This book seeks to open new lines of discussion about how Islamic law is viewed as a
potential tool for programs of social transformation in contemporary Muslim society. It does …

Turkey's particular form of secularism, laiklik, does not entail the separation of state and
religion but the disestablishment of all independent religious authority and subjection of the …

Despite their close geographic and cultural ties, Indonesia and Malaysia have dramatically
different Islamic education, with that in Indonesia being relatively decentralized and …

" Islam exists in global history with its richly variegated cultural and social realities. When
these specific cultural contexts are marginalized, Islam is reduced to an ahistorical religion …

'It is true that everywhere in Muslim countries (apart from Turkey) family law is derived at
least nominally from the Sharia, but it is equally true that its substance and its mode of …

This article aims to analyse the Indonesian State's laws regarding models of religious
education, by evaluating Law No. 20/2003, concerning the national system of education and …

This article analyses the relationship between gender and religious authority in
contemporary Aceh, Indonesia. It focuses on the lives and careers of two female Islamic …

Court, which found it to be constitutional, though it also suggested the Law needed to be
revised. This paper analyses the contents of the law and considers to what extent the Law …

This book draws on the work of Rawls to explore the interaction between faith, law and the
right to religious freedom in post-Soeharto Indonesia, the world's largest democracy after …

Dakwah (predication) is a popular field of research and study in the tertiary institutions under
Indonesia's Ministry of Religion. To understand this popularity, it is necessary to recognize …