The Ahmadiyya, Blasphemy and Religious Freedom: The Institutional Discourse Analysis of Religious Discrimination in Indonesia

Q3 Social Sciences

Muslim World Journal of Human Rights Pub Date : 2021-07-13 DOI:10.1515/mwjhr-2020-0034

A. Irawan, Zifirdaus Adnan

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Abstract The article investigates the development of discourses related to freedom of religion and discrimination against religious minority in current Indonesia by identifying the discourse constructions of Ahmadiyya in various texts and talks produced and disseminated by government institution and the Indonesian Council of Ulama (the MUI). This study aims to reveal these institutions’ views and perspectives on Ahmadiyya issue using various discourse strategies. The data analysed are some legal proclamations issued and personal views delivered by the officials of these two institutions. The CDA theoretical framework employed is to examine the positive-self and negative-other presentations. The finding reveals that the issue of Ahmadiyya is addressed through discourses related to Indonesian national interest and discourses related to religious matters. in these discourses, the two institutions and their officials present themselves positively and portray the Ahmadiyya sect negatively. The sect followers are negatively presented as the troublemaker, blasphemer, and the destroyer of religious harmony and social order.

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艾哈迈迪亚、亵渎与宗教自由——印尼宗教歧视的制度话语分析

摘要本文通过识别政府机构和印尼乌拉马理事会（MUI）制作和传播的各种文本和谈话中艾哈迈迪亚的话语结构，调查了当前印尼与宗教自由和歧视宗教少数群体有关的话语的发展。本研究旨在通过各种话语策略揭示这些机构对艾哈迈迪亚问题的看法和观点。分析的数据是这两个机构的官员发布的一些法律公告和发表的个人意见。所采用的CDA理论框架是考察积极的自我和消极的其他表现。研究结果表明，Ahmadiyya问题是通过与印尼国家利益相关的话语和与宗教事务相关的话语来解决的。在这些话语中，这两个机构及其官员积极地展现了自己，消极地描绘了艾哈迈迪亚教派。教派信徒被负面地描述为麻烦制造者、亵渎者、破坏宗教和谐和社会秩序的破坏者。

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