HIZB UT-TAHRIR`S FIGHT BACK: THE RESPONSES OF HIZB UT-TAHRIR INDONESIA TO THE STATE REPRESSION

Hasbi Aswar (Department of Political Science, Kulliyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University of Malaysia, Malaysia)
Danial Bin Mohd. Yusof (International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization, International Islamic University of Malaysia, Malaysia)
Rohana Binti Abdul Hamid (Department of Political Science, Kulliyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University of Malaysia, Malaysia)

Jisiera: The Journal of Islamic Studies and International Relations
Vol. 5 No. 1 (2020): Jisiera Volume 5, Agustus, 2020

Islamic political movements in the world politics are mostly responded by the state through repressive policies. Those groups are banned; their members are arrested, and even killed. Hizb ut-Tahrir is one example of an Islamic political movement that has gone through many kinds of state repression. In Indonesia, even though this group has for a long time enjoyed an open political space to work, it changed significantly after the state issued a policy to resolve this movement in Indonesia. This article aims to discuss the impact of the state policy to hizb ut-tahrir Indonesia by using a social movement approach on the impact of state repression to social movement. This paper argues that HTI responds to state policy by countering the state policy through political and legal strategy.