The Conflicts of Worship Houses after the Reformation in North Sumatra, Indonesia

The diversity of religious communities in North Sumatra Province demographically based on religion and ethnicity occupies one of the plural province in Indonesia. The population demographics based on religion and ethnicity in some urban districts show high differences, some are Muslim as the majorities and the Christians as the minorities, and vice versa there are Muslim as the majority and the Christians as minority. With a research paradigm focused on conflict study, the segregation of religious communities in the conflict of worship houses in North Sumatra after reform is seen. As a result, there are three zones of territory categories: green, yellow and red. Green category is the conflict of worship house in the area does not occur even though the level of diversity is high enough. The yellow category is there is a burden of unresolved worship houses conflicts in the area, and the red category is there has been an existing worship houses conflict. The dominant conflicts of worship houses occur because the regulations on the construction of worship houses are often not used as a reference. The conflicts worship places occur in the areas where the majority-population composition is a minority. In a predominantly Christian area, the conflicts worship houses occur due to the cultural shock. In Muslim-majority areas, the conflicts of worship houses are caused by regulatory problems and inter-ethnic cultural diplomacy degradation