Still A Long Way Home

The effectiveness of a peace agreement signed by Sunni and Shia residents in Sampang, Madura, is in doubt. Returning residents to their home village is not just a case of physical relocation.

October 1, 2013

Tears flowed in the square of the Puspa Agro tenements in Jemundo, Sidoarjo, East Java, on Monday afternoon last week. A hundred or so Shia Muslims from Nangkernang hamlet, Karang Gayam village, Omben, and residents of Blu'uran village, Karang Penang, Sampang regency, Madura, shook hands and hugged their guests. Those 50 or so people were Sunni Muslims from Omben and Karang Penang subdistricts. Some of them were responsible for the rioting that re

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