How many people are killed in Indonesia each week? Statistics explain one thing, and as the figures rise, they explain something else: not all killings spring from hate.

Hate has a clear focus and objective: towards the end of the Mahabharata epic, Bima brutally beheads Dursasana on the Kurusetra battlefield, gulping the blood from his throat—all for a hate harbored more than twelve years. We may tremble, feel sickened, or savor hearing a