Infidels-NonInfidels in Political Separation in the 2019 Presidential Election

Infidels in Indonesian terminology are people who do not believe in Allah. and His apostles (KBBI). With this meaning, infidels are used as a separate social group or separation in political contestation. In the 2019 presidential election, there were only two pairs of candidates, there are Joko Widodo-Maaruf Amin pair, and Prabowo-Sandiaga Uno pair. Thus, in a head-to-head battle like this there is a pagan-Muslim separation. For one party, the use of a pagan sentence directed at him, is an insult. This feeling of humiliation is increasingly becoming along with the increasing number of civil servants, the political atmosphere is increasingly massive using this Muslim-infidel phrase. As a democratic country, the equality of fellow citizens is a necessity. Giving a nickname that makes a citizen no longer equal to other citizens means the failure of the state creates a sense of equality towards its citizens. This paper will describe how the separation that occurred in the 2019 presidential election in social media groups in Palembang. With this article, the author will describe how the background of each actor so that this Muslim-infidel division will occur. The author will use the theories of Martin Lipset and Stein Rokkan as a reference. While the field data and case examples, the author uses several social media groups consisting of alumni from the Faculty of Social Sciences from several Universities