Suwarno, Peter2019-09-252019-09-252016-06-112013-05http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/153537This paper discusses the portrayal and religious tension and conflict in Indonesia. Using Burke’s theories of identification, this paper will explain the important roles of common enemies in group unity and in achieving certain objectives. This will select the most representative and most frequently used key terms from religiously related speeches and other texts containing the portrayal of common enemies. Additionally, it will explain the significant contribution of religious rhetoric of common enemies in creating of solidarity among the potentially conflicting groups. Finally, it will also suggest the possible benefits of the rhetoric of common enemies when it is used to create a sense the role of common enemies in speech on religious issues that have contributed to religious tension, conflict and even violence in Indonesia.engWith permission of the license/copyright holderviolenceconflicttensereligious speechcommon enemyPolitical ethicsPeace ethicsCultural ethicsMedia/communication/information ethicsReligious ethicsSpirituality and ethicsMethods of ethicsCommunity ethicsEthnicity and ethicsJournal volume