This study attempts to examine the ideologies and framing strategies of an active yet insufficiently studied Islamic revivalist movement in Indonesia that seeks to implement sharia (Islamic law) called Forum Umat Islam (FUI, or the Indonesian Forum of Islamic Society). Research in Islamic revivalist movements that emerged after the demise of the authoritarian Suharto regime in 1998 has been largely focused upon movements such as Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI, or the Indonesian Party of Liberation), Forum Pembela Islam (FPI,or Islamic Defenders Front), and Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia (MMI, or the Council of Indonesian Holy Warriors). This is unfortunate because since its emergence in 2005, FUI has been playing an active role in social movement activities such as mass protests, public gatherings, media statements, and so forth. The study analyzes the ideology and framing strategies of FUI as it engages in a contestation of meaning in the country’s contemporary socio-political milieu. Based upon qualitative fieldwork in Indonesia, this study suggests that the manner in which FUI frames its pro- sharia issues is deliberately oriented toward convincing the Indonesian public that its pro- sharia programs and agendas are indeed for the betterment of the Republic of Indonesia—“NKRI” (Negara Kesatuan Republik Indonesia which is The Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia). This is done through, for example, reinterpreting and redefining Pancasila (Five Principles), which serves as the basic philosophy of the Republic of Indonesia.

This research examines Indonesian Islamic revivalist movements’ perspectives on the concepts of the nation-state and democracy. The Islamic revivalist movements studied in this research include Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI), Front Pembela Islam (FPI), Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia (MMI), and Forum Umat Islam (FUI). Following the fall of the authoritarian Suharto’s regime in 1998, Indonesia witnessed an escalation of Islamic activism whose goals revolve around the implementation of Sharia (Islamic law) and, to a certain extent, the reestablishment of a caliphate (transnational Islamic state). To this end, revivalist movements have been staging frequent mass protests, mainly addressing Indonesian government policies that are deemed un-Islamic. Some of the protests have ended violently, which implies that their Sharia and Islamic state goals have become a source of conflict in Indonesian society. This research suggests that this violent activism stems from different versions of the concept of the nation-state and democracy, which disagree with broadly accepted definitions. This research was conducted against this backdrop to analyze each movements’ perspectives on the concept of nation-state and democracy and argues that, despite each movement advocating the implementation of Sharia, their understandings of the concepts of the nation-state and democracy differ.

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Imprisonment is often the most preferred choice of punishment in the eyes of law enforcement officers. As a result, prison overcrowding is inevitable and leads to the emergence of various problems in prisons. The discourse of alternative sentencing has recently gained increasing prominence in the Indonesian public with a view to addressing such problems amid the ongoing review of the Draft Criminal Code (Rancangan Kitab Undang-Undang Hukum Pidana/ RKUHP). This article aims to analyze alternative sentencing in the form of community service and probation penalties. It discusses the role and strategic measures taken by the Indonesian correctional system related to the performance of community correctional counselors in order to prepare for the implementation of alternative sentencing in the future. Employing a qualitative method, this study shows that alternative sentencing is principally in line with the concept of social reintegration and the philosophy of the current Indonesian Correctional Institution (Lembaga Pemasyarakatan). The correctional system in the country has also begun to take strategic measures to respond to the future implementation of the alternative sentencing in the RKUHP by means of updating the legal framework and improving infrastructure as well as the quality of human resources in accordance with the framework of community-based corrections.

telah memperluas gerakannya ke Asia Tenggara, termasuk Indonesia yang pernah diserang teroris karena negara itu menjadi tempat pilihan teroris untuk bepergian dan menjalankan rencana mereka di zona konflik. Untuk mengatasi masalah ini, pemerintah Indonesia telah mengeluarkan kebijakan untuk menghindari implikasi negatif atas pemulangan WNI terkait terorisme dari luar negeri (Foreign Terrorist Fighters atau FTF). Pemerintah telah mempertimbangkan apakah FTF akan dipulangkan atau tidak karena rencana ini sempat menjadi perdebatan di Indonesia. Pemerintah prihatin dengan kemungkinan mereka merekrut anggota baru. Di sisi lain, kemanusiaan menjadi alasan sebaliknya yang menyebabkan diterimanya kebijakan repatriasi ekstremis. Karena urgensi dari ancaman teroris yang merajalela dan konsekuensinya, pemerintah Indonesia telah memutuskan untuk menerapkan kebijakan repatriasi. Pemerintah akhirnya menolak pemulangan warga negara Indonesia yang terkait dengan terorisme di luar negeri untuk melindungi keamanan nasional. Artikel ini mengelaborasi mekanisme radikalisasi, proses rekrutmen teroris berdasarkan teori keamanan nasional. Studi ini juga menjelaskan situasi dan kondisi mendesak yang membuat pemerintah menerapkan penolakan repatriasi. Masih ada banyak tantangan terkait kebijakan repatriasi yang perlu ditangani seperti infrastruktur yang relevan dan peraturan yang efektif.