "The youths of Indonesia's Molucca Islands, some as young as 11, hurl homemade bombs at enemy soldiers, drive civilians from their homes and burn down rivals' neighborhoods. Some fight for Jesus, some for Muhammad. In a conflict that both sides call a holy war, children commit arson and terrorism, mayhem and murder." (LOS ANGELES TIMES) This article relays that youths are the main fighters in the religious war between Christians and Muslims in Indonesia's Molucca Islands.
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Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002.
Originally Published: 'Purified' in the Name of Allah, March 13, 2001; pp. A1+.
Originally Published: 'My job
"'Purified' in the name of Allah" --- "The people of Kesui have been caught up in a vicious war of religious cleansing that has swept through Indonesia's Molucca Islands over the last two years." (LOS ANGELES TIMES) This article examines the violent religious fighting in Indonesia's Molucca Islands and includes reports of forced conversion and mutilations of Christians by Muslim extremists.
"My Job Is to Throw Bombs and Burn Houses," Moluccan Boy Says --- "The youths of Indonesia's Molucca Islands, some as young as 11, hurl homemade bombs at enemy soldiers, drive civilians from their homes and burn down rivals' neighborhoods. Some fight for Jesus, some for Muhammad. In a conflict that both sides call a holy war, children commit arson and terrorism, mayhem and murder." (LOS ANGELES TIMES) This article relays that youths are the main fighters in the religious war between Christians and Muslims in Indonesia's Molucca Islands.
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