Revealing the Propaganda of Communication between The Islamic Fundamentalism Activists of the Middle East and Indonesia

Abstract

This study reviews issues mainly related to propaganda strategies through media and the transmission of messages sustaining the Islamic fundamentalism activists' agenda in the Middle East and Indonesia. Media plays a significant role in supporting the Muslim fundamentalists' activities in both the Middle Eastern regional areas to the Asiatic countries, including Indonesia. This is an attempt to discover the underlying psycho-religious-social factors in the Islamic group of RadicalFundamentalist Movements. This is completed by using a technical model of inductive thinking through exposing the collected data and the previous study results to draw general conclusion under the socio-religious psychology perspective of Peter Neumann as the analytical approach to reveal common underlying factors of people committing radical acts. The phenomenon of radical terrorist trips from the Middle Eastern countries to Indonesia, the occurring radicalization both in different regional areas has never undergone linear process, even tend to be a complex phenomenon. Through Internet media propaganda, Islamic radical-fundamentalist groups have been able to draw the sympathy of Muslims from various countries to jointly carry out jihad. Fundamentalist groups such as al-Qaeda and ISIS, proved to be no longer just local movements in Iraq and Syria, but have turned to be transnational movements. In the process of radicalization, the internet successfully facilitates the Muslim fundamentalist groups to transmitting and developing various narratives on religious life enjoyment under the auspices of the Khilafah which apply a single Islamic law-based state, in addition to position the Western countries as the real enemy to be fought.

Social Media as a Public Spheremenguatnya Gerakan Islam Konservatif Dalam Dunia Pendidikan

“…Keempat, internet dapat mempengaruhi pemikiran seseorang tanpa harus melalui kontak fisik. Kelima, internet menjadi tempat aktualisasi ide radikalisme (Istadiyantha, 2018) Meskipun banyak penelitian tentang penggunaan media sosial dan dampaknya terhadap fenomena sosial (Aditia, 2021), masih ada kesenjangan dalam pemahaman tentang bagaimana media sosial mempengaruhi interpretasi dan respon masyarakat terhadap kebijakan publik, terutama dalam konteks agama (Tyas, Budiyanto, & Santoso, 2015). Belum ada penelitian sampai saat ini yang meneliti bagaimana media sosial mempengaruhi interpretasi dan respon masyarakat terhadap kebijakan publik (Puspitasari & Irwansyah, 2022), khususnya dalam konteks agama.…”

Memahami Gerakan Islam Transnasional (Studi Kasus di Indonesia, Brunei, dan Thailand)

“…Sebagai negara dengan populasi Muslim terbesar di dunia, Indonesia menjadi tempat penyebaran berbagai aliran dan paham Islam transnasional. Gerakangerakan tersebut dapat mencakup aliran-aliran seperti Salafi, Syiah, dan aliran politik Islam transnasional seperti Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) (Barton, 2021;Hew, 2018;Istadiyantha, 2018;Jamhari, 2022;Osman, 2018).…”

New Media and the Challenges of Boko Haram Terrorism: Proposing the Adoption of Human-Wearable Digital Technology

“…These countries share something in common: governments rarely devote public resources for constructive development projects capable of lifting the living standard of the people. With loose national security, high rate of illiteracy and youth unemployment, angry youth easily take to up arms against the state, something that if left poorly tackled often leads to insurgency and terrorism (Istadiyantha, 2018); the Niger Delta crisis which has seriously affected the Nigerian economy and Boko Haram insurgency are good examples. Decrying human indulgence in anti-development acts that often cause unquantifiable destruction of life and property in society, Asogwa et al (2012) posits: Human beings are highly endowed with the capability for development.…”

“…Generally, the media play a pivotal role in the matrix of terrorism, insurgency, political violence and peace. The society puts the media into positions where they can magnify or minimize these kinds of acts and their perpetrators or provide coverage that avoids either one of those extremes (Istadiyantha, 2018;Naos, 2002). The media are expected to actively and proactively play the roles mentioned in the paragraphs below to minimize both the actual and virtual impacts (Bilgen, 2012) of terrorism.…”