Religion and Power Comparing Political Landscape in the Religious Conflicts in Poso and Maluku

Indonesia is a pluralistic country inhabited by Muslims, Christians, Catholics, Hindus, Buddhists, and Confucians, with hold the majority population. Their adherents live in harmony tolerance within democratic political system. However, at outset of reform era, Indonesian people suffered from instabilities, conflicts, terrorism, capitalizing ethnic, tribal, religious symbols for objectives such as those conflicts Poso Maluku. This paper seeks to compare landscape Muslim-Christian Maluku Poso. research uses qualitative approach comparative method finds similarities differences factors explaining conflicts. Its were amongst social, political, military leaders national local levels. In addition, they used agent provocateurs provoke their co-religionists. this study found involvement student youth unions but not