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I so don't understand this page. -- ObscureAuthor 15:26, 28 Aug 2003 (UTC)
Doesn't Padri mean "Christian priest" in the Malay/Indonesian language? Why was the Minangkabau War called the Padri War? The great majority of the Minangkabaus are Muslims just like the Malays in Sumatra, Borneo, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, southern Thailand and southern Philippines.
Padri is now considered an archaic word in Minangkabau language. This is probably an original research, but my late granddad said that at that time the word only meant "priest", and not necessarily Christian. I am of Minangkabau descent. XoXo ( talk) 03:53, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
The Encyclopedia of Modern Asia has a brief but more nuanced article on this subject that sheds some light on the "culture war" aspect. The concept of hegemony offers a natural more general link that should be worked into the text here. -- Wetman ( talk) 18:02, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
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I so don't understand this page. -- ObscureAuthor 15:26, 28 Aug 2003 (UTC)
Doesn't Padri mean "Christian priest" in the Malay/Indonesian language? Why was the Minangkabau War called the Padri War? The great majority of the Minangkabaus are Muslims just like the Malays in Sumatra, Borneo, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, southern Thailand and southern Philippines.
Padri is now considered an archaic word in Minangkabau language. This is probably an original research, but my late granddad said that at that time the word only meant "priest", and not necessarily Christian. I am of Minangkabau descent. XoXo ( talk) 03:53, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
The Encyclopedia of Modern Asia has a brief but more nuanced article on this subject that sheds some light on the "culture war" aspect. The concept of hegemony offers a natural more general link that should be worked into the text here. -- Wetman ( talk) 18:02, 18 November 2007 (UTC)