![]() ![]() Nearly 70% of them returned subsequently as the situation was controlled. Tobelo was the worst affected as over 100,000 Muslim people were from Tobelo and villages to its south, who fled to the island of Ternate and Morotai during early 2000. In the ultimate analysis, it is reported that the sectarian violence in 1999–2000 had resulted in 2000 Muslim deaths in Maluku and a population displacement of 200,000 Muslim people in the region. Galela District with its own language is another place where remnants of strife (burnt out churches and mosques) between the religious groups are still seen with military checkposts established to prevent any further disturbances in the region. Though the rioting has been quelled, the mistrust between the two communities prevails. This rioting was further triggered by the fleeing of several thousand Christians from Central Halmahera, and Tobelo had turned into a refugee camp. The religious violence, which simmered in January 1999 in Ambon culminated in rioting in Tobelo by end of December 1999. According to Duncan (2001), the roots of the conflict 'focused on plans by the regional government to create a new district (kecamatan) of Makian Daratan from the southern half of the Kao District.' Initial reconciliation efforts at the district level worked for some time in preventing any clashes and assuage hurt feelings. ![]() Violence broke out in Tobelo in December 1999. ![]()
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