KESELAMATAN SOCIETAL DAN ISU KALIMAH ALLAH DI MALAYSIA

SOCIETAL SECURITY AND ISSUE OF KALIMAH ALLAH IN MALAYSIA

Abstract

Sejak Perang Dingin tamat, kajian keselamatan mengalami perubahan apabila ia tidak lagi menumpukan kajian keselamatan tradisional semata-mata, tetapi turut memasukkan isu-isu keselamatan bukan tradisional. Perubahan ini selari dengan debat dan proses broadening dan deepening yang berlaku dalam kalangan sarjana kajian keselamatan, iaitu fokus keselamatan tidak hanya tertumpu kepada negara semata-mata. Oleh itu, istilah keselamatan sentiasa menjadi isu perdebatan para sarjana keselamatan yang mana melibatkan persoalan bagaimana memahami konsep keselamatan. Dalam hal ini, kemunculan konsep keselamatan societal yang menjelaskan bagaimana identiti sesuatu kumpulan masyarakat menjadi isu keselamatan. Dalam hal ini, kajian ini membincangkan konsep keselamatan societal dengan melihat bagaimana isu kalimah Allah yang merujuk kepada ‘Tuhan’ telah menjadi perebutan di antara penganut agama Islam dan Kristian di Malaysia dan telah menjadi isu keselamatan. Kedua-dua kumpulan menyatakan bahawa mereka mempunyai hak menggunakan kalimah tersebut. Walau bagaimanapun, untuk tujuan perbincangan, artikel hanya memfokuskan perbincangan kepada respons dan tindakan yang dilakukan oleh masyarakat Melayu-Islam dalam mempertahankan hak eksklusif mereka untuk menggunakan kalimah Allah.

Since the end of the Cold War, security studies have changed not only focusing on traditional security issue alone but also including non-traditional security issues. This is in line with the debate and the process of broadening and deepening the issues of security it is no longer confined to just security of the state among the scholars in security where the focus of security is not confined to the state. Therefore, the concept of security has increasingly become a frequent debate among scholars. One such instance is the emergence of the concept of societal security, as an explanation of how the identity of a group of people becomes a security issue. This paper discusses the concept of societal security by focusing on how the issue of the word Allah (Kalimah Allah), which is referred to God, has become a competition between Muslims and Christians in Malaysia and therefore has become a security issue. Both groups claim that they are within their rights to use the word of Allah. For the purpose of this discussion, this paper will only focus on the responses and actions taken by the Malay-Muslim community in defending their exclusive right to use the word Allah.