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World council of churches urges Indonesia to end religious strife
The World Council of Churches has called on the Indonesian government to end religious violence in central Sulawesi province.
The sectarian strife has left around 300 dead in the last two years and forced hundreds to flee.
In a letter to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, the Council said the Indonesian government should pay serious attention to the sectarian violence in Sulawesi before it degenerates into a similar situation such as the Malukas.
Inter-religious violence has caused the death of around five-thousand people in the Malukas islands since 1999.
Renewed violence broke out between Christians and Muslims in Central Sulawesi at the end of November, when six churches and 600 houses were destroyed.
13/12/01 12:05:31 | ABC Radio Australia News
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