COMPARATIVE STUDY OF POST ISLAMISM BETWEEN PARTAI KEADILAN SEJAHTERA (PKS) WITH ADALET VE KALKINMA PARTISI (AKP)

Abstract

After the Arab Spring, political Islam was initially expected to contribute significantly to political development and democracy. In fact, it is far from expectations. The Islamist group failed to adapt to the democratic system, the conflict with the long-lasting secular group finally invited the military to intervene. While in other parts of the world two Muslim-majority countries, Indonesia and Turkey, political Islam can adapt to the values of western democracy. This paper is a comparative study of political parties that compare post Islamism between PKS (Indonesia) and AKP (Turkey). Two political parties that successfully adapt to liberalism. There are two dimensions of post Islamism compared. First, a comparison of pragmatic steps that PKS and AKP make when facing a complex political reality. Second, the comparison of non-ideological strategies pursued by PKS and AKP, when facing national elections. In this research used descriptive qualitative method through the literature data, that is data arranged in the form of documents related to the problem under investigation. Like books, newspapers, articles, and journals. Based on this research can be known that the step of political pragmatism conducted by PKS and AKP is a rational choice, when there is a shift in voter behavior of Indonesia and when facing Kemalist secularist group in Turkey. The non-ideological strategy is carried out by PKS and AKP by campaigning on substantive issues, not discouraging the establishment of an Islamic state (shariah formalism) with a focus on issues related to economic welfare and integration to the EU.