<![CDATA[Housing more pesantren than any other province, West Java was also the first region in Indonesia to issue a dedicated regional regulation on Islamic boarding schools, namely Regional Regulation Number 1 of 2021 on the Facilitation of Pesantren Administration. This article pursues three questions: how the regulation actually works when it is channelled through the Forum Komunikasi Pondok Pesantren (FKPP), what the resulting practice means for the administration and development of pesantren, and how far that practice can be justified under siyasah dusturiyah. The inquiry rests on an empirical juridical approach carried out descriptively and analytically, drawing on official policy instruments, government figures, and the relevant scholarly literature. Three findings emerge. First, the regulation has been given operational form through planning documents, a Pesantren Development and Empowerment Team created by Governor Regulation Number 183 of 2021, and empowerment schemes of which One Pesantren One Product is the most visible. Second, the practice is constrained by unreliable data, sharply uneven administrative capacity among pesantren, thin budgetary backing, and weak cross-sectoral coordination, leaving FKPP to act as a conduit for information rather than as an actor with a defined place in the formal policy architecture. Third, although the regulation is defensible as a governmental tasharruf resting on al-maslahah al-mursalah, its execution falls short of syura, al-'adalah, and al-amanah, because the pesantren community has no institutionalised route into decision-making and the benefits of facilitation remain unevenly spread.]]>
