Causes of Conflicts Among Religious People in Aceh Singkil

The riot in Aceh Singkil occurred due to several factors, among others: due to legal problems and the "clash" of certain circles to the wisdom of regulation in Aceh. As evidence, the number of illegal and unlicensed church building. The construction of this church violates existing rules including straddling community commitments that have been agreed upon.
In 1979, there was an agreement between the people of Aceh Singkil about the establishment of Christian houses of worship. Under the agreement, the church is allowed to stand just one unit. While undungs ​​(small church type) four units. In 2001, the agreement was reinforced.
This commitment seems to be getting legitimacy, along with the issuance of the Pergub of Aceh on Guidelines for Establishment of Houses of Worship in Aceh in 2007. The existence of a three-ministerial decree, plus the issuance of Law No.11 of 2006 on the Government of Aceh (see Article 127 paragraph 4). So Aceh, of course, including Aceh Singkil District, apply the principle of specialist lex law and lex generalis.
Now the number of Christian houses of worship in Aceh Singkil continues to grow, more than ever agreed upon. This impressed the existence of "defiance" against existing agreements and regulations, which then ignited the emotions of citizens.
Muslims have been repeatedly recalled to the competent parties, even with a demonstration, but this issue seemed to be seen with one eye. Such defiance and omission, causing the cause of conflict or conflict in Aceh Singkil increasingly spread wide.
The peak of the conflict was bloody clashes on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 between Muslims and Christians and resulted in the death of one Muslim and dozens of others wounded and burning unlicensed Temple (Church) in Suka Makmur Village District of Mount Meriah, Aceh Singkil District.
The Role and Solution of Aceh Governor (Dr. Zaini Abdullah) in Conflict Resolution
The incident in Aceh Singkil District has caused a lot of reaction from various circles in this country, from President Jokowo and Vice President Jusuf Kalla to give comment.
Aceh Governor Zaini Abdullah urged all parties not to exacerbate the inter-religious situation and conflict. That is, must be terminated immediately, not to spread to civil war. Zaini called on all parties to jointly maintain harmony among religious believers in Aceh. All parties must be tolerant because what happened in Singkil impacts not only in Singkil but throughout Aceh.
In addition, Zaini also requested that local people to comply with the rules and agreed upon. In fact, Zaini Abdullah appealed for cases of conflict between religious communities should never happen again.
Basically, the Government of Aceh has made serious efforts to solve various cases that occurred in Aceh including creating harmony among religious communities. Because if not handled seriously, surely it is not impossible that something like this will happen again in Aceh Singkil.
The government needs to review a number of rules related to harmony between religious communities, especially in relation to the establishment of houses of worship in the province of Aceh, if the things that are still wrong should be revised again. But according to the author, that the rule has been done in depth study and is suitable to be applied in religious life in Aceh and this needs to be socialized.
Socialization has been done by the government of Aceh both through the local government (Aceh Singkil Government) and through the program of the Office of Islamic Sharia Aceh which sends da'i to a number of areas, especially the border region of Aceh-North Sumatra including Aceh Singkil district.
If the socialization of the rules has been done, then the next step is to always control the community so as not to commit the violation of the mutually agreed mutually related to the rules of the house of worship. Because as it is known that the Aceh Singkil conflict, is basically done by a party that violates existing rules.
Further efforts can be made through dialogue among religious leaders. Dialogue is a very important effort done, because the key control of society (people) of each religion is on religious leaders.
In fact, the effort of inter-religious dialogue has also been done by the government of Aceh under the leadership of Governor of Aceh dr Zaini Abdullah through the Office of Sharia Islam Aceh. Such dialogue efforts are routinely conducted every year, especially in areas prone to conflict such as in Aceh Singkil district and other areas within Aceh Province.
According to the authors, there needs to be a more intensive dialogue on religious leaders in a particular region. The most important thing of such a dialogue is that the outcome of the dialogue can be carried out in a way that each religious leader re-socializes to each people.
Similarly, several things can be done to prevent the recurrence of conflict between religious communities both in Aceh Singkil District and other areas in Aceh even in Indonesia. If it goes to the maximum, then the harmony of the ummah in Aceh in the framework of application of Islamic Shari'ah will run well and maximally as the expectations of all parties.
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