The Indonesian government's approach to Islamic outliers simultanesously marks them as dangerous and fails to protect the vulnerable from harm<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDr Idhamsyah Eka Putra and Yesaya Sandang<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t01 December, 2020\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/em><\/p>\n In addition, it is difficult not assume that Habib Rizieq\u2019s recent arrest is political. In fact, there have been many other cases of violations of the COVID-19 health protocol, such as during the 2020 regional election campaigns<\/a>, that have gone unpunished. This suggests that the protocols are being used by the government as a tool to limit the activities of Islamist groups.<\/p>\n Habib Rizieq seems to have kept control of his supporters and so far prevented a backlash, yet the anger against the government from a wide spectrum of Islamist groups is growing. A wave of mass protests<\/a> emerged in many regions across Java and Madura, demanding justice for the deaths of the six FPI members and the release of Habib Rizieq. This was then followed by an attempt to organise a protest rally on 18 December, to be called the \u00a0\u201c1812 action\u201d<\/a> organized by FPI, the 212 Alumni Brotherhood, and their allies in central Jakarta. But the police prevented it on the grounds that it could lead to a new cluster of COVID-19 transmission.<\/p>\n The 212 Alumni Brotherhood has pinned the title of \u201chero and martyr (syuhada<\/em>) of revolusi akhlaq<\/em><\/a>\u201d <\/em>to the six FPI men killed. Many Islamist groups within the alliance of the 212 movement, such as MIUMI, HTI, and some Salafi groups, believe that they are martyrs who defended Islam. This belief reflects what Marx Jurgensmayer calls \u201ccosmic war<\/a>\u201d, meaning the Islamists are struggling in \u201ca religious scenario\u201d against the government they believe marginalises Muslims. This further provides a moral-religious justification for them to increasingly oppose the ruling government.<\/p>\n The government\u2019s aggressive response may restrict political space in the short-term for Islamists, but in the long-term it could be counter-productive for the state, strengthening Islamist militancy, and perpetuating the Indonesian proverb about \u201ca fire in the rice husks\u201d that can explode at any time. It gives the Islamists a new issue to rally around, powerful new grievances against the government and an atmosphere to restore their movement\u2019s solidarity ahead of the 2024 presidential election.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The post The impact of the Indonesian government\u2019s crackdown on Islamists<\/a> appeared first on New Mandala<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n This post was originally published on New Mandala<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Will the crackdown demonstrate the powerlessness of Islamists or serve as a unifying issue?<\/p>\n The post The impact of the Indonesian government\u2019s crackdown on Islamists<\/a> appeared first on New Mandala<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":721,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[207,2179,1331],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8058"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/721"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8058"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8059,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8058\/revisions\/8059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}