- Author: Farah Anjanillah
- From: Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang
Abstract:
Nowadays, blasphemy becomes a controversial issue among Indonesian society. This phenomenon can be seen through the speech of one of the governor candidates in Jakarta, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama. Basuki or the one who is usually called as Ahok said in his political campaign speech that Quranic verse Al Maidah 51 is a lie. This speech exactly triggered anger toward the society that Ahok insulted Islam and Muslims. The dispute regarding this speech keeps going on among society. Most of society as Muslims considered this speech as a blasphemy. Viewing this severe case, the researchers investigate whether blasphemy contained in Ahok?s speech or not. Moreover, this study is conducted to interpret the intended message behind his speech. This study uses a Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) proposed by Fairclough on his theory about the relation between a text and interaction on the news of Ahok?s blasphemy (1989). The data are taken from several credible online newspapers like Kompas.com and Detik.com, therefore the quality of the data is trustable.
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