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swipe wound on his stomach was inally induced him to die. To see one of the relatives assaulted by mass, Muhammad hohir
runs to the crowd to help Hamamah. But unlucky, he also being the victim of machete slashes of the mass. hohir was serious injured
because of 20 cm wounds on his back. Because of the fear to be killed, thousands of Shia followers hide in the houses of their neighbours,
some were running to the top of the mountain, and the others were taking cover in the building of SDN 4 Karang Gayam.
At 11.30 a.m. – 05.00 p.m. the mass begun to burn the houses of Shia followers one by one. hey burnt some of cows, motorcycles, and
another vehicle. Strangely, when the incident occurred, mass cannot distinguish which is the house of the followers and which is not.
Evidently, a resident of Dusun Nangkrenang named Sukri became the guide of the mass to make them not getting misplace. Until now, Sukri
includes in the Police Most-Wanted List DPO.
Based on the explanation of Ust.Iklil al-Millal, the anti-Shia citizen burnt around 48 houses of Shia. Besides the houses, there were burning
the cages and house of worship small mosque. In that August 29, 2012, the followers of Shia burnt the farm of Mr.hohir. hat burnt
farm located on the street which passed by the mass to get the house of Ust.Tajul Muluk. “he 100 m
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farm also was burnt together with the plants inside,” said Moh.Zaini.
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4. Victims Refusing Relocation
After the incident on August 26, 2012, the minority groups of Shia in Sampang should lose their homes. here’s no guaranty of the
state to the victims, by was forced they had to evacuate themselves into Sports Building GOR of Sampang city. he place of refugee was not
be called feasible, their needs on eat and drink until now still come
85 The overall of assault chronology on August 26, 2012 can be seen in the report of Johan Avie and Khoirul Mustamir “Laporan Eksklusif Penyerangan
terhadap Jamaah Shiah 26 Agustus 2012: Tragedi Syawal Berdarah” di Syahadah:
Newsletter for Religious Freedom edition on 24September2012.
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late. Besides that, they should withstand the sense of longing on their homeland.
Since the minority group in Sampang was in the place of refugee, the issue about relocation sounded again. he District Government
insisted to relocate the minority group of Shia from Sampang, Madura. In contrary, the Provincial Government of East Java stated that the
minority group of Shia would not been relocated out from their desa. he feud two state institutions are indeed heavily circulated in the
media, but none of the victim’s sound was reported.
Last week, the writer intervied some of victims in GOR Sampang related to the discourse of relocation. Iklil Al-Milal, brother of Tajul
Muluk said that none of the victims wanted to be relocated from their homeland. heir desires and demands of them for todays is just going
back to their own homes, rebuilded the new one by the government, and got the security guaranteed by the state. For sure, the relocation
which sounded by the state was not right targeted.
First, the state should be relocating the attackers of Sampang, not the victims which
being victimized again. Second, relocation will not solve the problems,
because the victims could be uprooted from their cultural root. hird, the relocation is a form of diability of the state in guaranteeing
the security for the minority group of Shia in Sampang. Fourth, by
relocating, so the country will abdicate responsibility to the incident occurred on August 26, 2012.
Shia refugees in Sampang Madura Sports Building. Overcrowded no lights and clean water, living in bad condition source: www.merdeka.com
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he completion that should be applied in this case is attempts of reconciliation and law enforcement. Surely those attempts of
reconciliation will take a long time, and involved many related stakeholders. But it is not impossible that the reconciliation could be
done as the way out of this problem. here are some reasons why the reconciliation and law enforcement can be used to solving way on this
case.
First, the reconciliation will not violate the victim’s right to stay in their homeland.
Second, the reconciliation can strengthen the relation between anti-Shia group and Shia followers which is not facilitated.
hird, the reconciliation will not uproot the victims from their cultural roots.
Fourth, the law enforcement through the perpetrators disseminator of hate speech and assault could make people to think before spreading
the hate speech on the minority Shia in Sampang. If the state took a serious to solve the problem in Sampang, so the reconciliation and law
enforcement become the efective way to be used.
C. Violence Again Happened on the Ahmadiyah Congregations of West Java
