News:

Jakarta: Ministry of Religious Affairs recorded 212,000 divorce cases have occurred every year in Indonesia. This number increased from 10 years earlier.
"The numbers are much increased from 10 years ago, in which the amount of the divorce rate is only around 50,000 per year," said Deputy Minister of Religious Affairs Dr. Nasaruddin Umar in Jakarta, Saturday (09/14/2013).

Nasaruddin deeply concerned about the high divorce rate. Moreover, nearly 80 percent were divorced a young age marriage. "The age of the marriage are relatively young with small children. This will lead to more social impact," he explained.

In addition, continued the Deputy Minister, nearly 70 percent of divorces are khul'a divorce. In other words, more women filed for divorce than a man who divorces his wife.

"Divorce was also raises new issues that is the emergence of the new poor," added Nasaruddin.

There are a variety of reasons of divorce, he added, but that does not make sense is that divorce due to differences in political views. "It really does not make sense, but it happens," he said.

Nasaruddin hopes that there is a solution to the front of the issue. So that the divorce rate in the country can be suppressed. (Ant / Riz) (Jakarta. Antaranews.com, 9/14/2013)

Comment:

The huge number of divorce in Indonesian society is a signal that there are problems in marriage today. The ministry of religious affairs has anticipated the high number of divorce cases by providing ‘short course of marriage knowledge' for future bride. The future couple is given understanding what are rights and responsibilities of both wife and husband. But this is not the real solution for the problem. Infact, heavy life burden is the factor lead to disharmony, non-tranquility and unhappiness in the family.

There are a lot of Indonesian women filed for divorce because of economic and psychological problems. Their husbands committed domestic violence, didn't afford their family's needs because of jobless, low income or no responsibility. Other factor triggers the khul'a is the poison of gender equality. Women tend to be independent and no needs to men and marriage as they can earn money by themselves. The financial security is mostly the reason of khul'a when there is a marriage problem.

From the fact we can conclude that the increasing number of divorce is a problem face by a society in which capitalism is implemented. No responsibility to family and commit domestic violence is a picture of men in capitalist system. Poverty, insufficient job field and no prosperity among people are also the result of capitalism. Women' free will is also the rotten fruit of liberal ideas such as gender equality and human rights. Those ideas are grown up in capitalism and the absence of Islamic values and system in the society.

The only solution for this social problem is by redefine the responsibility of the government. Not only by providing short course about marriage to the bride. Fostering every people to values of marriage and family should be integrated through education and counseling curriculum. This program should be accompanied by removing all of media and the spread of ideas that are counterproductive to the value of family. It is also the obligation for the government to generate adequate employment, realize a conducive climate for business, and provide public needs such as education and health without any charge.

All the state's responsibility can not be done with the capitalist system as it is now. It is Islam which provides the real solution through the Khilafah "Caliphate"'s political system and economic system of Islam. Khilafah "Caliphate" will protect majority Muslims' families from the attack of foreign family values. Khilafah "Caliphate" will also independently determine the character education curriculum, provide independent solutions for issues that befall the family and not parroting the international agenda through the empowerment of women, civil marriage and gender equality. Islamic economic system will create prosperity, fair distribution of income, and sufficient job opportunities. The policy not to hand over the management of natural resources to foreigners will result the ability of government to provide quality public services.

Within this system all Indonesian families will achieve tranquility, harmony, happiness and prosperity. As one of the promises of Allah (swt):

وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَهْلَ الْقُرَى آمَنُوا وَاتَّقَوْا لَفَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ بَرَكَاتٍ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَلَكِنْ كَذَّبُوا فَأَخَذْنَاهُمْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ

"If the people of the country if only the faith and piety, certainly we would be bestowed upon them blessings from the heaven and the earth, but they belied (the verses of Us), then We seized them due to his actions." [Surat al-A'raf: 96]

Written for the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir by

Iffah Ainur Rochmah

Spokeswoman of Hizb ut Tahrir Indonesia