印尼的族群衝突危機

Ethnic Conflict in Indonesia

印尼近年來發生嚴重族群衝突事件，往往造成數以百計的死亡人數與日趨惡化的族群關係。在擁有數百種不同族群的印尼群島，宗教、文化、資源分配、以及政府政策無疑是引發族群衝突的主要因素。占有最多人數的爪哇人，不論在掌控資源分配和以強勢作為推廣回教文化等作為，均引起許多弱勢族群的不滿、甚至以血腥方式謀取應有利益。實施有近百年的境內族群遷徙計畫也是引發印尼族群衝突的因素之一。除非以爪哇人為主的各族群能夠體會到互信互諒以及和平共存的重要性，否則族群問題仍然會是印尼社會的不定炸彈。

Indonesia has experienced many ethnic conflicts during recent years, severely hurting the unity of the Indonesian people. There are a few major factors that contribute to these unfortunate results. In additional to religious and cultural reasons, also important are government-sponsored policies. The so-called Transmigration Program, adopted by both the Dutch and Indonesian governments, has had negative effects on the interaction among Javanese and many aboriginal people on remote islands. Unless Javanese and other Indonesian peoples share some kind of consensus, these ethnic conflicts will become a time-bomb in Indonesian society.