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Hizb Ut-Tahrir’s Adaptation Strategies against the State Repression in Indonesia: A Social Movement Perspective

  • SUVANNABHUMI
  • Abbr : SVN
  • 2022, 14(2), pp.233~249
  • DOI : 10.22801/svn.2022.14.2.233
  • Publisher : Korea Institute for ASEAN Studies
  • Research Area : Social Science > Area Studies > Southeast Asia
  • Received : April 11, 2022
  • Accepted : June 30, 2022
  • Published : July 31, 2022

Hasbi Aswar 1

1Department of International Relations, Universitas Islam Indonesia.

Accredited

ABSTRACT

Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT) is an Islamic social movement that struggles to change the existing political system to the Islamic system. HT argues that all problems in the Muslim world are rooted in adopting secular thought and ideology and the separation between Islam and the state. Hence, HT works to persuade Muslims to abandon that way of life and only apply Islam as the country's only ideology and constitution. HT has spread this narrative since it started in 1953 in Jordan. With this ideological and political attitude, many countries consider HT a threat to their political and community life, suppressing this movement by arresting members and banning the group to reduce or end HT activities in these countries. The Indonesian government has also carried out this repressive policy to limit the influence of Indonesian HTI since 2017. This paper aims to discuss the strategy of Hizb ut-Tahrir to continue its political activities Indonesia after being dissolved by the Indonesian government in 2017. This article used content analysis method to interpret the data collected from interview and documents from Hizb ut-Tahrir. Responding to state repression, HTI sought other methods of action by changing the place of resistance or activities, and by changing its identity.

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