Solidarity as Everyday Security: Javanese-Muslim Migrant and Moluccan-Christian Host Communities Peaceful Relationships in Waihatu area, Maluku, during Communal Conflict in 1999

Abstract

The article explores centrality of social solidarity in inter-ethnics and interreligious relationships in everyday life during religious based communal conflict. Solidarity here is based on relational efforts to maintain the acceptance of ethnic and religious differences. This research examines inter-ethnic and religious relationships in Waihatu, a migrant village, in Seram Island, West Seram Regency, Maluku. Peaceful relationships among Javanese-Muslim migrants and Mollucan-Christian hosts in the area highlights respectfully mutual engagement during conflict instigated by religious sentiment in Maluku in 1999