Abstract
This research attempts to investigate an intermingled relationship of political interest and religious issues, particularly in the Jakarta's Gubernatorial Issues in 2017. Basuki Tjahaya Purnama or Ahok, one of the governor candidate and also the former governor was accused of blasphemy issues after his speech in the Pramuka Island becomes viral. Although this case ended with a court, which ruled that he was guilty and received a sentence of 2 years in prison, this has become an unforgettable fact of Indonesian democracy. The proposed inquiry is how far religious issues influence political tension for based non-religion countries such as Indonesia. By using approach of hate Spin, within the combination of hate speech (vilification or offense-giving) and indignation of the offense-taking framework, this paper focuses on the entanglements of a political campaign and religious issues in the election period. This issue is significant for the reason that the tension of religious and political issues put both democracy and multiculturalism in Indonesia. Indeed, there is still a good opportunity for maintaining diversity through producing tolerance view, and enforcing the law for the actor of hate speech and hate spin.
Highlights
The tensions of intolerances have been going down globally even before the tragedy of black September (9/11) in America
Thanat Koman, one of the founders of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), in his article published in Foreign Affairs: “...In term of power politics, Southeast Asia became more or less Balkanized, as eastern Europe had been on the eve of World War I
Regardless religious teaching sensitivity, this paper argues that both religion and politics could work together since both of them are playing in the shared sphere
Summary
The tensions of intolerances have been going down globally even before the tragedy of black September (9/11) in America. In the multicultural state like Indonesia, hate speech is serious problem and need law enforcement, but in a view case, in particular related to religious and political issues, it is needs a deeply analysis since religion could be us as a political tools. In 2017 Jakarta Gubernatorial election, the conflict might not start from blasphemy issue, but poor relation between the former governor, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama or Ahok, and the hardline of Islamic groups like Front of Islamic Defender (FPI). The issue of religious blasphemy within gubernatorial election campaign brought a strong assumption to have a political motive This is due many surveys said that Ahok is the strongest candidate for Jakarta governor. Regardless that Ahok is well known as strict figure, but the likeness of him is still high His electability went down for overlapping between politics and religious issues. Ministry of Religious Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia organized an International Symposium on Religious Life on 5-7 October 2016, invited a professor from Al-Azhar
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