ABSTRACT
This article discusses the involvement of the Toraja people in Qahhar Mudzakkar’s DI/TII movement during the period of 1953–1965. DI/TII used the Islamic ideology as the basis of its resistance. Although Tana Toraja’s majority of people at that time still adhered to the Aluk Todolo belief, the existence of DI/TII in Toraja did not lead to any religious conflict as the Toraja people were also involved in the movement of DI/TII. Their involvement was influenced by social and political conditions in Tana Toraja. This paper uses a historical method, which consists of four stages, namely heuristics, criticism, interpretation, and historiography. The author uses a structuralist approach and the theory of collective action from Charles Tilly. The dissolution of the Tongkonan Ada’ government was the catalyst for the rebellion against the central government. These conditions made them join Qahhar Mudzakkar’s DI/TII movement. Londong Allo, an aristocratic descendant of Tana Toraja, led the movement. The involvement of the Toraja people in the DI/TII movement was followed by a collective movement against the central government. These collective actions undertaken were the culmination of their disappointment.
