Moluccas

I watched Muslims and Christians tearing each other apart in the Moluccas.

The dried, ground spice found in most kitchen cabinets begins as the seed of the Myristica fragrans tree, indigenous to the Moluccas, or Spice Islands, of Indonesia.

A magnitude 7.3 earthquake had struck the Moluccas in July, killing at least four people.

Nearby Indonesia’s Moluccas islands were hit by scores of aftershocks on Monday after an earthquake killed at least two people, prompting hundreds of people to flee their homes.

A 7.3 magnitude earthquake shook the Moluccas islands on Sunday, according to the U.S.