Reunion 212: Political Propaganda in Religious Packaging

By: Ahmad Zaki) *

The Alumni Brotherhood (PA) 212 will hold a reunion on December 2, 2019. People tend not to sympathize because they are aware that these activities have strayed far from their goals and are only used for political purposes or the spread of the concept of the Khilafah. Public assessment of the country’s problems, which are widely published by the media, is now increasing. Society has been able to distinguish which ones if deviated or not true. Including the implementation of Reunion 212, which is considered to cause political upheaval. Organizations that agree with the application of the Khilafah system can be classified as extremists. Not judging, but on its journey, demands against the government became Overactive. So what exactly is this khilafah system, why are so many parties that in fact religious leaders are dying to implement this system?

The Khilafah can be defined as a leadership system
common to all Muslims in the world. The connection is to apply Islamic laws and carry Islamic da’wah throughout the world. Which dreamer is called the Caliph, Imam or Amir al-mu’minin. However, the application is incompatible with the archipelago which refers to the Pancasila Ideology. Moreover, understanding the khilafah has a lot of order that must be understood. Starting from the system, leaders to teachings held by the Amir al-mu’minin differed. So that fanaticism towards this understanding must be clearly spelled out.

The relationship with this mass organization is the behavior of FPI high priests who are pro with Islamic rules to overthrow the legitimate Indonesian government. In fact, the archipelago consists of various religions, ethnicities, races, and culture. Even though the Government has no objection to cooperating with Islamic organizations, while not in conflict with the Pancasila ideology. Even with a number of cases that dragged the high priest HRS. Most are not pro with the government. It could be that later in the reunion event 212 there will be propaganda (again) that corners the government until the invitations that are judged to be able to trigger chaos. Not afraid, but the government does not want unity and unity to be chaotic.

Although lined up as a performer 212 events, it is still entrenched in Saudi Arabia restrained by the problem of overstayed fines.
Meanwhile, PA 212 continues to strive so that the FPI frontman can return home immediately. In fact, he has written to the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia for Indonesia to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He hopes to get the light of the ban on the high priest. So that it will be known with certainty where the core of the problem lies.
The Chairman of PA 212 said that if Habib Rizieq was committed to attend the 212th Grand Reunion which would be held at Monas, Central Jakarta. But this certainty must of course have to wait for the ban to be lifted.

This reunion of 212 was a long way to go to speak for justice. Previously deemed to be defamed by a former Jakarta governor, Ahok. But when Ahok was imprisoned, this follow-up action was suspected of having another essence. So many parties refused the 212 follow-up event. In addition to disturbing, this action is also full of political agenda, which is not in line with its original preaching. It is in this religious wrapping that politics is shaded so as not to be detected by the media and the government. Bringing the masses to a variety of religious and peaceful seduction is not the right thing to get support. It seems to be re-examined what is the purpose of the implementation of these actions. The community also feels hot, if organizations which deserve to preserve the sanctity of a religion must be tainted with interests that seem very worldly.

If you have this, it does not mean that the government has banned Islam, the government has cornered Islam and is not even pro-Muslim. However, if seen logically, our majority country consists of Muslims who can respect each other’s minority. Islam never invites sleaze, even the great Prophet of the Muslim Ummah wants to embrace the enemy in defending his city. Then, if only his descendants are reluctant to look at the other side of the diversity of the country, what can establish true unity. The state here plays a neutral and impartial role. Pancasila ideology can factually work with Muslims without having to put aside religion or other parties. So, there is no need to dramatize the situation as if the government annihilates Muslims, even though there is no evidence of this. The final word,

Indonesia actually has smart and very nationalist people. It’s just that sometimes trivial problems can backfire for ourselves. It’s okay to hold actions with a variety of understandings, as long as they don’t deviate and can go hand in hand with the philosophy of the Republic of Indonesia.

) * The author is a social political observer

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