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Islamic Identity and Foreign Policy Discourse: Indonesia’s Responses to the US War in Afghanistan (2001-2002) Agus Salim
Studia Islamika Vol 27, No 1 (2020): Studia Islamika
Publisher : Center for Study of Islam and Society (PPIM) Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University

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Observers of Indonesia’s foreign policy commonly argue that while the state needs to include domestic Muslim interests in its foreign policy formulation, foreign policy officials have rarely considered Islam in their policy choices, with a dual-identity predicament constraining such a move. This article challenges this argument by demonstrating that foreign policy leaders have begun referring to Islamic identity and norms when justifying Indonesia’s foreign policy choices. By discussing Indonesia’s foreign policy responses to the United States’ war in Afghanistan in 2001, this paper elucidates the way in which Indonesia’s foreign policy leaders have constructed Islam as an “inclusive civilizational” identity in their foreign policy discourse, legitimizing their alliance with the global war on terrorism amid staunch domestic Muslim opposition to the war. They managed to turn identity constraint into opportunity by framing their policies within the context of “inclusive” and “integrative” Islamic values and norms.
Save Indonesia With Sharī‘Ah and KhilāFah: A Study on the Collective Action Frame of Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia Agus Salim
Sulthan Thaha Journal of Social and Political Studies Vol. 1 No. 02 (2018)
Publisher : Lembaga Penelitian dan Pengabdian Masyarakat (LPPM) UIN Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin Jambi

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This paper outlines collective action frame, i.e., action-oriented sets of beliefs and meanings that inspire and legitimate the activities and campaigns, of of Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia. Since the outbreak of economic crises in 1997, HT activists began to perceive that structurally based problems were existed which included economic injustice, moral decay, and political instability. This was, in turn, an entry point for HTI activists to voice that the secular-positive law has not brought about socio-cultural, legal, and political improvements for Muslims. Thus, they proposed that the root of the problem laid in the secularism and capitalism adopted by the state. They rejected democracy and nationalism as the solution to ameliorate the problem simply because the two concepts are alien to Islam and they treated these political systems as merely an extension of Western imperialism. Instead, they favour sharī‘ah and khilāfah as the total and comprehensive solution. Da‘wah becomes HTI activists’ arguments to call up people to participate in the movement. Since the propagation of Islamic beliefs, ideas, and Islamic shariah at the individual, social and state levels cannot be achieved unless through organized political activities, the establishment and the participation in political party is indispensable for every single Muslim. Thus, participation in HTI as political da‘wah in forms of collective action became moral incentive for every Muslims to participate.
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