Former NII Member Calls Khilafah Campaign Widespread Because Regulations Are Less Sharp

Former member of the Islamic State of Indonesia (NII) Ken Setiawan /Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - Former member of the Islamic State of Indonesia (NII) Ken Setiawan believes that the rise of convoys and campaigns for the ideology of the caliphate are open today as a result of the weakness of state regulations governing ideas that are contrary to the Pancasila ideology. where is the weakness of our law that has not been able to take action against them with articles on terrorism or treason," said Ken Setiawan in a written statement received in Jakarta, Saturday, June 11.

The founder of the NII Crisis Center said that what made this situation even more sad was when this understanding began to infect not only ordinary people, but also state officials such as the TNI-Polri, ASN to public figures and artists. It's starting to get busy again, they always take refuge in the name of freedom of opinion, this is democracy, so they use this loophole to convey their propaganda in the community," Ken explained, quoted by Antara. The nation's ideology is Pancasila. He believes that this cannot be allowed to happen due to the increasingly massive development of a network of radical groups that can actually harm the Indonesian nation. "So we hope for clear regulations. no, the apparatus is like looking in the glass, can't touch. Can only monitor, waiting for them to take action. This is worrying," said Ken. The man who was once named the best recruiter for NII members in the 2000s, also assessed that the disbandment of radical groups or mass organizations such as the disbanding of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) and Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI), was not a cause for concern. an effective solution to protect the public from the influence of radical understanding of terrorism.

"So far what has happened is that radical organizations are only prosecuted as an organization, while people when changing their names can carry out their propaganda again with other names," said Ken. however, this group also often tries to gain public sympathy through the guise of social movements, such as community service, blood donation and various activities that seem to want to help the community. And according to him this should be a warning for the community. "So what happens is that people find it difficult to identify and in the end many people sympathize and join there," he said. to review the rules related to the certification of lecturers, so that religious orations in the community can be soothing, unite inter-religious people to avoid divisions