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From the Mosque to the Political Stage, Tracing the Roots of Religious Violence by M. Afdillah

This Android application is an explanation of From the Mosque to the Political Stage, Tracing the Roots of Religious Violence Between Sunni and Shia Communities in Sampang, East Java by Muhammad Afdillah. In Pdf format.

Violence against the Shia community in Sampang illustrates at least two things about the problems of managing diversity in Indonesia.

First, our perspective in understanding cases of violence against minority groups requires a broader perspective than just understanding it as a problem of intolerance and lawlessness. It cannot be denied that anti-Shia sentiment has increased tremendously in the last five years.

This context can create the assumption that violence against the Shia community in Sampang is based on an intolerant attitude in the form of a reluctance to coexist peacefully with those of different beliefs. However, this perspective is not enough to explain the fact that in areas with minority group characteristics similar to Sampang, the Shia community can live in relative safety.

Likewise, it cannot be denied that there are many incidents of law violations that do not receive proper handling from the security forces, ranging from the spread of hate speech, mobilization, to acts of violence. To this day, many perpetrators of violations are free from justice. This situation provides a lesson that legal approaches are often ineffective and actually harm victims.

In many cases, legal arguments are often used as an excuse for acts of violence against minority groups, such as accusations of religious blasphemy and violations of permits to build places of worship. We cannot deny the importance of legal certainty to protect victims of violence, but this should not override the importance of mediation efforts in resolving cases of violence against minority groups.

Second, this Sampang case study shows the importance of looking at a case in a wider context, not limited to current events but also the background processes and influential situations in a wider scope. This book shows that the conflict between the Sunni and Shia communities did not appear suddenly.

The existence of the Shia community was not initially questioned by the Sunni community, but there have been dynamics that have developed since the early 1990s which have given rise to tensions in relations between the two communities. This tension experienced escalation and explosions of violence, especially in the political years leading up to and after the 2008 Sampang regional elections and the 2012 East Java regional elections.

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