When Human Rights become So Political

This paper investigates the relationship between state and Islamic institutions in Indonesia and how the relationship affect the state’s performance in conducting its obligation to respect, to protect and to fulfil freedom of religion of the Ahmadiyya community. It is shown that there is shifting in the state and Islamic institutions relationships that influenced by political motives. It is also evidenced in the research, that the performance of the state in respecting, protecting and fulfilling the right to religious liberty of the Ahmadiyya community is highly influenced by this relationships as well as political circumstances.