Terror Politics

Tension between the Nahdlatul Ulama and Muhammadiyah organizations has not ended. The root of the problem is political suspicion.

April 10, 2001

Siti Khoridah and her family were forced to evacuate their home. Although her new residence is still in the town of Banyuwangi, East Java, it’s still traumatic for her to recall the events that her family has been through.

Three weeks ago, late at night, dozens of machete-wielding men came to her home in the neighborhood of Kalibaru, Banyuwangi. While hurling insults, they searched for her husband, Junaidi Abdillah, who is known as a preac

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