Ideology without Emblems: The Quiet Metamorphosis of Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia through Grassroots Da‘wah
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Abstract
Although Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) was officially banned by the Indonesian government in 2017, its movement and ideological influence continue at the grassroots level in a more adaptive form. This phenomenon is clearly visible in various activities among urban youth communities in Makassar. Therefore, this article aims to explore the movement to spread and strengthen the ideological basis of Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia after it was banned, through grassroots da’wah among youth communities in Makassar. This study employs a qualitative method with an ethnographic approach. The study focuses on the Genk Pemuda Surga (GPS) and Makassar Bina Taqwa (MBT) communities. Data collection was conducted through participant observation, in-depth interviews, document analysis, and observation of digital activities. Data collection was carried out from January to June 2025. The data were analyzed thematically through transcription, coding, and pattern identification to reveal the processes of ideology internalization and the da’wah strategies used by the two communities. This study found that even though Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia no longer maintains a formal or symbolic presence as an organization, the dissemination of its ideology has metamorphosed and continues to operate through non-formal but structured forms of da’wah. In this context, the Genk Pemuda Surga (GPS) and Makassar Bina Taqwa (MBT) communities use informal religious spaces, such as youth study circles, weekly gatherings, community-based activities, and digital platforms, to spread an exclusive Islamic narrative that often rejects Indonesia’s democratic political system. These findings indicate that banning organizations does not necessarily eliminate ideologies, but instead encourages the transformation of da’wah into a more fluid, relational, and cultural form.
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.008 | 0.009 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.004 | 0.003 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.004 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.002 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
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