For hours, police negotiators and fugitives from the Poso conflict sat at a table in the home of Ustad Adnan Arsal in the area of Tanah Runtuh, Gebangrejo Village, Poso, in Central Sulawesi. They numbered about thirty in all: a few police negotiators and 24 people suspected of being responsible for a number of riots in this region.

There was only one objective of the meeting, which was held on Wednesday night two weeks ago: to deliberate the wordi