The Contestation of Muslim and Special Autonomy in Papua

Abstract

This article discusses the method of Papua Muslims and Christians in defending their identity and gaining the acknowledgment as part of Papua people. The author shows that he Muslim Papua that in subordinated position in the field of Islamic organizations contest its cultural identity to the Muslim migrant by construction of Papua political identity represented in the discourse of Islam as rahmatan lil Papua (Papua as land of peace), and also practices of human right struggle for the native Papua. In the field of politics and religion, contest its cultural identity with the Christian Papua by construction Islam is the religion of the native Papua and practices of conflict’s mediation between the Muslim and the Christian Papua, which related with the development of mosques and Islamic schools.