Hizb ut Tahrir Indonesia Statement
Reject the Revocation of Anti-Liquor District Regulation

Recently, the Ministry of Internal Affairs revoked a number of District Regulations which prohibit the distribution and sale of alcoholic beverages or liquor (alcohol). The revocation covers District Regulation in the City of Tangerang, Bandung and Indramayu.

According to the Ministry of Internal affairs, these regulations have to be cancelled because they violated a higher rule namely Presidential Decree Number 3 year 1997 on the Supervision and Control of Alcoholic Beverages. According to the Decree, the circulation of alcohol is restricted and must not be totally prohibited in several districts or cities.

The revocation of the regulations is clearly counterproductive to efforts to overcome the weaknesses of morality and the increase of criminality that has now become a serious problem in this country. In fact, these regulations have minimized the criminality as in Bulukumba, South Sulawesi, crime fell by 80% after the regulation was implemented.

Regarding this, Hizb ut-Tahrir Indonesia states:

1- Condemn the revocation of the regulation that bans the circulation and the sale of khomr. The revocation means allowing the khamr distributed among people. According to in Islamic law, khamr is the base of the crime (al khamru Ummul khabaits). It dangers the morality of the people and causes criminality increase.

2- Reject the ministry's argumentation that the regulations ban liquor are contradictive with the higher rule namely Presidential Decree. Actually the president's decree which was made by ousted President Soeharto in 1997 should be revoked becouse it is contradictive with Islamic Law.

3- The repeals of the anti-liquor regulations indicate that the Indonesia regime prioritizes capitalistic system and capitalists' interest to Islamic law and people's morality protection. Therefore, Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia calls all Muslims wherever they are to strengthen their effort to establish Islamic life where Islamic laws are implemented completely under Khilafah "Caliphate" Islamiyah. The Implementation of Islamic laws will solve the problem and abolish criminality and protect people rights.

[أَفَحُكْمَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ يَبْغُونَ ۚ وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ مِنَ اللَّـهِ حُكْمًا لِّقَوْمٍ يُوقِنُونَ]

Spokesman of Hizb ut Tahrir Indonesia
Muhammad Ismail Yusanto

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