Religion as a Tool of Unity: Exploring the Trend of Julid Fisabilillah Movement in Support of Palestine

Abstract

In Indonesia, there is a movement related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict called julid fisabilillah that seeks to support the struggle of the Palestinian people and attack Israel supporters on social media. The grassroots movement eventually succeeded in weakening the psychological condition of Israel's supporters on social media. This research aims to analyze the existence of the julid fisabilillah movement in attacking Israeli supporters. It also aims to synthesize the julid fisabilillah movement with Asghar Ali Engineer's liberation theology theory. By using qualitative research, it is concluded that the julid fisabilillah movement emerged as a response to the attacks carried out by Israel against Palestine. Indonesians attacked Israeli supporters on social media until they were psychologically disturbed. This study found that this movement is an example of an effort to liberate from oppression by using religion as a link between one human being and another, so that they have a strong bond of brotherhood and support each other to be free from oppression.