HTML pages designed & maintained by Alifuru67 Copyright © 1999/2000 - 1364283024 & 1367286044		Want to Help? CRISIS CENTRE DIOCESE OF AMBOINA Jalan Pattimura 32 - Ambon 97124 - Indonesia Tel 0062 (0)911 342195 Fax 0062 (0)911 355337 E-mail: comamq@ambon.wasantara.net.id Ambon, May 4, 2001 THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS Report no. 172 1. FRATERNIZING WHILE DOING BUSINESS Notwithstanding Mr. Ustad Muhammad Atamimi s ban on doing small business with christians, intermingling small business meanwhile is near to normal again now. These meeting points of vendors and buyers are considered to play an important role in natural reconciliation. 2. STONED TO DEATH On March 10, 2001, at Al-Fatah, the principal mosque in Ambon, Muslim Law ( Syariat ) was declared for Ambon. Jakarta based Gatra magazine, in its edition of May 5, reports on the following sad event. On March 27, some hundred muslim citizens, intermingling with white-robed laskar jihads, convened in Ahuru, a neighbourhood at the outskirts of Ambon town, to witness the death penalty being executed on a 30 years old Jihad warrior from Surabaya. He was buried up to his middle, so that only his chest and head were visible. While shedding tears, both jihads and civilians stoned him to death. He got this death sentence for it had been proved that he had raped a girl. threatening her with a pair of scissors. Earlier three muslims had been executed by a firing-squad because they had been caught trading in alcoholics. Not all muslims, including some well-known scholars, agree on this interpretation of the Syariat. 3. WEBSITE Here is another interesting and well-informed website on the conflict in the Moluccas: http://www.welcome.to/lawamena. C.J.Böhm MSc, Secretary of Crisis Centre Diocese of Amboina Received via e-mail from : Crisis Centre Diocese of Amboina Copyright © 1999-2001  - Ambon Berdarah On-Line * http://www.go.to/ambon HTML pages designed and maintained by Alifuru67 * http://www.oocities.org/maluku67 Send your comments to alifuru67@egroups.com