The Citizen Strange Government and MUI Respons

110 citizens, the Ahmadiyah congregations also will have no protection if they still force to hold their agenda. 123

5. The Citizen Strange

he Ahmadiyah congregations in Manis Lor kecamatan Jalaksana Kuningan until todays was served as the “strange” people. E-KTP making process is actually being the not-easy obtained rights for them. hey should striving long-term process to be served for getting that identity card, and they should to empty the column of religion. he validity identity which is put on that Resident Identity Card or KTP really important to do many administrative purposes and become the media for population and citizen cencus. In order to integrate the administration system and population database, the Ministry of Internal Afairs Kemendagri isuued a particular policy to regulate the population database through the new style, which usually called as E-KTP for the citizens. But that policy is not directly able to be applied for Ahmadiyah community in Manis Lor Village, Disctrict Jalaksana, Kuningan. he Local Government of Kuningan cancelled to process that electronic identity card because of religion status and beliefs. But on October, the Ahmadiyah community which totaling were about 5.000 peoples, served to processing E-KTP. he Ahmadiyah congregations still befall a discriminative service from the oicials. hey were forbidden to write down their religion on the religion column, and its column let to be empty. hat provision of emptying the religion column in the format of E-KTP, should be submitted by central government. 124 123 See http:www.sorotnews.comberitaviewbupati-tasikmalayatolak.3249.html. UKCOUmcrpkg , accessed on December 12, 2012. 124 See “Penganut Ahmadiyah diKuninganMembuat-E-KTP,” http:www.metro tvnews.comreadnewsvideo20121013161620Penganut-Ahmadiyah-di- Kuningan-Membuat-E-KTP6, accessed on December 10, 2012. 111

6. Government and MUI Respons

Along 2012, the congregations of Ahmadiyah in West Java were experiencing discriminative action done by stakeholders. Not only closure the access of public service as the citizen, intimidation and terror which “initiated” by the government, but the other similar discrimination done by the surrounding intolerant society. hose incidents were experienced by the Ahmadiyah congregations in Bandung, Tasikmalaya, Bogor, Cianjur, Banjar and Kuningan. he anrchy actions by FPI, a group of radical organization which attacked and destroyed the mosque Baitul Rahim belongs Ahmadiyah congregations in Singaparna, Tasikmalaya, West Java is the discriminative action which cannot be tolerated. But the minister of religion was contrarily supporting and “justifying” and positioning the victims as the group who blamed. “here’s probably an improper condition there,” Suryadharma Ali said. Suryadharma Ali assessed that incident is a logic consequence of Ahmadiyah congregations which ignored the regulation. he congregations of Ahmadiyah which still running for their religious activities, inally provoke the emotion of people there. “I asked to Ahmadiyah, please to obeying the applicable local rule and we ask you to stop your religious activities. And we are trying to make a supporting program to straighten the Islamic teaching. hat is my warning to Ahmadiyah, please obey all of the applicable regulation,” he said. 125 After the incident of assault and destruction the Baitul Rahim mosque belongs of Ahmadiyah congregations in Tasikmalaya done by some of members of FPI, Djoko Suyanto, Coordinating Minister for Politics, Legal and Security said that all of anarchy actions form such as the assault and destruction or another discriminative actions cannot be occurred in Indonesia. For that, those vandalism actors should be 125 See “MenteriAgamaSalahkanJemaat.Ahmadiyah”, http:regional.kompas.com read2012042019255662Menteri.Agama.Salahkan.Jemaat.Ahmadiyah , also “Menag Minta Ahmadiyah Hentikan Aktivitas”, http:news.okezone.com read 20120420337615468menag-minta-ahmadiyah-hentikan-aktivitas , both resources were accessed on December 15, 2012. 112 processed according to the applicable law. Coordinating Minister for Politics, Legal and Security Menkopolhukkam, Djoko Suyanto, have instructed the police apparatures to process the perpetrators of that assault on that mosque. 126 he governor of West Java, Ahmad Heryawan, regret that incident happened on related to Ahmadiyah community and FPI in Bandung and other regions inWest Java. he judgment action which done by FPI Bandung on Ahmadiyah community should not be happened. For that, he asked the law enforcement apparatures ensnaring involved actors of that violation, both from Ahmadiyah community and FPI’s members. 127 In order to prevent the spread of this incident, he also asked the community of Ahmadiyah to notice and obey the regulation of Pergub number 122011 about the disallowance of Ahmadiyah teaching and activity. And, in related to the the case of dissolution of Ahmadiyah teachings, handed over to central government to solve it. he government of West Java will send a letter of reprimand to FPI and eliminate that organization from Organization’s name list association in West Java. But unfortunately, even that letter and disallowance on that organization FPI which being his obligation, cannot be realized until now. 128 Related to the assault and destruction action on the mosques belongs to Ahmadiyah congregations in Singaparna Tasikmalaya, he Minister of Internal Afair, Gamawan Fauzi, on April 27, 2012, a week after that occurrence, issued a form letter which pointed to the Regent. 126 See “Menkopolhukam: PenyeranganAhmadiyahDitanganiPolda”, http:nasional. kompas.comread2012042019265755Menkopolhukam.Penyerangan. Ahmadiyah.Ditangani.Polda, accessed on December 13, 2012. 127 See “Polisi Tetapkan Tersangka Perusakan Masjid An Nur”, http:regional.kompas. comread2012102902291794Polisi.Tetapkan.Tersangka.Perusakan.Masjid. An.Nasir, accessed on December 12, 2012. 128 See “Perusak Masjid Ahmadiyah Ditahan”, http:www2.tempo.coread news2012 1029058438255p-Perusak-Masjid-Ahmadiyah-Ditahan, accessed on December 10, 2012. 113 here are two points contained in that letter. Firstly, he stated that the assault case and destruction by FPI personnels should be handled through legal mechanism. Secondly, he asked the regent as the Head of local government, inviting witnesses, giving harsh reprimand, and administrative sanction in form of temporary non-active or probably more than it, a dissolution of the organizations which oftenly doing some anarchy actions. he rule of sanction imposing refers to the regulation of no.881985 about mass organization. 129 he respons of MUI seems like pretended not to know. According to MUI, one of obligated function of MUI is to ensure the purity of Islamic teachings through the couching and counceling related to the religious understanding of society. So that the society can be diving the teaching of Islam which spreaded by Prophet Muhammad rightly and avoiding from the deviations of religion which supporting the conlict among people. he Chairman of MUI Bogor, KH.Ahmad Mukri Aji followed what decided by National Branch of MUI and International Decree of Ulema to perform his idea facing the case of Ahmadiyah which performed concensus about perspective that deals Ahmadiyah is not integrated to the sect of Islam. Because of that accordance, MUI have no responsibility on Ahmadiyah to be protected, moreover to share contribution for Ahmadiyah’s teachings development. After the incident in residence of Ahmadiyah community, MUI waits for President’s action to solve this problem in order to create religious harmony among people. his is not excessive, because the local government of West Java and government of Bogor Regency have banned Ahmadiyah with all of its activities. 130 After the assault and destruction incidents done by some people 129 See “Penyerangan Ahmadiyah di Tasikmalaya, Mendagri Minta Bupati Ambil Tindakan”,http:www.depdagri.go.idnews20120427penyerangan- ahmadiyah-di-tasikmalaya-mendagri-minta-bupati-ambil-tindakan, accessed on December 10, 2012. 130 See http:rri.co.idindex.phpdetailberitadetail24159.UKDor2crpkh, accessed on December 9, 2012. 114 of FPI on Ahmadiyah’s mosque in Bandung, the Chairman of Central Board of FPI, KH.Ma’ruf Amin disagree to that anarchy actions. He said that all forms of anarchy are not justiied in Islamic syaria. For that, the law enforcement apparatures asked to be strict on against the perpetrators if the supporting data showing that the action of FPI containing the criminal factors. 131

D. The Stubborn “defending champion”: Syaria Law in West Java

Supervising the report of Freedom of religious belief on 2011 and 2012, the Province of West Java is being the “Champions” as the intolerant province which indicated by the amount of violations on freedom of religious beliefs. Quantitatively, the incidents and vandalism actions occurred there, spreadtedly in 5 last years lead by politician of Prosperous Justice Party PKS more increasing from incidents and violations occurred in other places. And, the data of 2012 showing of the escalation of incident and violation compared to the data of the previous years. 132 here are too many factors which underlying the minor portrait of freedom of religious beliefs in this Pasundan land; sociology, politics, juridical, and economic. In this part, the paper will analyze one of the determinant factors on establishment of some incidents and discriminative-intolerant, namely juridical factor. More speciic, the paper will describe about sharia rule in the term of governor regulation and local regulation in West Java which enable to triggering the intolerant action and performace, even by the members of society or governmental apparatures, both in security sector or bureaucracy. Paper will be not describing about the whole of local regulation 131 See http:www.tribunnews.com20121027ketua-mui-minta-polisi-tindak- pelaku-perusakan, accessed on December 11, 2012 132 See Hasani dan Naipospos Eds., 2012, Politik Diskriminasi Rezim SBY: Kondisi Kebebasan BeragamaBerkeyakinan tahun 2011, Jakarta: Pustaka Masyarakat Setara. Also see the data of 2012 in the chapter II of this book.