Hasbi Aswar

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Lecturer at Islamic University of Indonesia

This article explores the da’wah activities of Prophet Muhammad through the perspective of social movements to provide new insights. This article explains that the Prophet Muhammad was not only a religious activist who worked to spread Islam but also a statesman who successfully led his followers to establish a new state in Yathrib (Medina). This r...

Buku yang mengulas berbagai pelanggaran Israel di Gaza dengan menggunakan perspektif hukum perang. Disusun bersama dosen, asisten dosen, dan mahasiswa kelas di mata kuliah hukum humaniter internasional di program studi hubungan internasional, Universitas Islam Indonesia, Yogyakarta tahun 2024.

Islamophobia is still a major problem faced by people in various parts of the world, including in Muslim-majority countries. Muslims themselves have difficulty in dealing with Islamophobia and many do not yet understand coping strategies. To strengthen the ability of the community to promote a positive image of Islam and Muslims and to educate ordi...

This article examines the perceived double standard in US foreign policy. It highlights how the US supports Ukraine's resistance against Russia while backing Israel's military actions in Gaza, reflecting political realism. This realism prioritizes national interest and strategic goals over universal moral standards. The US aids Ukraine to counter R...

Amidst the escalating negative narrative surrounding Islam, there is a parallel increase in efforts by Muslim figures and communities to counteract these perceptions. Leveraging the expansive reach of social media, influential personalities like Zakir Naik, Mufti Menk, and Nouman Ali Khan engage global audiences, including non-Muslim communities. T...

This article discusses Israel's efforts to normalize relations with Indonesia and other Muslim-majority countries, focusing on strategies like diplomatic, cultural, and academic engagements. It underscores the potential impact on Indonesia's public opinion and the role of key figures and Islamic organizations. It also highlights Israel's initiative...

After 20 years of fighting against the invasion of the United States and its allies, the Taliban succeeded in taking power in Afghanistan on August 15, 2021. The return of the Taliban to power caused much controversy, especially regarding human rights. The Taliban tried to improve their negative image by increasing soft power through public diploma...

Islam is a religion and an ideology encompassing all aspects of human life. However, many Muslims currently misunderstand and misinterpret the holistic concept of Islam. This can be attributed to the intellectual limitations within the Muslim community and the influence of secularism and liberalism across the Islamic world. This article aims to cla...

The Syrian conflict involving government troops and opposition groups that has occurred since 2011 has resulted in a severe humanitarian crisis. Although this conflict has been mediated by various parties, until now the problem has not been resolved. This article will discuss one of the international actors who participated in dealing with the huma...

As part of their “Look East” foreign policy, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have been focusing on enhancing theirrelations with several Asian countries, including Indonesia, which is the largest economy in Southeast Asia. The adoption of this policyhas resulted in an apparent increase in cooperation between these Arab Gulf nations and...

This community service is intended to improve the skills of students, researchers, lecturers, and the public who are interested in writing essays. This community service was carried out for two days through the online training method. The training was carried out by providing material on the introduction of Zotero as an automatic citation applicati...

After enjoying free and open political conditions for a long time, Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia, a transnational political Islamist movement, had to face the government's coercive response in 2017 when the government decided to disband this movement in consideration of violations of state principles and threatening the Republic of Indonesia. This paper...

Repressive approach is one of the state's responses to social movements taken to restrain or limit the action of a movement that always strives for a social change process in society. In this context, Hizb ut-Tahrir and the Islamic Defenders Front (Front Pembela Islam – FPI) are two Islamic groups that recently after 2016 have been active in pressu...

The 2019 general election is one of the most intense elections in Indonesia's history, especially after reformasi (political reform) in the 1998. This election did not only involve political parties in the fight for the presidency but also involves opposition movements, especially the Islamic movement. After the phenomenon of 212 in 2016, Islamic m...

This article aims to elaborate on the narrative of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Indonesia on addressing Indonesian problems. This group has existed for over twenty years in Indonesia. As part of a global movement, HT has a single mission to call Muslim people to implement Islam and shariah as the state ideology and law. On the other hand, Muslims should leave...

To carry out economic and political expansion in various countries, China has also exerted various public diplomacy efforts to maintain its image. Indonesia as one of the most important destinations is not an exception. This research aims to analyze various strategies adopted by China to sustain its positive image among Muslims in Indonesia. This s...

Menjelaskan problem Covid 19 di dunia Islam dan menguji kemampuan negara - negara Muslim bekerjasama dalam menangani pandemi Covid 19.

Buku ini menjelaskan problem oligarki yang dianggap benalu dalam demokrasi. Namun artikel ini membantah klaim tersebut dan menjelaskan bahwa oligarki adalah dampak tak terelakkan dari demokrasi. Alternatif gagasan yang disodorkan adalah Islam dengan memberikan gambaran strategi Islam mencegah praktek oligarkis dalam kekuasaan.

China’s repressions of the Uyghurs in Xinjiang continues unabated. Uyghurs are known to suffer inhumane treatment at the hands of the Chinese government. Human rights organisations such as Amnesty International have reported that Beijing has stepped up its campaigns of mass detention, political indoctrination and forced assimilation towards the Uyg...

The number of Muslims in the United States is increasing from year to year as a result of the increasing number of immigrants from Muslim countries who come to work and continue their education as well as the increasing number of Muslims. One of the problems faced by the Muslim community in America today is Islamophobia such as bad narratives, disc...

This article aims to critically analyze the secularization perspective on political Islam, focusing on the Indonesian context. The secular perspective has its fundamental doctrine that democracy, separation of State and Religion, and nationalism should be the only system to manage one State. Many people always use kind of argument, even scholars, i...

As a global Islamic political group, Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT) has experienced many kinds of state coercive responses due its ideas that considered radical and threatening the existing modern political systems. In many places, this group has been rejected and criminalized by regimes either in Muslim majority states or in the Western states. The same expe...

Islamic political movements in the world politics are mostly responded to by the state through repressive policies. Those groups are banned; their members are arrested, and even killed. Hizb ut-Tahrir is one example of an Islamic political movement that has gone through many kinds of state repression. In Indonesia, even though this group has for a...

In a social movement study, countermovement emerges when certain movement is considered to bring threat to the status quo or the current political and social condition. Social movement seeks for changing the existing situation while the countermovement pursues to keep it. As a result, the conflict between two becomes inevitable, where both will com...

Tulisan ini mendiskusikan tentang pengaruh gerakan salafi di Indonesia terhadap munculnya gerakan tandingan, khususnya dari kalangan Islam tradisionalis, yang berusaha membendung gerakan Salafi. Salafi dianggap ancaman baru karena doktrin keagamaan dan metode dakwahnya yang dianggap sangat frontal dan meresahkan masyarakat Islam di Indonesia..Selam...

A speech from the President of United States, Donald Trump, who explicitly state Jerusalem as the capital city of Israel triggering debate that threatens harmonization of the Middle East. Disagreement appear from South East Asia state up to European state regarding to Trump's statement, which turn into United States foreign policy. Trump's statemen...

The tension between the Islamist group and the state has risen in Indonesia this 2017. In the mid of 2017, Joko Widodo (Jokowi) government has announced to disbandHizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) as one of the Islamist groups in Indonesia. It happened in the midst of protest toward Jokowi for his ignorance to respond the alleged religious defamation b...

This paper aims to discuss the underlying assumption of Western people in discussing the issue of political Islam in World Politics. This issue is analyzed using post-colonial approach in International Relations. This perspective rejects many claims of Western scientific approach to universality and objectivity of the truth or knowledge. Post-colon...

This article aimsThis article aims to explore the role of Saudi Arabian Foreign Policy in disseminating Wahhabi doctrines in Indonesia. Islam is one important aspect in Saudi Arabian Foreign Policy since its beginning in 18th century until nowadays.In early Saudi Kingdom, its foreign policy focused on expansion of its power and spread the Wahhabi d...

The main argument of this paper is Islam and ulama has a big role in Islamic Society. Ulama has a political power on its high cultural position in Islamic Society. Thoroughout the history, ulama can be legitimizing actor to the stabilization of government, or delegitimizing power which can lead big change or revolution in political system. The big...

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menjelaskan peran Nahdlatul Ulama dalam membendung argumentasi dan propaganda gerakan radikal yang memperjuangkan negara Islam/Khilafah di Indonesia. Sebagai salah satu ormas terbesar di Indonesia, keberadaan Nahdlatul Ulama di Indonesia sangatlah penting. NU bahkan telah memiliki peran penting sepanjang sejarah Indon...