ANTI-TERRORISM EDUCATION POLICIES (THEORETICAL UNDERSTANDING OF INDONESIA’S PERSPECTIVE AS A RELIGIOUS LEGAL STATE)

Abstract

In general, the existing policies related to terrorism have become a hot topic in our government.
The anti-violence policies have not explicitly created in the educational scope yet, but it is
included in the anti-terrorism policies which have been clearly written. The terrorists’ age range is
getting younger. This phenomenon is very surprising. In some countries, terrorist organizations
have successfully regenerated their membership by recruiting young generations and even
underage children. This ambitious project of course has been created to secure this extremist
organization regeneration when their ideologists are getting older and incompetent. In Indonesia,
most terrorist who do suicide attack are young people or adolescence. Thamrin bomb attack is also
attacked by young terrorist. Another fact is related to the captured terrorists in Klaten whose one of
the members is still a high schooler in Klaten. Moreover, the leaders of the terrorist organization
are from young generation. Terrorism cannot be eliminated by an institution only or even only by
police (Polri). In the writer’s opinion, the strategic way to eliminate terrorism is through Islamic
education (from schools until university) because terrorism is highly correlated with religious
ideology. Other variables are also included as the aspect to influence terrorism but they are not
very significant. We can see that most terrorism purpose such as suicide bomb attack is to against
kafir (non-Muslim) and to defend Muslim community which is attacked by non-Muslims. Thus,
there is a big problem which needs to be solved by all of us. Another important thing besides
enforcing the law to the terrorist organization is how to stop terrorism regeneration in Indonesia.
So, how to do it?