The State Response toward the Existence of HTI: An Analysis from Social Movement Study Approach

Abstract

As a global Islamic political group, Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT) has experienced many kinds of state coercive responses due its ideas that considered radical and threatening the existing modern political systems. In many places, this group has been rejected and criminalized by regimes either in Muslim majority states or in the Western states. The same experience has also been faced by HT in Indonesia that went through the change of state policy from accommodating to repressive approach. This study will focus to elaborate the response of the Indonesian government toward HTI from the lens of social movement studies by using state repression concept. This article uses the explanatory method analysis and collects data mainly from literature. This article argues that the state has used several methods to repress HT such as issuing an extraordinary law in dissolving HTI; intimidating HTI`s supporters and activists and stigmatizing or discrediting HTI image. As the result, in 2017 Indonesian government dissolved HTI, then HTI became one of forbidden organizations in Indonesia.

Kemunduran Demokrasi dan Pelarangan Organisasi Islamis di Era Pemerintahan Jokowi

“…2 Tahun 2017. Studi yang berkaitan dengan pembubaran organisasi HTI kecenderungannya melihat aspek politik hukum pembubaran HTI (Aswar, Bin Mohd Yusof, et al, 2020) dan pembubaran HTI ditinjau dari aspek sosial, politik dan demokrasi di Indonesia (Arifianto, 2017;Burhani, 2017;Mietzner, 2018). Lebih lanjut, studi Hilmy fokus melihat masa depan organisasi Islamis Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia dalam konteks demokrasi di Indonesia setelah dibubarkan oleh pemerintah (Hilmy, 2020).…”

State repression on the Islamic political opposition in Indonesia in the period of 2017-2021

“…The study by Hasbi Aswar et al (2020) examined state policy in the perspective of social movements with a focus on state policy towards Hizb ut-Tahrir Indonesia. The study described several strategies used by the state, such as stigmatization, intimidation, and special regulations, to legitimize the dissolution of the Hizb ut-Tahrir movement (Aswar et al, 2020).…”

“…As a legal organization, HTI is free and activel in contact and discussion with officials in Indonesia, both executive, legislative, and judicial. Even HTI officials have been part of the board of the Indonesian Ulema Council for the period 2005-2010 (Aswar et al, 2020).…”

Alternative Solution for Indonesian Political and Ideological Problems

“…This is part of HT's strategy in the second stage of da'wah activities to win the hearts and minds of Muslims in Indonesia to support the idea of sharīʿah and khilāfah. But in 2017, the Indonesian government decided to revoke the group's status as a legal Islamic group in Indonesia because the HT issue is contrary to Indonesian ideology, causes polarity in society, and threatens Indonesian unity (Aswar et al, 2020).…”