What happened during the Maria hertogh riots?
There were misunderstanding , disagreement and violence outbreak among the racial groups.The riots happened when suspicion ,unhappiness and mistrust between the races when they did not given equal treatment or did not share common identity.The riots took about several months and it have already upset many muslims as they felt that the british legal system were unfair.both party did not want to give out maria hertogh and therefore lead to custody dispute.
it started on 11 december, the day for appeal hearing, but maria stayed at the convent and didi not attend.
preparation started when the muslims tried to gather their crowds outside the supreme court:
1) carry banners and flags with star and cresent symbols to represent themselves as lslamic
2) gather more and more people during noon
Later , those muslims were ot allowed to have gathering outside the court lead them to feel that the colonial legal system was biased against them.
RIOTS ERUPTED!!
how they attacked?
-the mob that have both muslim and chinese that were gathering outside the court started to attack any europeans and even eurasians in sight as maria hertogh's parents came from dutch.
-overturned cars and burnt them.
since the police force in lower ranks were ineffectively controlling the people from attacking one another. more and more people from other areas join in ther group to attack the europeans and the riots continued till nightfall.
the riots creases when british military was enlisted and various muslim leaders appealed over the radio.
BUT...the riots started again the next day.
There were like no laws and order among the rioters and they were like venting their anger on others without thinking of the consequences.
LEEHUIZHI(13)
posted by 3-10 Social Studies Work @ 9/03/2008 09:38:00 PM
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