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Bounded Agency and Survival Strategies: Early Marriage Practices among Rohingya Muslim Refugees in Aceh Sugitanata, Arif; Arif Sugitanata
Indonesian Journal of Sharia and Socio-Legal Studies Vol. 2 No. 1 (2026): Indonesian Journal of Sharia and Socio-Legal Studies
Publisher : Elkuator Research and Publication

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.66277/ijssls.2.1.161

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This study is motivated by the emergence of early marriage practices among Rohingya Muslim refugees in Aceh, which are often normatively framed either as cultural traditions or legal violations, without sufficient attention to the structural conditions that shape them. Accordingly, this article aims to analyse the factors driving this practice and to examine how early marriage is rationalised within conditions of prolonged displacement. Employing a qualitative, fieldwork-based approach, the study was conducted at the Mina Raya refugee camp in September and December 2024 through direct observation and in-depth interviews with seven informants in order to capture the everyday dynamics of life under conditions of uncertainty. Drawing on Anthony Giddens’ structuration theory, the analysis focuses on the relationship between structural constraints and refugee agency. The findings indicate that early marriage is shaped by three interrelated conditions: insecurity within the camp environment, the perceived need to protect girls from harassment or violence, and the absence of viable alternatives such as formal protection mechanisms and access to education. Within this context, marriage is understood by families as the most immediate and rational means of securing safety and stability. The article argues that early marriage constitutes a form of bounded agency—a survival strategy enacted within a severely constrained field of choice shaped by legal invisibility, prolonged displacement, patriarchal norms, and unresolved trauma. These findings contribute to scholarship on Islamic law and socio-legal studies, while underscoring the need for clearer legal frameworks, stronger protection mechanisms, and expanded access to education for refugee women and girls. [Studi ini berangkat dari munculnya praktik perkawinan dini di kalangan pengungsi Muslim Rohingya di Aceh, yang sering kali dipahami secara normatif sebagai tradisi budaya atau pelanggaran hukum tanpa mempertimbangkan kondisi struktural yang melatarbelakanginya. Oleh karena itu, artikel ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis faktor-faktor yang mendorong praktik tersebut serta memahami bagaimana perkawinan dini dirasionalisasi dalam kondisi pengungsian yang berkepanjangan. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif berbasis kerja lapangan yang dilakukan di kamp pengungsian Mina Raya pada September dan Desember 2024 melalui observasi langsung dan wawancara mendalam terhadap tujuh informan, guna menangkap dinamika kehidupan sehari-hari dalam situasi ketidakpastian. Dengan menggunakan teori strukturasi Anthony Giddens, analisis difokuskan pada hubungan antara keterbatasan struktural dan agensi pengungsi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa perkawinan dini dibentuk oleh tiga kondisi yang saling berkaitan, yaitu ketidakamanan di dalam kamp, kebutuhan untuk melindungi anak perempuan dari pelecehan atau kekerasan, serta ketiadaan alternatif yang memadai seperti perlindungan formal dan akses terhadap pendidikan. Dalam konteks ini, perkawinan dipahami oleh keluarga sebagai cara paling cepat dan rasional untuk memperoleh keamanan dan stabilitas. Artikel ini berargumen bahwa perkawinan dini merupakan bentuk bounded agency, yaitu strategi bertahan hidup yang dijalankan dalam ruang pilihan yang sangat terbatas akibat invisibilitas hukum, pengungsian berkepanjangan, norma patriarkal, dan trauma yang belum terselesaikan. Temuan ini berkontribusi pada kajian hukum Islam dan studi sosio-legal, serta menegaskan pentingnya penguatan kerangka hukum, mekanisme perlindungan, dan perluasan akses pendidikan bagi perempuan dan anak pengungsi.]
Family Harmony and the Question of National Resilience: A Maqāṣid al-Sharī‘ah Perspective Arif Sugitanata; Ahmet Arıtürk; Ahmad Rajafi; Fayaz Mahmadah; Wardatun Nadhiroh
Indonesian Journal of Islamic Law Vol. 9 No. 1 (2026): Indonesian Journal of Islamic Law
Publisher : Postgraduate Programme of UIN Kiai Haji Achmad Siddiq Jember

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35719/1vp2ps41

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Indonesia’s national resilience is currently facing multidimensional pressures that have a direct impact on social stability, including family harmony as the smallest yet strategically significant social unit. Departing from this reality, this study aims to explain the urgency of national resilience in shaping and maintaining family harmony, while also exploring its contribution through the perspective of maqāṣid al-sharīʿah. Employing a qualitative approach based on a literature review, this research examines a wide range of academic sources, including books, scholarly journal articles, findings from authoritative research institutions, and Islamic normative frameworks, to construct an in-depth theoretical synthesis. The findings indicate that various dimensions of national resilience, such as economic, ideological, cultural, security, digital resilience, equitable development, and institutional integrity, can be understood as structural conditions that shape the quality and stability of relationships within the family. Accordingly, family harmony in this article is positioned not as a determinative empirical indicator, but as an analytical and conceptual indicator for assessing the effectiveness of the national resilience system. When the state fails to fulfil one or more of these aspects, families are exposed to structural pressures that threaten communication, caregiving roles, role modelling, and emotional stability. From the perspective of maqāṣid al-sharīʿah, national resilience is shown to support efforts to protect the five fundamental principles, namely religion (ḥifẓ al-dīn), life (ḥifẓ al-nafs), intellect (ḥifẓ al-ʿaql), lineage (ḥifẓ al-nasl), and property (ḥifẓ al-māl). Therefore, family harmony is not merely an expression of interpersonal relations but also an indicator of the effectiveness of the national resilience system. In this context, the study offers conceptual novelty by positioning family harmony not solely as the outcome of internal household dynamics, but as a socio-legal indicator of the quality of national resilience. This approach extends the study of maqāṣid al-sharīʿah from the normative domain of family law into a structural analysis that links state responsibility with the lived realities of family life. Thus, this article not only synthesises existing ideas but also constructs a new analytical framework that is relevant to the study of Islamic law and social governance.