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  Ambon Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ambon City has an airport, and is home to the Pattimura University, a state university, and the Indonesian Christian University of Maluku (Universitas Kristen Indonesia Maluku, or UKIM), a private Protestant university.
Seram, Ambon, and most of Maluku are part of Wallacea, the group of Indonesian islands that are separated by deep water from both the Asian and Australian continents, and have never been linked to the continents by land.
It developed as the trade language of central Maluku, and is spoken elsewhere in Maluku as a second language.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ambon_Island   (863 words)

  
 Ambon City - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ambon City has an airport, and was home to the Pattimura University, a state university, and the Indonesian Christian University of Maluku (Universitas Kristen Indonesia Maluku, or UKIM), a private Protestant university, though both were seriously damaged during the violence in 2000-2002.
Ambon was a center of Christian missionary activity, and Ambon and the surrounding islands have many Christians as well as the Muslims that predominate in most of Indonesia.
In 1950, Ambon City was the center of an uprising against Indonesian rule, by people who were not satisfied by the performance of the government, which resulted in the Republic of the South Moluccas declaring its independence from Indonesia.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ambon_City   (777 words)

  
 Indonesia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Notable among the many state universities scattered throughout the islands are the Univ. of Indonesia, at Jakarta; the Bandung Technology Institute, at Bandung; Airlangga Univ., at Surabaya; Gadjah Mada Univ., at Yogyakarta; and the Univ. of North Sumatra, at Medan.
The Indonesian Communist party (PKI) was founded in 1920; in 1927 the Indonesian Nationalist party (PNI) arose under the leadership of Sukarno.
Meanwhile, in the June, 1999, parliamentary elections, the Indonesian Democratic party of Struggle of Megawati Sukarnoputri, the daughter of Sukarno, came in first with 34% of the vote; President Habibie’s Golkar party came in second, with 22%.
www.bartleby.com /65/in/Indonesi.html   (3068 words)

  
 Indonesia - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Indonesia
The Indonesian Nationalist Party (PNI), led by Achmed Sukarno, was founded in 1927, but was brutally suppressed by the Dutch and its leaders exiled.
Continued religious fighting in the Maluku islands in July 2000 led to the declaration of a state of emergency and the admission from the Indonesian military that some of its soldiers had taken part in the violence.
However, the Indonesian parliament voted overwhelmingly to proceed with the impeachment of President Wahid in May. The vote was the third stage in a complicated four-part impeachment process, and around 1,000 supporters of President Wahid stormed the parliament compound in protest; police opened fire on the demonstrators and at least two people were killed.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Indonesia   (6323 words)

  
 The South Moluccas - Rebellious Province or Occupied State - 1
The Indonesian government failed to uphold her responsibility to protect her so called citizens according to the Indonesian Constitution of 1945- UUD 1945(The Moluccan people were forced to become Indonesian citizen because the then Republic of Indonesia illegally annexed Maluku.
She is a Christian from the area of Benteng Karang that was slaughtered by way of disembowelment by a group of Muslims from the Leihitu peninsula.
It was reported that Christians attacked Kariu as one of the Muslim villages in the island of Haruku, when in fact Kariu is a Christian village that was actually attacked by neighboring Muslim villages such as Ori, Pelau, Kabau, and by Muslims that came from Ambon and Seram islands.
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 March reignites Ambon violence - World - www.theage.com.au
Indonesian police yesterday sent more than 200 paramilitary police and two extra army battalions to the provincial capital, Ambon, 2300 kilometres east of Jakarta, to try to stop the rioting, which began on Sunday.
Indonesian Interior Minister Hari Sabarno said yesterday that the death toll had reached 18, with 107 injured, although other sources put the death toll at more than 20 and the official news agency Antara said more than 130 people had been injured.
An expert on Maluku at the University of Indonesia, Thamrin Amal Tomagola, said the UN was seen by some Muslims as partial to Christians, which might explain why their offices were attacked.
www.buzztracker.org /2004/04/26/cache/167049.html   (431 words)

  
 Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Maluku (Indonesian province)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Maluku is a province of Indonesia, comprising, broadly, the southern part of the Maluku Islands (also known as the Moluccas, Molucca Islands or Moluccan Islands).
In 1999 the Maluku Utara Regency was split off as a separate province of North Maluku.
In December, approximately 200 Muslim and Christian leaders meet in Yogyakarta to explore the possibility of reaching reconciliation in Maluku.
www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Maluku_(Indonesian_province)   (993 words)

  
 Indonesia
In 1980 the Indonesian Council of Ulamas (MUI) issued a "fatwa" (a legal opinion or decree issued by an Islamic religious leader) declaring that Ahmadiyah is not a legitimate form of Islam.
In the provinces of Maluku and North Maluku, at least 47 persons were killed in violence between Christians and Muslims during the period covered by this report, up from at least 30 during the previous 12-month period.
In March 2003, the Indonesian Muslim Solidarity Movement called on Jakarta police to investigate those responsible for producing and distributing Christian video compact disks that alleged that KH Zainuddin MZ, a well-known Islamic preacher, was in fact a Christian who had been baptized and whose child attended Sunday school.
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/irf/2004/35399.htm   (11153 words)

  
 Ambon City, Indonesia
In 1950, Ambon City was the center of an uprising against Indonesian rule, which resulted in the Republic of the South Moluccas declaring its independence from Indonesia.
Inter-communal violence between Christians and Muslims broke out in January 1999, and resulted in the destruction of parts of Ambon City, including parts of Pattimura University.
At the beginning period (1999-2000), the police and Indonesian army were not professional at all, they were taking side.
creekin.net /c4291-n86-ambon-city-indonesia.html   (817 words)

  
 [Kabar-indonesia] Indo News - 01/02/03 (Part 3 of 3)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
GPP Maluku has lodged a protest, saying that they are not fighting in the interests of any community and that they will help victims of the conflict regardless of their religion.
Although the Christians, in her view, are more moderate, Christian members of GPP Maluku have also been criticized by fellow Christians.
Christian IDP- s, living in barracks in that village, had a festivity in the evening or night of December 27, which accompanied by music that was too noisy to the ears of some local residents.
www.kabar-irian.com /pipermail/kabar-indonesia/2003-January/000173.html   (5322 words)

  
 Christian News, Updated Daily - Christian Today > Churches Call for Peace in Maluku Violence
Particularly they are concerned by the attacks and acts of arson at the Indonesian Christian University in Maluku that have resulted in the complete destruction of 16 lecture rooms that catered to the faculties of Theology, Civil Engineering, Economics as well as Social and Political Sciences.
Undersigned by the WCC general secretary, Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia, the letter is a call for the Indonesian Government to "take immediate steps to put an end to the violence in the Malukus", supporting the similar call of the Moderator of the Protestant Church in the Malukus, Rev. Dr.
Christian persecution groups responded with strong objections to controversial statements made recently by evangelist Luis Palau, who claimed that there was greater religious freedom in China and urged churches to register with the government...
christiantoday.com /news/asia-pacific/.../125.htm   (605 words)

  
 Maluku Conflict Reaches Critical New Phase
The Christian University Campus of Ambon was destroyed.
Christian resentment built up to such a point, the argument goes, that they felt they had to drive Muslims out or they would be overwhelmed.
And even the overseas Christian press tends to report on Maluku as primarily a "persecuted Christians" case, and seems unaware of the massacres the Christian community has committed, and are even surprised to be told that until recently, the 100,000 refugees who fled the fighting were overwhelmingly Muslim.
www.worthynews.com /news-features/compass-maluku.html   (1188 words)

  
 The Jakarta Post * Arsonists did not spare Ambon 'reconciliation school' in clash
Talake is on the demarcation line between the Muslim and Christian communities that were involved in clashes between April 25 and April 28.
She recalled that a sense of togetherness and of brotherhood had once prevailed in Talake when students and teachers from both the SMU Muhammadiyah and SMU Negeri 9 had been jointly involved in education activities before April 25, even though they were of different faiths.
We have high hopes that Maluku will in the future be able to create generations of people capable of competing with other regions in the sciences and technology.
www.geocities.com /nunusaku/jp110504.htm   (831 words)

  
 [Kabar-indonesia] Indo News - 5/10/04 (Part 2 of 2)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Christians and Muslims were to share the same campus - a strip of harmony between the two neighbourhoods.
We are particularly concerned by the attacks and acts of arson at the Indonesian Christian University in the Malukus that have resulted in the complete destruction of 16 lecture rooms that catered to the faculties of Theology, Civil Engineering, Economics as well as Social and Political Sciences.
However, now, Christians are afraid to pass through the Muslim Ambon neighbourhood of Batumerah, so that they have no choice other than taking a time consuming ride via an alternative mountain track that costs Rp 10,000.
www.kabar-irian.com /pipermail/kabar-indonesia/2004-May/000757.html   (4382 words)

  
 INDONESIAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY IN MOLUCCAS (UKIM) * Help us rebuild our library Indonesian Christian University in ...
On the 26th April 2004, UKIM was attacked again by a mob, which destroys what is left of the university after being attacked the first time in relation with the Moluccan conflicts 1999-2003.
The remaining 16 lecture rooms, which were renovated and used alternatively by the 4 faculties of the University, (Theology, Civil Engineering, Economics and Social Political science) since 2003 have been completely destroyed.
The building could be renovated quite easily but the library collection, which has been collected for years is the most invaluable asset of the university, especially of the Theological Faculty, because Theology is the oldest Faculty among the four.
www.geocities.com /nunusaku/ukim030504.htm   (329 words)

  
 Ambon violence sends Christians fleeing for lives - World - www.smh.com.au
As the worst outbreak of religious violence in for more than two years continued into yesterday, parts of the Christian University of Maluku in Ambon, the regional capital, were burnt, as were about 200 houses as residents packed quickly and fled.
The latest fighting began when mainly Christian supporters of a separatist group called Republic of South Maluku (RMS) marched through the streets of Ambon, which 2300 kilometres east of Jakarta, on Sunday to commemorate the 54th anniversary of the declaration of a regional republic.
An expert on the Maluku at the University of Indonesia, Thamrin Amal Tomagola, told Reuters that some Muslims saw the United Nations as partial to Christians, which might explain why their building was attacked.
www.buzztracker.org /2004/04/26/cache/167050.html   (520 words)

  
 Ethnologue: Bibliography of Ethnologue Data Sources
Tokyo: University of Foreign Studies, Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa.
Christianity, colonialism and the origins of nationalism among the Ndau of Mozambique.
University of Texas, Austin and 1968 The Hague: Mouton.
www.ethnologue.com /ethno_docs/bibliography.asp   (7065 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
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Pray that the Indonesian government will act, that additional security forces will be sent in and that there will be an end to the violence.
Indonesia: Rev. Damanik, an advocate for reconciliation between the Muslims and Christians with the Malino Peace Accord in Central Sulawesi, remains seriously ill with a kidney disease and under arrest in a Palu hospital.
www.persecution.org /prayer/Pray_2004/Pray-2004-4-30.htm   (584 words)

  
 Ambon / Maluku / Moluccas - Glossary
Komite Penegakan Kebenaran Keadilan dan Penghentian Kekerasan Maluku - organization of Muslim and Christian lawyers from the Moluccas.
Malino II peace agreement between major Muslim and Christian groups regarding Maluku conflict.
Universitas Darussalam - Islamic University of Darussalam, Ambon - Tulehu.
www.websitesrcg.com /ambon/glossary.htm   (1463 words)

  
 Shop Fresh : Article 'Ambon City'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Intercommunal violence between Christians and Muslims broke out in January 1999, and resulted in the destruction of parts of Ambon City, including parts of Pattimura University.
On the day, a drunk christian guy made some trouble in bus station, and got beaten by some muslim guys.
When there was a road accident, a mini-bus hit a muslim kid and he died, because the driver was christian, they started it again.
www.shop-fresh.net /DisplayArticleFull431386.html   (1017 words)

  
 Ambon City - TheBestLinks.com - Arab, Chinese, Christian, Indonesia, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
275,888) is the main city and seaport of Ambon Island, and is the capital of Maluku province of Indonesia.
Ambon City was the site of a major Dutch naval base, which was captured in World War Two by the Japanese in 1942.
Intercommunal violence between Christians and Muslims broke out in 2000, and resulted in the destruction of parts of Ambon City, including parts of Pattimura University.
www.thebestlinks.com /Ambon_City.html   (402 words)

  
 WorldNetDaily: Muslim mobs burn
Christian homes
The attacks on Christians in Maluku province, once known as the Spice Islands, continues with no end in sight, according to the Washington, D.C.-based human rights group International Christian Concern.
Maluku, which has been about half Christian and half Muslim, came under attack between 1999 and 2002 from a radical Islamic group called Laskar Jihad, or Army of Holy Warriors, which aimed to make Indonesia an Islamic state.
In response to the march, the AAP said, Muslim gangs torched houses and churches, and set fire to a local Christian University and United Nations offices.
www.wnd.com /news/printer-friendly.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38239   (421 words)

  
 [INDONESIA-VIEWS] Christian Journalists in Ambon Tar
Christians this morning were bracing for a Muslim attack on the central
Christian University which was burnt down on Saturday morning.
The Indonesian military in Ambon is engaged in a civil war.
www.hamline.edu /apakabar/basisdata/2000/06/27/0000.html   (627 words)

  
 Maluku News Portal: Maluku: - Maluku Report 75: DEMANDS FROM THE HEARTS OF CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY IN MALUKU AND NORTH ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Christian residences in Galala, Tantui, Tanah Lapang Kecil
Maluku and North Maluku and to process in the legal and military court of
evacuate temporarily all the Christians in Maluku and North
www.malra.org /posko/malra.php4?nr=1575   (658 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Panel examining Indonesian persecution hears Christian prof, Muslim leader By Brittany Jarvis Feb 21, 2001 WASHINGTON (BP)--Sharply different perspectives on religious persecution in Indonesia have been laid before the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom.
A Christian professor and a Muslim leader from Indonesia shared their opinions as to the cause and severity of the conflict in the Maluku Islands of Indonesia.
A weak government that is Islamic-friendly, influence from outside jihad warriors and ideological clashes among Muslims and Christians have flamed the current religious fighting, said John Titaley, a professor at Satya Wacana Christian University in Salatiga, Indonesia.
www.sbcbaptistpress.org /storydownload.asp?ID=10342   (885 words)

  
 Liberty Magazine
Missah, an Indonesian, had visited the area once since the violence began and was eager to see the progress toward peace.
Even the 30-hectare campus of the Pattimura University, the most prestigious university in Maluku, is burned out and deserted.
We were told of gangs of Christians and Muslims facing off in the very center of town: the Muslims shouting “Allah Akbar” and the Christians singing “Everybody ought to know who Jesus is” before both took to slashing the other side with machetes and shooting their opponents with high-powered firearms.
www.libertymagazine.org /article/articleview/431/1/75   (1688 words)

  
 How Al Qaeda lit the Bali fuse: Part two | csmonitor.com
GUTTED: Indonesian soldiers guarded a Christian area of Ambon that was attacked in January 2000.
Bashir, the alleged JI leader, currently on trial in Jakarta, are fond of warning about efforts to Christianize Indonesia, and stress the glory of dying as an Islamic martyr.
The Maluku war fit the paradigm being spun by preachers like alleged JI leader Bashir - and Kompak's video was made to play upon the emotions of its audience.
www.csmonitor.com /2003/0618/p10s01-woap.html   (1923 words)

  
 Asean News Network: History of Malaysia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Internal rebellions supporting these claims or regional independence were suppressed by Commonwealth forces and three years of semi-war called Indonesian Confrontation on the borders to Indonesia ensued.
The revelations will add to criticism of the AFP for tipping off their Indonesian counterparts and exposing the nine Australians to a possible death penalty if convicted of drug trafficking.
Senior lecturers at Warwick University in the UK have voted against setting up a branch campus in Singapore due to worries about limits on academic freedom, dealing a possible setback to the city-stat...
www.aseannewsnetwork.com /2005/02/history-of-malaysia.html   (1563 words)

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