Indonesia's Dirty Little Holy War
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An Indonesian soldier stands guard
PHOTOGRAPH FOR TIME BY KEMAL JUFRI/IMAJI PRESS
Holy Terror
Indonesia's powerful Laskar Jihad has launched a campaign against Christian villages in Sulawesi


An Indonesian soldier guards the remains of the Eklesia church in Poso. Authorities are outgunned by the Laskar militia, and find it difficult to keep order in the face of back-room political support for both sides. "Whenever we try to do something, it seems like someone from the top stops it," says one policeman

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