Contesting caliphate: Opposition of Indonesian fundamentalist groups to ISIS caliphate

Isis (islamic state of iraq and syria) which was declared by al-baghdādī as an islamic caliphate (dawlah khi-lāfah) is not necessarily welcomed by muslim fundamen-talists in indonesia. hizbut tahrir indonesia (hti) and majelis mujahidin indonesia (mmi),two muslims funda-mentalist organization that struggle for islamic caliphate,considers isis as deviant and invalid. this article aims to discuss the argument surrounding religious foundation of islamic caliphate as believed al-baghdādī as isis master-mind and the response of indonesian fundamentalists to it. while all islamic fundamentalism believes that establish-ment of islamic caliphate is a religious obligation,they do not agree how to implement this obligation. isis’s al-baghdādī is on the opinion that islamic caliphate is to be implemented with all costs,including using violence and military campaign,indonesian fundamentalists tend to use non-violence and dialogue as their strategy instead. © 2014,state islamic university of sunan ampel. all rights reserved.