Abstract
Bbc.com noted that in the last 40 years in Indonesia, there were 4 major cases including Lia Eden, Arswendo, HB Jassin and Teguh Santosa. Melissa Crouch noted that at least 120 people were tried for harassing religion. However, I underline that the issue of blasphemy arises recently because it began with a case of Ahok in Kepulauan Seribu. After that case, the case of blasphemy emerged like a domino effect, leaving questions in my mind, ‘why can it be like this?'. In this study, I will try to examine how the contestation of cases of blasphemy in Indonesia is so intertwined. By using descriptive and interpretative analysis methods, I found that the polemic of the emergence of blasphemy cases in Indonesia is motivated by two things; the interpretation of certain authorities who consider that in the Koran there is a set of positive punishment for blasphemy cases. Furthermore, the Blasphemy Law in Indonesia is very biased in determining certain individuals / groups as religious opponents.
Highlights
Bbc.com mencatat setidaknya terdapat 4 kasus besar dalam kurun waktu 40 tahun terakhir ini di Indonesia yang meliputi kasus Lia Eden, Arswendo, HB Jassin dan Teguh Santosa
Seribu which gave rise to the domino effect trend related to blasphemy cases followed by Sukmawati's poetry which reaped controversy, there were cases of Tretan Muslim and Coki Pardede who were considered to be mocking Islamic law
Why it could be happen? The author assumes that these could occur because of two things, namely the existence of certain Muslim groups who believe there is a standard rule in the Qur'an to punish religious blasphemers and the Blasphemy Law Religion tends to be ambiguous and biased
Summary
Bbc.com mencatat setidaknya terdapat 4 kasus besar dalam kurun waktu 40 tahun terakhir ini di Indonesia yang meliputi kasus Lia Eden, Arswendo, HB Jassin dan Teguh Santosa. Berdasarkan asumsi tersebut, maka penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mencari tahu bagaimana nalar publik muslim Indonesia dalam membentuk ‘konsensus’ dan ‘diskursus’ di tengah masyarakat Indonesia terkait kasus penistaan agama.
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