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JAKARTA, May 9 (APD) – Indonesia finally joined other countries which had previously disbanded the activities of Hizbut Tahrir, an international Muslim organization that fights for the establishment of an Islamic super state (caliphate) in the world, saying that its persistence in Indonesia would jeopardize the unity of the state.
The organization, Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI), was identified to have been actively promoting the establishment of Islamic State in Indonesia, an ideology which against the state’s principle of Pancasila and constitution.
“The activities carried out by HTI (Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia) have obviously incited restless among the society, would eventually threat the nation’s security, public order as well as the unity of the state,” Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Wiranto said in his office here to announce the disbandment on Monday.
Besides possessing strayed ideology, the organization was also assessed to have lack of positive contribution in national development process like what the existing regulation obliges all national organizations to, the minister added.
Muslim-majority Indonesia is a democratic country that officially recognizes several other religions, assuring equal rights of other religious devotees in its constitution.
Teaming up with other radical Muslim groups, HTI actively initiated massive demonstrations in the capital city, demanding an imprisonment against Jakarta Chinese Christian governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama over the religious blasphemy case that embroiled the governor from minority group.
Indonesian authorities forbade HTI, claimed to have thousands of followers in Indonesia, from holding an international caliphate forum in the capital city last month.
Besides HTI, government also mulls to disband more Muslim organizations promoting intolerance as further examinations against suspected organizations are underway at present, he said.
“We are now scrutinizing thousands of organizations. We would try to remind them first to stick with national principle and constitution. They must all adhere to Pancasila ideology and the constitution,” the senior minister added.
Previously in 2015, Germany, Russia, Egypt, Turkey and several Arab countries banned Hizbut Tahrir and its cell organizations in their respective countries.
Their bans were related to allegations on the organizations’ connections with terror activities and actively promoting radicalism and intolerance among the youths.
Founded in 1953, the Hizbut Tahrir aims to establish an Islamic caliphate, consisted of Islamic countries spanning from Morocco in West Africa to the Philippines in Southeast Asia.
(ASIA PACIFIC DAILY)
