HIZBUT TAHRIR INDONESIA: FROM PRESSURE GROUP TO POLITICAL PARTY (A CASE STUDY IN PEKANBARU)

Abstract

This research is about Hizbut Tahrir Indonsia opportunities as a pressure group to political party. This research will produce a view of the strength of Hizbut-Tahrir Indonesia and predict its desire to become a political party contestant elections in Indonesia in the future. The results of this research  found a new theory about the metamorphosis of pressure groups into political parties. The presence of Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia is purely political. Almost all of his movements are political. All the problems that occur in this nation, Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia always offer solutions with laws of shari‟a or in accordance with Islamic's law and replace the existing power with the Khilafah Islamiyah. The political activities of Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia can be assummed as an informal political party or an extra-parliamentary political party. Based on the concept of party system, Khilafah Islamiyah can be interpreted by the existence of a single party that controls in the country.
 
Keywords: HTI, Metamorphosis, Pressure Groups, Political Party.