State and Islamic response to the AIDS in Indonesia

This paper explores the historical narrations of AIDS in Indonesia that shape its construction. It will focus on the relation between Governmental and Islamic responses to HIV/AIDS. In this research, we will focus on the governmental official commission on AIDS prevention (KPA) which is concern abou...

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Main Authors: Hudriansyah Rahman, Zaki Faddad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IAIN Salatiga 2012-06-01
Series:Indonesian Journal of Islam and Muslim Societies
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Online Access:http://ijims.iainsalatiga.ac.id/index.php/ijims/article/view/90
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Summary:This paper explores the historical narrations of AIDS in Indonesia that shape its construction. It will focus on the relation between Governmental and Islamic responses to HIV/AIDS. In this research, we will focus on the governmental official commission on AIDS prevention (KPA) which is concern about HIV and AIDS and MUI as a government Islamic institution. This paper will argued that the responses of both parties in the Indonesian “narrations” of HIV/AIDS can influence the practice of AIDS prevention. Government ways to treat AIDS in Indonesia have changed overtime in line with the development of medical and social work efforts to cope with the problem of HIV/AIDS. However the Islamic institution response in Indonesia does not change anymore and seems not to have seriously attention in the issue of HIV/AIDS, it can be look from the unchanging MUI’s fatwa which is limited the problem of AIDS solely as morality problem Makalah ini akan menguraikan narasi historis tentang AIDS di Indonesia yang membentuk konstruksi terhadap penyakit ini. Fokus masalah yang akan diteliti adalah hubungan antara pemerintah dan kelompok Islam dalam merespon HIV/ AIDS. Negara dalam hal ini diwakili oleh KPA (Komisi Penanggulangan AIIDS) dan MUI (Majelis Ulama Indonesia) sebagai institusi Islam di bawah pemerintah. Makalah ini berargumen bahwa respon kedua kelompok tersebut tersaji dalam suatu narasi penjangkitan HIV/AIDS yang berpengaruh terhadap tindakan penenanganan AIDS di Indonesia. Cara penanganan pemerintah terhadap AIDS di Indonesia telah berubah sepanjang waktu sejalan dengan perkembangan medis dan upaya-upaya pada ranah pekerjaan sosial dalam mengatasi masalah AIDS. Namun sebaliknya, respon institusi Islam tidak berubah sama sekali, hal ini dapat dilihat dari fatwa MUI yang masih memandang persoalan AIDS sebagai persoalan moralitas.
ISSN:2089-1490
2406-825X