From a Netfriend:

On Tue, 29 Oct 2002 09:34:38 +1100, she wrote:

“I have never been to Indonesia, but have had quite a lot to do with Indonesian students here in Australia (hence the wedding invitations). When the father of one of our Christian Indonesian students died late last year, she was unable to go home for the funeral. We held two services in the flat she shared with two other Christian students – one within 24 hours of the death and another to co-incide with the funeral at home. Several Indonesian Muslims attended both those services and many, many more arrived as soon as they had finished, bringing food and providing significant support (as they had been doing throughout the time that he was sick and continued to do over the next weeks). Perhaps it’s because they’re away from home that they’re Indonesian first and Christian or Muslim second, but it seems unlikely to me that they’re doing a total about face, just because they happen to be in Australia.”

To which another responded

This is an example of Indonesian Muslim-Christian relations at their best. It is precisely the erosion of such relations that have upset some of us so much. It has been happening gradually over the years since 1979 – the year of the Iranian Revolution – but it’s been accelerating in the past few years, particularly in Maluku and Central Sulawesi.

The Malino I and Malino II Agreements sought to reestablish these good relations in Central Sulawesi and Maluku respectively. The hardliners have resisted them. But in an attempt to come to terms with the local mood of reconciliation, on 29/9/02 Abu Fadhil, of the Laskar Jihad organisation addressed a socialisation program in Ambon, attended by several hundred people, including junior high students: “Making peace with the infidel doesn’t mean loving them, nor treating them as brothers. It only means *not* making war… Brotherhood based on the [local custom] is contrary to the teaching of Islam [which teaches] that brotherhood is on the basis of Islamic community [alone]”. [from the LJ website]

This is not nearly as vitriolic as much of the stuff that was on the website pre 11/9/01, but it is typical of the teaching that is driving a wedge into Indonesian society.