Nasrullah, A., Wijayanti, I. ., Nurjannah, S. ., & Chaniago, D. S. . (2020). Dinamika Hubungan Islam-Kristen di Kota Mataram. RESIPROKAL: Jurnal Riset Sosiologi Progresif Aktual, 1(2), 124–134. https://doi.org/10.29303/resiprokal.v1i2.12
Religion is not only a teaching that is believed, but also practiced by its followers. Religion aims to regulate relations to God, humans, and other creatures to be able to work together and serve as a guide for world and afterlife. The aim of this noble religion becomes tarnished when many religious communities had conflict in the name of religion. Although conflict can not be separated from human life, it would be strange if the conflict is of a religious background that should bring peace and eliminate chaos. Religious followes who have a long history of conflict are between Muslims and Christians. The aim of this research is wants to see how the social relations between Muslims and Christians, as well as the potential for conflict between the two adherents of the religion. This research is located in the city of Mataram, where religious conflicts have occurred in this city. The conflict between Muslims and Christians in Matatam occurred on January 17, 2000, which was finally called the Satu Tujuh Satu conflict (171). This research uses qualitative methods, and the instruments are observation, interviews, and documentation. The results of this study are the social relations between Islam and Christianity in Mataram quite well established. This is characterized by each religion interacting well in the social sphere such as at work, markets, schools and on campus. The potential for conflict in Mataram is economic inequality, low levels of community literacy, Christianization issues and other social problems such as garbage, and juvenile delinquency.
