The article discusses the roles and the opinions of various individuals and representatives of
organisations related to religion-based alternative media in Indonesia. The blockage of Islamicbased alternative media imposing by Ministry of Communication, Information and Technology (MCI)
has led to negative reactions among media practitioners, Muslim scholars, and public in Indonesia.
They invoke a legitimate ground for restriction of the right to freedom of expression as they failed
to demonstrate in specific and individualised fashion the precise nature of the threat, the necessity
of the specific action taken by giving logic justification and proving the clear connection between
the opinion (expression) and the threat. Qualitative methods of data collection were carried out
using semi-structured interviews and field notes. Semi-structured interview were conducted with
the open-ended question with the top-management of government bodies, independent state
Institution and civil society media organisations In regards to the field note, the flexibility in notetaking tactics was needed during filed work. Thus, there two types of records (verbatim and
expanded) have been used across types of conditions. Analysing interviews from the key informants
of Indonesian alternative media, the study indicates that the executioner’s role of MCI play its role
toward abal-abal (abusive) alternative media which have negative intention and action. Executioner
intentionally or unintentionally restrains alternative media capability to grow as grass-root or critical
media. This policy can be considered as an undemocratic response to the media, which give the
voice to the voiceless. The executioner is an official party with imposing a total blockage to any
digital alternative media containing destructive content without waiting for court proceeding.