Table of Contents
Foreword vii
Introduction ix
Glossary xiii
Chapter 1 Sumatra 1
Aceh Nationalism 3
Sabang: Indonesia's Westernmost Symbol 3
The Free Acheh Movement 7
Formalising Islamic Sharia 13
Indonesian Soldiers Looting Acehnese Houses 20
Tsunami and the Helsinki Agreement 24
Chapter 2 Kalimantan 31
The Madurese Massacre 33
Sambas, the Malay Heartland 33
The 1967 Chinese Massacre 42
Dayak Revitalisation 49
A Little Madurese Girl 58
Chapter 3 Sulawesi 63
Desperately Seeking Minahasa 65
Miangas on the Border with the Philippines 65
European Missionaries in Minahasa 70
Christian Minority in Muslim-Majority Indonesia 76
Permesta Rebellion in the 1950s 83
Muslim Minorities in Manado 90
Chapter 4 Java 95
Indonesian Nationalism versus Islamic State 97
Myth about Indonesia from a Hindu Temple 97
Sukarno's Tomb 102
Bahasa Indonesia to Unite Indonesia 103
Islamic Sharia in the Jakarta Charter 108
Reinstating Pancasila 114
The 1965-66 Massacres of the Communists 119
A Village Near Jakarta 124
Java has Too Many People 128
A Christian Governor in Jakarta 130
Chapter 5 The Moluccas 135
Sectarian Violence 137
Ambon Island: Muslims versus Christians 137
The Southern Moluccas Republic 144
Ternate: White versus Yellow Militias 149
Halmahera: Ethnic Kao Fights Ethnic Makian 159
Desecrating a Christian Cemetery in Galela Lake 166
Chapter 6 Lesser Sunda Archipelago 171
East Timor's Independence 173
Ndana Island: Indonesia's Southernmost Tip 173
The Occupation of East Timor 178
Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation 181
East Timorese Militias in Kupang 189
Chapter 7 West Papua 195
Racism versus Separatism 197
Merauke: Indonesia's Easternmost Mark 197
The Free Papua Movement 202
A Big Man in Sentani 207
A Political Prisoner in Abepura 215
Peace Proposal and Consolidation 223
The American Goldmine in Mount Grasberg 229
Epilogue 239
Notes on Places 249
Notes on Sources 253
Acknowledgements 279
