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Our porch of Mecca, its nature rich and abundant...

is now trashed.. smashed.. and broken..

Its people, the brave fighters for Indonesia's independence,..

are now tortured by their own countrymen.. with no mercy..

 

It is believed that Aceh was the entrance of Islam to Indonesia, and according to some historians, to South East Asia, which gives Aceh its name, the porch of Mecca. The sultan of Aceh, along with the Sultan of Malacca was major controllers of Malacca straits in the Silk route. Aceh used to be the strongest frontier in the archipelago against secularization and colonialization. During Dutch colonialization in the archipelago, the war fought in Aceh was the longest war fought by the Dutch.

Aceh prior to 1949, ...the porch of Mecca..

The event that might explain the attitude of many Achenese is the signing of the 1949 Round Table Conference Agreements. Brokered under the auspices of the United Nations, the agreements provided for a transfer of sovereignty between the territory of the Dutch East Indies and a fully independent Indonesia. On December 27, 1949, the Dutch East Indies ceased to exist and became the sovereign Federal Republic of Indonesia, which in 1950 once again became the Republic of Indonesia when it joined the United Nations. The Kingdom of Aceh was included in the agreements despite not having been formally incorporated into the Dutch colonial possession. Subsequently, the Java-based Indonesian government used armed troops to annex Aceh. Since annexation, the Acehnese have continued to resent what they consider foreign occupation.

The chronology of conflict in Aceh.. Aceh, the land of suffering.

 

 

Aceh.. the porch of Mecca

Aceh.. the land of misery

Statistics of Acehnese refugees

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Links:

- The Atceh News