Makna Takfîr Pemimpin bagi Kaum Salafi

This article provides one of salafi’s views about takfîr against state leaders. Islamic da ‘ wah movements, have so far, asserted that takfîr is allowed in order to find and to point out the best leader who inclines to implement Islamic doctrines within nation-state context. Takfîr , in the view of Islamic da ‘ wah movements, has emerged as a result of leader’s reluctance or failure to implement the Islamic sharîa within nation-state’s life. However, in the view of salafi groups, takfîr through coup d’état would likely obliterate the state order. The salafi groups view that this sort of takfîr , which aims to replace leadership through coup d’état, was Khawârij’s ideology. Nevertheless, the salafi groups emphasize that there would be no guaranty for a better leadership after coup d’état. It has, even so, often led to the emergence of worse leadership which creates social disorder.