List Of 9 Books Banned In Indonesia For Allegedly Forming The Thought Of 'Terrorism'

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KARIMUN, Indonesia – Store managers and customers of a number of bookstores in Karimun, Wednesday (19/10/2011) at around 14:30 local time, were surprised by the arrival of the Chief of the Judiciary Intelligence Section for the country of Karimun, Hanjaya Candra SH, along with his team.

The purpose of Hanjaya's teams's visit was to do a sudden inspection related to the 9 outlawed book titles in bookstores. The sudden inspection was done at Salemba Bookstore located in front of the Immigration office in Kolong, which is next to Jack Agency (in front of the BNI), and Al-Kautsar Islamic Bookstore at Sri Karimun Market.

Hanjaya Candra SH, told the journalists that there are 9 book titles in which their circulations are banned in Indonesia. This is due to the contents of the books which are said to contain the ideology of “violence” and are deviating from the teachings of a particular religion.

In fact, it is feared that those books would incline towards forming a thinking which has the ideology of “terrorism” for their readers.

The following is a list of the outlawed books in Indonesia:

1. Tafsir Fi Zhilalil Quran Volume 2 written by Sayyid Quthb, translated by As’ad Yasin-Muahotob Hamzah, Gema Insani Publication Depok-Jakarta 2001.

2. Loyalty and Anti-Loyalty in Islam (transl.) written by Muhammad bin Sa’id Al Qathani translated by Salahudin bin Abu Sayid, PT Era Adi Citra Intermedia Publication - Solo 2009.

3. The Pledge of the Islamic Struggle (transl.) written by DR Najih Ibrahim translated by Abu Ayub Ansyori, Pustaka Al Alaq and Al Qowam publication - Solo 2009.

4. Khilafah Islamiyah – A Reality Not A Fantasy (transl.) written by Prof DR Sheikh Yusuf Al Qaradawi translated by Ahmad Nuryadi, PT Fikahati Aneka Publication -Jakarta 2000.

5. Special Gift For The Mujahid (transl.) written by Sheikh Dr Abdullah Azzam, translated by Abdul Fattan Al Bourie, PT Pustaka Al Alaq Publication - Solo 2008.

6. Notes From The Prison – For Practicing and Establishing Dienul Islam (transl.) written by Abu Bakar Ba’asyir, Mushaf Publication, Depok West Java, 2008.

7. How To Reestablish The Khilafah State (transl.) written by Syabab Hizbut Tahrir UK, translated by M Ramdhan Adi, Pustaka Thariqul Izzah Publication, Bogor 2008.

8. Shari'ah Of Islam – The Universal Solution (transl.) written by Prof. Wahbah Az Zuhali, translated by Ridwan Yahya LC, Pustaka Nawaitu Publication, Jakarta Timur 2004.

9. The Political Vision Of The Jihad Movement (transl.) written by Hazim Al Madanidan Abu Mus’ab As Suri, translated by Luqman Hakim LC and Umarul Faruq LC, Jazera Publication, Solo 2010.

Deradicalization and the Banning of Islamic Books; A Failed and Dangerous Project

After terrorism, deradicalization is now becoming a popular term. It's possible, the issue of deradicalization would surpass the issue of corruption. Especially that now deradicalization —as part of a counter-terrorism project launched by the government — seems to be targeting Islamic books, especially those which have the theme of Shari'ah, Jihad and Khilafah.

Sure, this policy of the government is already beyond common sense or without basis. Because, haven't the theme of shari'ah, jihad and khilafah been penned in the book of the ulama's since a long time ago, in fact they normally become the reference for the religious students in the pesantren (madrassa); while the cases of terrorism has only appeared in recent times? If indeed those books are considered as encouraging people to commit acts of terror, why did the acts of terror only occur recently, not since decades or hundreds of years ago since those books which addressed those theme were already written by the ulama's? Moreover, in the books of tafsir mu’tabar —which surely directly explain the meaning of the Qur'an— those three terms are not foreign terms.

It's obvious, if the Government really conduct the surveillance and banning of Islamic books, the Islamic ummah will easily conclude that the Government are really fighting against them. Of course, this is counterproductive and dangerous.

In conclusion, it is also strange... when books of Tafsir are banned, but TV shows and reading materials that are uneducational and damaging to the nation's generation are allowed!