Wildan, Taufik Dermawan, Wahyudi Siswanto, Imam Suyitno
DI/TII, a group of Islamic organizations that rebelled against the government of the Republic of Indonesia in 1950. One of its goals was to establish an Islamic state and make Islamic law the basis of the state in South Sulawesi. In order to gain support from the people of South Sulawesi, DI/TII used propaganda, Islamic religious propaganda that had sacrificed bissu, a minority group that adhered to traditional beliefs in South Sulawesi. This study aims to find religious propaganda and bissu persecution in the novel Tiba Sebeleum Berangkat by Faisal Oddang and the novel Calabai by Pepi Al-Baygunie. The method used in the study is qualitative-descriptive. The scope of descriptive understanding that will be explained with the scalpel of literary sociology, the theory that will be used to find, reveal, and describe religious propaganda and bissu persecution of DI/TII. The research data in the study, namely descriptive words or sentences related to; (1) DI-TII religious propaganda in the novel Calabai by Pepi Al-Baygunie and Tiba Sebelum Berangkat by Faisal Oddang, and (2) bissu persecution in the novel Calabai by Pepi Al-Baygunie and the novel Tiba Sebelum Berangkat by Faisal Oddang. The results of the study found that DI/TII had utilized bissu as a propaganda tool for rebellion against the government of the Republic of Indonesia in 1950. In order to gain sympathy and support from the people of South Sulawesi, DI/TII used religious propaganda, by means of; (1) weakening the spiritual and social position of bissu by leading opinion that bissu behavior is contrary to Islamic law, (2) spiritual activities carried out by bissu are acts of idolatry that can invite the wrath of Allah, and (3) persecution and murder of bissu to prove that DI/TII propaganda is not only limited to leading opinion, but is a real struggle (rebellion) to uphold Islamic law, sacrificing minority groups who have different beliefs to DI/TII for the sake of power, and (4) persecution of bissu in the 21st century is the impact and continuation of DI/TII religious propaganda in 1950. © (2024), (Elite Scientific Publications). All rights reserved.
Sastra Indonesia, Fakultas Ilmu Budaya Universitas Khairun, Kota Ternate, 97734, Indonesia; Fakultas Sastra, Universitas Negeri Malang, Pendidikan Bahasa Indonesia, Kota Malang, 65114, Indonesia
