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Indonesia bans Islamist group Hizb-ut Tahrir

(19 Jul 2017) The Indonesian government on Wednesday, banned Hizbut Tahrir, an Islamic organisation which wants to establish a global caliphate, under a new presidential decree criticised as draconian by rights groups. Hizbut's legal status had been revoked to protect national unity, said Freddy Haris, a director-general at the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights. The decree signed last week by Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo gives the government almost unfettered power to ban organisations deemed against the constitution and the official state ideology known as Pancasila, which enshrines democracy and social justice. Rights groups say the decree undermines the right to freedom of association and governments could easily abuse its power. But mainstream Muslim groups have supported it. The measures follow months of sectarian tensions in the world's most populous Muslim nation which shook the government and undermined Indonesia's reputation for practicing a moderate form of Islam. Hizbut Tahrir, along with groups such as the violent Islamic Defenders Front, was behind a series of massive protests against the Jakarta governor, a minority Christian and Jokowi ally who was accused of blaspheming Islam. Hizbut, already banned or circumscribed in some countries, is estimated to have tens of thousands of members in Indonesia. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...