Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research, volume 259 3rd International Seminar on Tourism (ISOT 2018) Analysis of The Implementation of Radical Terrorism Counter Policies in Tasikmalaya Regency Rahmat Prayoga Bestari Civic Education Departement Civic Education Departement Indonesia University of Education Indonesia University of Education West Java, Indonesia West Java, Indonesia [email protected] [email protected] Encep Syarief Nurdin Sri Wahyuni Tanshzil General Education Civic Education Departement Indonesia University of Education Indonesia University of Education West Java, Indonesia West Java, Indonesia [email protected] [email protected] Abstract—The results of the study showed that there was a high I. INTRODUCTION level of intolerance and potential for radicalism in West Java. The current field studies in six regencies and cities (Sukabumi Tasikmalaya is considered as one of the majority Muslim Regency, Sukabumi City, Cianjur Regency, Kuningan Regency, regencies in Indonesia. Therefore, due to the huge number of Indramayu Regency and Cirebon City) in West Java showed that Muslim population, this regency is popularly called as the city there was no specific policy focused on the terrorism counter of santri (students from Pesantren). According to the data taken sector. In fact, it is only a form of integration into the program of from the Ministry of Religion of West Java Province which was "Defending the State and Nationality Insights". Similarly, in recorded until 2014, there are 758 Islamic boarding schools in Tasikmalaya Regency, there was no specific policy focused on Tasikmalaya Regency. This number also covers some preventing and countering terrorists. Therefore, those prominent Islamic boarding schools in West Java, such as aforementioned cases were the reasons for the researchers to analyse the implementation of radical terrorist counter policies in Miftahul Huda Manonjaya Islamic Boarding School, Cipasung Tasikmalaya Regency. In addition, it was also important to study Singaparna Islamic Boarding School, Sukahideng Sukamanah the contents of the radical terrorism counter policies in Islamic Boarding School, and Suryalaya Islamic Boarding Tasikmalaya Regency. The purpose of the study is to analyse the School. In addition, it is also reaffirmed through the Vision and implementation of government policies in eradicating radical Mission of Tasikmalaya regency in 2016-2021, which based the terrorism in Tasikmalaya Regency. This study employed a policies on the potentials, conditions, problems, challenges, and qualitative approach with descriptive methods. In this study, the opportunities of Tasikmalaya Regency. Eventually, it was then data collection techniques were carried out through document manifested in the vision of "Religious, dynamic, and studies, interviews, and questionnaires. The qualitative data competitive Tasikmalaya Regency in the field of rural-based analysis was carried out through data orientation, data exploration, and member check. Then, the research subjects were agribusiness". Thus, it is undeniable that Tasikmalaya is the Regional Government of Tasikmalaya Regency for of counter considered as the city of santri and at the same time it is and control of the radical terrorism movement program, FKUB, considered as one of the Islamic based-region in Indonesia. Community Leaders, and the community. The results of the study showed that: 1) the development of the notion of radicalism in As the majority Muslim regency, Tasikmalaya has become Tasikmalaya Regency had emerged and spread in several regions. an attraction for researchers to study various things that take One of the cases was found in Cibatu Village, Karangnunggal place, especially regarding the issues of radicalism movements, District. However, by the time goes by, due to the pressure from in terms of the aspects of Islamic development histories, the community and all existing components, this seed of radicalism tolerance conditions, the development of current conditions, can be taken control; 2) In terms of policies regarding the radical and the implemented policies. In particular, related to the countermeasures of terrorism, in Tasikmalaya Regency, there was historical aspects, there was a proclamation of Indonesian no specific policy in relation to the radical movement counter. Islamic State (NII) or Darul Islam (DI) on August 7, 1949 in However, fortunately, the counter and control program for the Cisampang village, Tasikmalaya. This movement does not radical terrorism movement has been executed by the FKUB institution in collaboration with the local government of merely carry and propose the idea of Islamic Shari'a in Tasikmalaya Regency. Indonesia, but also plan to establish an Islamic State of Indonesia. This movement led by Kartosuwiryo took place Keywords—terrorism counter-policy; terrorism radical during 1948-1962. Although it had been crushed, this movement; Tasikmalaya regency. movement had metamorphosed into various forms of movements and new factions followed by the new names and Copyright © 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). 307 Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research, volume 259 figures [1]. This issue had become the major concern, especially policy should be implemented consistently and objectively. in Tasikmalaya regency as the majority Muslim regency since Since issue is in political realms, the results of the policy and this regency had also been visited by radical movements. the policy-making processes must pay more attention to the needs of the community. Policy analysis is assumed to be one Furthermore, based on the field study conducted by Sofyan of the main things in policy-making in which this activity [1], it is stated that the influence of Darul Islam (DI) cannot be becomes an important phase to create knowledge about and in fully removed. This study was conducted in Cibatu Village, the policy making process [2]. Dunn [3] revealed that in Karangnunggal District, Tasikmalaya regency. In fact, an conducting a policy analysis, it is important to combine five Exclusive Islamic group was found in this area. The idea of general procedures, covering definition, prediction, exclusive here is understood that their circle of knowledge is prescription, description, and evaluation. specialized for their group members only and not for public. In addition, their circle of knowledge (regular discussion) was The definition (research questions) results in information carried out at midnight. According to Hendra in [1]: about the conditions that give rise to problems used as the initial data in the study. Prediction (forecasting) provides information The circle of knowledge or gathering is carried out at on the future consequences of implementing policies or not midnight when the physical condition of the human being implementing a policy. Prescription (recommendations) is weak and tired or in terms of hypnotherapy term it is in provides information about the value or relative usefulness of an alpha condition. Therefore, it allows a person to do a future consequences of problem solving. Description doctrine towards someone else in that state and that (monitoring) results in information from the consequences of doctrine will be easily absorbed and fossilized deeply in implementing a policy in the present time. Evaluation provides their mind. information about the value or usefulness of the consequences Another interesting fact regarding the midnight circle of of problem-solving. Therefore, the results of the knowledge, it contains the idea of takfiri as one of the identities implementation of these procedures are able to provide answers of radical terrorism groups. This ideas lead to judge astray other to the problems and become a bridge in achieving people's people besides their own group members. In addition to this, it welfare. also contains the concept of radical jihad. However, even The process of policy analysis is a series of political though this group had takfiri and jihadist ideologies, they activities. Political activity is understood as a policy-making almost never do jihad as the terrorists do in Indonesia. process and visualized as a series of interdependent stages set Based on the criminal cases related to terrorism in according to the following phases. 1) agenda setting; 2) policy Tasikmalaya Regency, there were several cases including one formulation; 3) policy adoption; 4) policy implementation; and case that took place on December 18, 2015. The Detachment 88 5) policy assessment [3]. Each stage becomes a condition for successfully arrested the suspected terrorists, AU and ZL. AU the next phase, has a relation to the next stage, and the last phase is a Quran teacher at the AM boarding school in Tasikmalaya is associated with the first phase, or the middle phase in the non- and ZL is a santri (a student from pesantren) in that pesantren. linear activity circle that is not linear [4]. These are some phases In addition, there were other cases that occurred at the end of in the process of policy-making: First, the agenda setting is the 2016. One of the three suspected terrorists was shot dead by the placement of problems on the public agenda. Second, policy Detachment 88 in South Tangerang. He is Irwan Hidayat, a formulation is the formulation of alternative policies to solve resident of Cisayong District, Tasikmalaya. problems. Third, the