Research Article
The Causes of Sunni and Shiite Conflicts in Bangil Year 2007 – 2016
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.26-11-2019.2295173, author={Abdullah Abdullah}, title={The Causes of Sunni and Shiite Conflicts in Bangil Year 2007 -- 2016}, proceedings={Proceedings of the First Brawijaya International Conference on Social and Political Sciences, BSPACE, 26-28 November, 2019, Malang, East Java, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={B-SPACE}, year={2020}, month={5}, keywords={cause of conflict sunni syiah conflicts bangil globalization}, doi={10.4108/eai.26-11-2019.2295173} }- Abdullah Abdullah
Year: 2020
The Causes of Sunni and Shiite Conflicts in Bangil Year 2007 – 2016
B-SPACE
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.26-11-2019.2295173
Abstract
This paper aims to explain the cause of Sunni-Shiite conflict in Bangil, Pasuruan Regency since 2007-2016. Many opinions say that the conflicts between the two groups occur because of purely differences in understanding in interpreting religious texts. Historically in Indonesia there have been almost no sectarian conflicts involving Sunni-Shi'a. This is supported by the peaceful life of two groups in other cities in Indonesia such as in Jepara, Cirebon, and others. In analyzing the conflict the writer uses Michael E Brown's theory of internal conflict and the theory of globalization Jan Art Scholthe. The research method that I use is a qualitative method of deductive thinking. The process of collecting data the authors get from primary and secondary sources. The author's research results show that the Shiite Sunni conflict was caused first, by political factors marked by competition between the Sunni and Shia elites. Secondly, the era of globalization which is marked by democratization in Indonesia seems to be more used as propaganda about Sunni hatred towards Shiites so massive that it has stimulated in accelerating the occurrence of conflict.
