Implementation Of The Islamic Local Regulations In Bulukumba Regency

Abstract

Abstract. One of the historical breakthroughs in political Islam in Indonesia after the collapse of the New Order regime was the emergence of the regional autonomy policy, in which, hypothetically, diffusion of policies involving geographic aspects, institutions, relations between policy actors, and local culture occured. Islamic local regulations have been issued to regulate ehavior and authority to supervise the community whether they run their religion properly or not. Therefore, the government of the Bulukumba Regency made regional policies in the framework of sharia regulations, which became a political process of public policy to be a reference in analyzing the phenomena behind regulating the communities' lives. This research used a qualitative method with a descriptive approach. The data were collected by in-depth and structured interviews with research objects, namely the government of Bulukumba Regency, the Ministry of Religious Affairs of Bulukumba Regency, the Ulema Council, religious leaders, community leaders, youth leaders, community organizations, and NGOs living in Bulukumba Regency. This research focused on the role of actors and institutions involved in implementing religious regulations whether or not they have been in line with their ideals in forming a religious community and with the vision of the Bulukumba local government. The results showed that the Bulukumba local government’s policy in formulating Islamic local regulations required the community to practice Islam based on Al-Qur’an and al-Hadith to eradicate criminal acts and increase faith and piety. Islamic local regulations have been implemented using institutional, group, incremental, and political system approaches, as a form of political relations, which have begun to develop among religious organizations (NU, Muhammadiyah, and others).