Dinamika Hubungan Islam-Kristen di Kota Mataram

Abstract

Religion is not only a teaching that is believed, but also practiced by its followers. Religionaims to regulate relations to God, humans, and other creatures to be able to work togetherand serve as a guide for world and afterlife. The aim of this noble religion becomestarnished when many religious communities had conflict in the name of religion. Althoughconflict can not be separated from human life, it would be strange if the conflict is of areligious background that should bring peace and eliminate chaos. Religious followes whohave a long history of conflict are between Muslims and Christians. The aim of this researchis wants to see how the social relations between Muslims and Christians, as well as thepotential for conflict between the two adherents of the religion. This research is located inthe city of Mataram, where religious conflicts have occurred in this city. The conflictbetween Muslims and Christians in Matatam occurred on January 17, 2000, which wasfinally called the Satu Tujuh Satu conflict (171). This research uses qualitative methods, andthe instruments are observation, interviews, and documentation. The results of this study arethe social relations between Islam and Christianity in Mataram quite well established. Thisis characterized by each religion interacting well in the social sphere such as at work,markets, schools and on campus. The potential for conflict in Mataram is economicinequality, low levels of community literacy, Christianization issues and other socialproblems such as garbage, and juvenile delinquency.