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Gendering the Islamic Judiciary: Female Judges in the Religious Courts of Indonesia Nurlaelawati, Euis; Salim, Arskal
Al-Jamiah: Journal of Islamic Studies Vol 51, No 2 (2013)
Publisher : Al-Jamiah Research Centre, Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.14421/ajis.2013.512.247-278

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Compared to other Muslim countries, Indonesia has been the forefront, if not the frontrunner, in welcoming women to occupy a position as judges at the Islamic court. Despite few Indonesian women were already sitting at Islamic courtrooms and hearing cases on family law issues as early as in 1960s, it was only in 1989 that Indonesia fully accommodated female judges at the religious courts. From this onwards, female judges were recruited more than ever and began accessing a number of rights and positions like their male counterparts. This paper discusses female judge and women litigants at Islamic courts of Indonesia. This paper not only discusses the way in which women were recruited to be judges at the Indonesian Islamic courts, but also explores some factors leading Indonesian women to engage in the judicial practice. In addition, this paper looks at the way in which female judges exercise their authority to protect rights of disadvantaged women litigants. This paper argues that despite female judges have the same skills in interpreting law as their male colleagues do and that they have to some extent better gender sensitivity, they unfortunately have not maximised utilising these legal skills for the benefits of women litigants.[Dibandingkan dengan negara-negara Islam lainnya, Indonesia telah menjadi garda depan –jika tidak disebut pelopor– dalam mengangkat perempuan sebagai hakim di Pengadilan Agama. Meski pada decade 1960-an sejumlah perempuan sudah menduduki jabatan hakim dan telah menyidangkan kasus-kasus keluarga di Pengadilan Agama, hanya pada tahun 1989 pengangkatan perempuan pada Pengadilan Agama ditegaskan secara formal dan legaal oleh pemerintah Indonesia. Sejak saat itu, jumlah hakim perempuan di pengadilan agama meningkat dan mereka memiliki kesemepatan untuk memperoleh hak dan posisi penting di Pengadilan Agama, sejajar dengan hakim laki-laki. Artikel ini mendiskusikan keterlibatan perempuan, baik sebagai hakim maupun pihak yang berperkara, di Pengadilan Agama. Tidak hanya menjelaskan bagaimana perempuan direkrut sebagai hakim di Pengadilan Agama, artikel ini juga mengulas faktor-faktor penting yang mendorong keterlibatan perempuan dalam praktek peradilan. Selain itu, juga dijelaskan peran hakim perempuan dalam melindungi hak para perempuan yang berperkara di pengadilan. Penulis berkesimpulan bahwa meski para hakim perempuan memiliki kompetensi yang sama dalam memutus perkara seperti para hakim laki-laki dan dalam batas tertentu memiliki sensitifitas gender yang lebih kuat ketimbang laki-laki, peran mereka masih terlihat belum maksimal, terutama dalam memberikan perlindungan terhadap pemenuhan hak-hak perempuan.]
Zakat and the Concept of Ownership in Islam: Yusuf Qaradawi’s Perspective on Islamic Economics Nurlaelawati, Euis
Al-Jamiah: Journal of Islamic Studies Vol 48, No 2 (2010)
Publisher : Al-Jamiah Research Centre

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.14421/ajis.2010.482.365-385

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Looking at the two functions of ownership which include the individual and social, Qaradawi explores such a relationship and analyzes its implication for social justice. Zakat has multiple functions: the religious, economic, and social. It constitutes the earliest concept of mutual social responsibility proposed by Islam to achieve social justice. Zakat serves as a means to both guarantee social security and strengthen social solidarity. From this perspective, Qaradawi moves forward to link up the concept of zakat with the Islamic system of economics. The linkage between zakat and the Islamic system of economics is visible in the ways Qaradawi investigates various aspects of ownership and zakat in Islam. This can particularly be seen in his analysis that the concept of Islamic insurance coheres with the interpretation of al-gharimin, one of the groups deserving to the income of zakat and in his emphasis that mutual social responsibility, which aims to fulfill the needs of adequate livelihood, can be supplied only by zakat. This article argues that these views in turn confirm Qaradawi’s concern with the importance of zakat as the foundation of both the social and economic systems of Islam. This article also emphasizes that, for Qaradawi, different from voluntary charity that can only fulfill the minimum requirement of the needs of livelihood, zakat can supply the answer to cover all the needs of livelihood of Muslim society.
Gendering the Islamic Judiciary: Female Judges in the Religious Courts of Indonesia Nurlaelawati, Euis; Salim, Arskal
Al-Jamiah: Journal of Islamic Studies Vol 51, No 2 (2013)
Publisher : Al-Jamiah Research Centre

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.14421/ajis.2013.512.247-278

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Compared to other Muslim countries, Indonesia has been the forefront, if not the frontrunner, in welcoming women to occupy a position as judges at the Islamic court. Despite few Indonesian women were already sitting at Islamic courtrooms and hearing cases on family law issues as early as in 1960s, it was only in 1989 that Indonesia fully accommodated female judges at the religious courts. From this onwards, female judges were recruited more than ever and began accessing a number of rights and positions like their male counterparts. This paper discusses female judge and women litigants at Islamic courts of Indonesia. This paper not only discusses the way in which women were recruited to be judges at the Indonesian Islamic courts, but also explores some factors leading Indonesian women to engage in the judicial practice. In addition, this paper looks at the way in which female judges exercise their authority to protect rights of disadvantaged women litigants. This paper argues that despite female judges have the same skills in interpreting law as their male colleagues do and that they have to some extent better gender sensitivity, they unfortunately have not maximised utilising these legal skills for the benefits of women litigants.[Dibandingkan dengan negara-negara Islam lainnya, Indonesia telah menjadi garda depan –jika tidak disebut pelopor– dalam mengangkat perempuan sebagai hakim di Pengadilan Agama. Meski pada decade 1960-an sejumlah perempuan sudah menduduki jabatan hakim dan telah menyidangkan kasus-kasus keluarga di Pengadilan Agama, hanya pada tahun 1989 pengangkatan perempuan pada Pengadilan Agama ditegaskan secara formal dan legaal oleh pemerintah Indonesia. Sejak saat itu, jumlah hakim perempuan di pengadilan agama meningkat dan mereka memiliki kesemepatan untuk memperoleh hak dan posisi penting di Pengadilan Agama, sejajar dengan hakim laki-laki. Artikel ini mendiskusikan keterlibatan perempuan, baik sebagai hakim maupun pihak yang berperkara, di Pengadilan Agama. Tidak hanya menjelaskan bagaimana perempuan direkrut sebagai hakim di Pengadilan Agama, artikel ini juga mengulas faktor-faktor penting yang mendorong keterlibatan perempuan dalam praktek peradilan. Selain itu, juga dijelaskan peran hakim perempuan dalam melindungi hak para perempuan yang berperkara di pengadilan. Penulis berkesimpulan bahwa meski para hakim perempuan memiliki kompetensi yang sama dalam memutus perkara seperti para hakim laki-laki dan dalam batas tertentu memiliki sensitifitas gender yang lebih kuat ketimbang laki-laki, peran mereka masih terlihat belum maksimal, terutama dalam memberikan perlindungan terhadap pemenuhan hak-hak perempuan.]
PERNIKAHAN TANPA PENCATATAN: ISBAT NIKAH SEBUAH SOLUSI? Nurlaelawati, Euis
Musawa Jurnal Studi Gender dan Islam Vol. 12 No. 2 (2013)
Publisher : Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University & The Asia Foundation

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.14421/musawa.2013.122.261-277

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The Indonesian Islamic family law, through the kompilasi and the Law of Marriage  of 1974, states that a marriage must be concluded in the presence of an official marriage registrar or must be registered. However, the laws differentiate between the religious validity and the state legality of marriage.  They therefore do not consider a marriage as a religiously invalid if the parties concerned fail to register their marriage. In fact, considered illegal by the state, unregistered marriages are not seen as unlawful by religious authorities. It seems clear that the kompilasi is anxious not  to deviate from the classical doctrine of marriage. This paper discusses unregistered  marriage according to Indonesian State Islamic family law and in practical level and its legal impacts. It criticizes the rules on registration of marriage and its solution. Presenting a number of cases of unregistered marriages and some views of relevant authorities, it argues that there have been abuses in the application of the relevant rules on both registration marriage and isbat nikah.
Hukum Keluarga Islam ala Negara: Penafsiran dan Debat atas Dasar Hukum Kompilasi Hukum Islam di Kalangan Otoritas Agama dan Ahli Hukum Nurlaelawati, Euis
Asy-Syir'ah: Jurnal Ilmu Syari'ah dan Hukum Vol 50 No 1 (2016)
Publisher : UIN Sunan Kalijaga

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.14421/ajish.v50i1.170

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This  article  explores  the  reaction  to  and  criticism  of  the reform  aspects  introduced  in  the  kompilasi  which  have  arisen  among Indonesian Muslim, the ulama of two biggest Muslim organizations in particular and the legal apparatus and scholars. It addresses the issue by looking at specific questions relating to the rationales ofthe reforms. Deploying  socio-historical  legal  approach,  it  displays  the  reform aspects, the arguments and the tendency in their criticism and debate, as well as the key concepts and interpretations of Islamthey have used. It argues that these ‘ulama have distinct and differentways of looking at the reforms, which is intersected with the general attitude of these two organizations in deducting the laws of Islam. Thisarticle stresses that  the  reforms  have  always  not  been  accepted  in  their  whole  by Muslim  society  and  that  the  Islamic  rationales  of  the  reforms  have often  been  deemed  inappropriate,  demonstrating  in  this  sense  the harsh debate between the use of fiqhand Qur’anand between the use of Islamic classical law and the incorporation of  adatlaw as their sources and bases. Further it shows that, although the proposal of reforms was proclaimed  to  be  based  on  the  societal  growing  needs  and demands, they remained to be objects of criticism and debates from such certain groups of Muslims and legal apparatus who argued to also base their criticism on the needs of society.
Change and Continuity: The Kompilasi and Indonesian Islamic Courts' Nurlaelawati, Euis
Studia Islamika Vol. 14 No. 1 (2007): Studia Islamika
Publisher : Center for Study of Islam and Society (PPIM) Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15408/sdi.v14i1.559

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This paper takes a closer look at judicial practices and judgments in the Indonesian Islamic courts since the introduction of Kompilasi (full title: Kompilasi Hukum Indonesia, KHI). The Kompilasi covers Islamic legal rules, particularly family law, derived from various fiqh texts. The Kompilasi is divided into three books. Book One addresses marriage and divorce law. Book Two covers inheritance. Book Three is about endowment (waqf) . The material is subdivided by topic into books, chapters, and articles, beginning with a chapter addressing general provisions, followed by chapters treating specific subject areas in each book.DOI: 10.15408/sdi.v14i1.559
Bargaining Equal Spousal Roles in Marital Life: The Phenomenon of Wife-Petitioned Divorce Among Middle-Class Muslims in Yogyakarta Juliansyahzen, Muhammad Iqbal; Nurlaelawati, Euis; Ocktoberrinsyah, Ocktoberrinsyah
AHKAM : Jurnal Ilmu Syariah Vol. 24 No. 1 (2024)
Publisher : Universitas Islam Negeri Jakarta

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15408/ajis.v24i1.34038

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This study aims to highlight the phenomenon of divorce petitioned by wives among middle-class Muslim communities in Yogyakarta and its relevance to their attempt to negotiate their roles in marriage. This is qualitative research based on data collected through observation, interviews, and documentation. Deploying a sociological approach, this study reveals that while for the majority of cases, economic problems constituted the main ground for divorce, for this case, the main grounds of divorce presented by women include failure of the spouse to express self-esteem, dissatisfaction with gender role, and differences in principles in making decisions which culminate to what we call as 'soft dispute'. The study also argues that among the middle class of society, there has been high awareness of gendered equal roles spread by social institutions and that it has, to some extent, become a threat to legal thought of male masculinity within spouses, who are both highly educated, as both spouses have not evenly held the awareness. This study argues that the 'soft dispute' brought from such conditions as mentioned above is legally considered by judges to have met or been in line with the legal ground of 'protracted disputes' specified by the laws.  Abstrak: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menyoroti fenomena gugatan cerai yang diajukan oleh istri di kalangan komunitas Muslim kelas menengah di Yogyakarta dan relevansinya dengan upaya dalam menegosiasikan peran mereka dalam perkawinan. Penelitian kualitatif ini mengumpulkan data melalui observasi, wawancara, dan dokumentasi. Dengan pendekatan sosiologis, studi ini mengungkapkan bahwa secara mayoritas kasus perceraian disebabkan oleh persoalan ekonomi, yang sering menjadi alasan utama. Dalam konteks perceraian ini, alasan utama perceraian yang diajukan oleh perempuan adalah kegagalan pasangan untuk mengekspresikan harga atau kehormatan diri, ketidakpuasan terhadap keseimbangan peran gender, dan perbedaan prinsip dalam mengambil keputusan, yang kesemuanya disebut sebagai ‘soft dispute’. Penelitian ini juga berargumen bahwa di kalangan masyarakat kelas menengah yang keduanya berpendidikan tinggi telah terjadi kesadaran yang tinggi tentang peran kesetaraan gender yang disebarluaskan oleh institusi sosial dan bahkan dalam batas tertentu telah menjadi ancaman terhadap pemikiran hukum tentang maskulinitas laki-laki pada pasangan. Hal ini karena kesadaran gender tersebut tidak dimiliki secara merata oleh kedua pasangan. Penelitian ini kemudian menegaskan bahwa ‘soft dispute’ yang ditimbulkan dari kondisi tersebut dianggap secara hukum oleh hakim telah memenuhi atau relevan dengan ketentuan hukum sebagai alasan perceraian, yaitu ‘perselisihan yang berlarut-larut’.