Contradiction of the 212 Islamic Movement in the 2019 Indonesia Presidential Election
M. Mubarok Muharam^, & Myrtati D. Artaria*
^ Study Program of Social Sciences (IIS), FISIP, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia
*Department of Anthropology, FISIP, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia
*Corresponding author: myrtati.artaria[at]fisip.unair.ac.id
Abstract
The “212 Islamic Movement” in Indonesia is a group of muslims who actively carry out political actions and standpoints in the 2019 presidential election in Indonesia. Geneologically, this group became a considerable movement in politics after the action at the 2nd of December, 2016. At that time there was an alleged blasphemy of Basuki Gunawan—nicknamed Ahok, the Governor of Jakarta in 2012-2017. Recently this group becomes a prominent congregation of some muslims that carried out a critical outlook towards JokoWidodo-s government. This group actively criticize the President-s policy because they believe that he does not taking the side of the Indonesian people, and they assume that he gives more benefit to foreign, especially Chinese businessemen. This study aimed to know the perspectives in the 2019 presidential election in Indonesia. This study interviewed 7 (seven) informants who were representatives of the “212 Islamic Movement”. We found that most important figures from this group sided with Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno presidential candidate, rather than with Joko Widodo and his partner, although Widodo-s next vice president is a prominent Muslim clerics--Maaruf Amien. Amien is one of the role models of muslims, and it is somekind of contradiction that the “212 Islamic Movement” does not support him as a vice president. We conclude that there is a new phenomenon in the presidential election, where there is an impartiality of Islamic figures on an ulama.
Keywords: contradiction, Islam movement, president election, new perspective
Topic: Human Mobility and Culture Diversity