De-radicalization, The Effort To Extinguish
The Light Of Shari’a And Jihad In Indonesia
Muharram 26, 1432 A.H, Sunday, January 02, 2011
The attempts to extinguish
the light of Islam started when the da’wah of Islam
was first conveyed by Rasulullah SAW. It never stops and
continues to these days in Indonesia. Since the issue of
terrorists and terrorism was raised, the government of the RI
(Republic of Indonesia) are so eager to put out the spirit of
the implementation of Shari'a with da'wah
dan jihad fie sabilillah. Through the institution of
the POLRI and the anti-terror executor team i.e. Densus 88,
which was jointly created with foreign countries, they
brutally arrested the ulama’s of the Mujahideen and
the Mujahideen, even killing and slaughtering them blindly and
inhumanely. A former expert staff of the Kapolri (head of the
Indonesian police), Anton Tabah, said that what usually made
people extreme and radical are the verses of the Qur'an, QS.
Al-Maidah (5): 44 ,45, 47 which read:
"If any fail to judge by what
Allah has revealed, they are kafir." (QS. 5: 44)
"If any fail to judge by what
Allah has revealed, they are dzalim." (QS. 5: 45)
"If any fail to judge by what
Allah has revealed, they are fasiq." (QS. 5: 47)
"Where the kafir, dzalim and fasiq are the dwellers of
hell. If someone has his understanding locked onto these
verses in black and white, then he would become an extreme
radical. It is from here that ‘the recruiter ustadz’ who
recruits prospective members of terrorists, usually utilizes
the naiveness of the public on their religion. This is one of
the answers why the terrorism network in Indonesia is able to
recruit new members." (Anton Tabah, KR Newspaper 14/8
2009)
The above verses is a correction on the attitude of the
authorities who are Muslims and reluctant to obey the guidance
of Allah and His Rasul, and give priority to the opinions and
urges of their carnal desires than the Shari'a of
Allah SWT. The mufassirin understand these verses as
an obligation on the rulers to implement the Shari’a
of Islam, those who deny and reject it are declared as
Kafir if the denial was based on the confidence that the
Shari'a of Islam is not suitable and has no good in
it in order to regulate mankind.
The label Dzalim is applied for mankind, whether
individuals or groups of people or the rulers who reject the
Shari'a of Islam on the basis of belief that there is
other law besides the Shari'a of Islam which is
better and more suitable for the regulation of human life,
then they choose the jahiliah or secular law as a
replacement for the Shari'a of Islam.
The same goes with an individual or group of people who are
labelled as Fasiq due to disobeying Allah and His
Rasul. They know and believe in the truth of the law of Allah
(Shari'a of Islam) and that it is the one and only
law which is good and just for regulating mankind, but are
refusing to practice it due to the dunya or worldly
motivations. For instance, the state officials who fear being
removed from office or his workplace to be transferred if he
is inclined and involved in the movement of the implementation
of the Shari'a of Islam.
Therefore, the above three verses have no relation with the
objective, as well as motivation of terrorism. There was not
even one mufassir since the time of the Sahabahs
to the mufassir in today’s era who interpret the
above verses like Anton Tabah. The above verses could not be
made as justification for terrorism, whoever the actor and
whatever the motivation is. Are the actions of the Densus 88
which persecuted, shot and killed the accused terrorists
without any reason that can be legally justified, a
justification by the Pancasila and UUD 45?
Therefore, linking the above verses with terrorism is clearly
a fitnah and a blasphemy against the religion of
Islam all at once. Likewise, judging the Mujahids who fought
for the establishment of the Shari'a of Islam as
terrorists or vice versa, positioning the terrorists as
Mujahids, is clearly a negative and evil provocation. We worry
that such an assumption could incite a new conflict where the
political consequences are difficult to predict.
President SBY, in his state speech during the celebration of
the 64th anniversary of the RI’s independence on 16th August
2009, stated that the sources of terrorism are backwardness,
injustices and poverty. SBY did not touch on the involvement
of a certain group or religious teachings as the trigger for
terrorism in Indonesia at all.
However, unlike the comments of SBY, are the comments made by
the intelligence apparatuses, including comments made by
ambivalent Islamic figures. The emergence of the intelligence
champions as of late such as Amsyad Mbai, Hendropriyono,
Suryadarma, including Anton Tabah, who accused the religious
understandings as the ideology of terrorism and not helping in
solving the problems of terrorism. But on the other hand, they
should be suspected as running the global agenda, as
accomplices of the foreign imperialism and zionism. It is not
impossible that by using the momentum of combating terrorism,
they seek to cover the shame of their past which are brutal
and sadistic against the Islamic movement by inserting and
sowing fitnah. Consequently, what is considered as
the danger from the crooked path of the terrorists for using
religious teachings as justification of their actions, the
security apparatuses are equally committing the same
crookedness.
By examining the speech of Anton Tabah above, which hints at
the Qur'an as the cause of radicalism, and the teachings of
the Qur'an which have the most potential to cause radicalism
and terrorism, in harmony with that view, are the teaching of
Shari'a and Jihad. With that view, it means
that the teachings of shari'a and jihad must
be switched off or kept away from the lives of the Islamic
ummah. If this happens, then it means that the government
of the RI desires to extinguish the truth just like the
condition of the kafir and mushrik during
the time of Rasulullah SAW.
"They want to extinguish the
light of Allah with their mouths, but Allah refuses except to
perfect His light, although the disbelievers dislike it."
(At-Tawbah: 32 and As-Saff 61:8)
Advices To The Government
The effort of de-radicalization, in which the purpose is to
deter the shari'a and jihad in Indonesia, is
not a wise and intellectual solution, instead it will lead to
antipathy and hatred against the ruling government. Why not?
Major problems which should be the center of attention such as
the problem of corruption by the government officials, the
issues of apostatization, the issue of the Century Bank case
and the likes, are not even solved completely. And we are
confident that this effort will fail and it will not achieve
the target forever. Because Allah has guaranteed that His
religion continues to shine and nothing can block its light
from shining to every corner. Then the steps that should be
taken by the government are;
1) By dissolving the anti-terror detachment which have made
the Islamic ummah restless and scared to practice the
shari'a of their religion because of the terror from
the anti-terror detachment.
2) By arresting the terrorist personnels of the detachment who
have brutally detained, shot and murdered the Islamic
ummah who are suspected to be linked to terrorism, and
prosecuting them in accordance with the effective laws
intended for the real terrorists.
3) By facilitating the entire competent institutions and
organizations, to solve the issues of terrorists and
terrorism, from amongst the ulama's, mujahideens-the
upholders of shari'a, academics and government to sit
together discussing and solving the problems thoroughly.
4) And so that the government seriously make the effort to
apply the Islamic Shari'a in Indonesia and into the
constitution of the state.
Insha Allah, all those incidents that happen such as
today will stop, all forms of corruptions, murders, robberies,
calamities and disasters and etc. will be replaced by Allah
with rahmah and barakah from Him. Allah
says:
"And if only the people of
the cities had believed and feared Allah, We would have opened
[i.e. bestowed] upon them blessings from the heaven and the
earth." (QS. Al-A'raf : 96)
Thus, with that, this Indonesia will become a State which is
called: Baldatun Toyyibatun Warabbun Gafur, A Good
State Which Attains The Forgiveness Of Allah.
By: Ust. Abu Muhammad Jibriel AR
Submitted by a Mujahid