But Mr. Wahid, who was elected last year, has seemed unable to control growing religious clashes.

Over all, more than 10,000 people have died in murderous ethnic and religious clashes since the beginning of civilian rule in May 1999.

Rumors of racial and religious clash surfaced which could explain their desire to avoid the repeat of this kind of situation.

In recent years it has suffered violent religious clashes between its Muslim and Christian populations in 2001, 2008, 2010, and 2011.

Before this year, Ayodhya, a community of 30,000 Hindus and 2,000 Muslims, had never witnessed a religious clash.

That is not to say that he does not foresee more bitter, sometimes violent religious clashes.

To the despair of the hopeful, some cultural and religious clashes seem irreconcilable.

Since military rule ended, more than 10,000 people are believed to have been killed in ethnic and religious clashes.

I strongly condemn the recent violence in and around Jos, when many hundreds of people were killed in ethnic and religious clashes.

No incidence of riot, rebellion, civil disobedience, religious clashes or terrorism has been observed.