The Christian Science Monitor, March 28th, 2002
Byline: Simon Montlake Special to The Christian Science Monitor
AMBON, INDONESIA -- After three years of bloody interfaith conflict, a fragile peace is taking hold in the Indonesian province of Maluku.
Word of a recent peace agreement sparked euphoria in the streets of Ambon, the provincial capital, and people are venturing into neighborhoods they were long afraid to enter, crossing battle lines that seemed set in stone. "The borders just collapsed and people started walking all over the city," says a foreign observer.
For Indonesia, a majority-Muslim nation struggling to accommodate reli...
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