Islam and the Struggle for Multiculturalism in Singkawang, West Kalimantan: Local Ulama, Theological-Economic Competition and Ethnoreligious Relations

This study explores the dynamics of multiculturalism in Singkawang, most tolerant city Indonesia. It surprises every scholar studying conflicts as can adequately manage conflicts. was evidenced by cessation deadly conflict, Sambas 1999 city, and establishment ethnocultural groups inherited since Dutch colonialism that generated pseudo-multiculturalism, which all ethnic religious communities have been but exclusive fragile to conflict. Fortunately, champ economic socio-political competition, Chinese an ancestral tradition sharing their wealth considerably. is with no regard either profane or sacred places Muslim counterparts' social ritual activities. Supposedly, instead refusing "infidelity" contributions, local ulama appreciate and, return, struggle promote substitution pejorative calls Tionghoa. In conclusion, theoretically, welfare mayonnaise poured over Singkawang's "Salad Bowls," maintaining its conducive pseudo-multiculturalism.