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Journal : Multidisciplinary Indonesian Center Journal

MARRIAGE AS A RESPONSE TO PREMARITAL PREGNANCY: SOCIO-CULTURAL CONFINEMENT, LEGAL PLURALISM, AND RELIGIOUS PRAGMATISM IN NORTH HALMAHERA Bakence, Lutfi; Sultan, Lomba; DL, Rahmatiah; Ridwan, Saleh
Multidisciplinary Indonesian Center Journal (MICJO) Vol. 2 No. 4 (2025): Vol. 2 No. 4 Edisi Oktober 2025
Publisher : PT. Jurnal Center Indonesia Publisher

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.62567/micjo.v2i4.1279

Abstract

Marriage involving pregnant women outside wedlock remains a critical socio-cultural and legal phenomenon in Indonesia, particularly in North Halmahera where family honor, religious authority, and customary law strongly influence communal life. This study aimed to explore how such marriages are understood, legitimized, and practiced by families, community leaders, and legal institutions. Using a qualitative case study approach, data were collected through in-depth interviews with religious leaders, adat leaders, government officials, parents, and young women, complemented by participant observation and document analysis, and analyzed with an interactive model of reduction, display, and conclusion drawing. The findings reveal that marriage is primarily arranged to safeguard family honor, with communities regarding it as the only socially acceptable corrective measure, while religious leaders across traditions adopt pragmatic interpretations, invoking public interest or redemption to justify the practice, and customary rituals together with state dispensations further reinforce its legitimacy. Although marriage resolves immediate stigma and reintegrates families socially, it simultaneously generates long-term vulnerabilities, including interrupted education, economic dependence, marital instability, psychological stress, and increased maternal and neonatal health risks. This study contributes to the sociology of law and religion by demonstrating how socio-cultural confinement, Islamic legal pluralism, and adat practices converge in eastern Indonesia, while underscoring the urgent need for holistic interventions that integrate sexuality education, family communication, religious engagement, and legal reform to protect women and children more effectively.
Co-Authors A, Azman abdi, ananda abdi Abdul Halim Talli Achmad Musyahid Idrus, Achmad Musyahid Achmad Musyahid, Achmad Achmad, Muhammad Thamrin Thamrin Ahimsah, Muhammad Syahril Ahmad Arief Alamsyah, Tahwin Aliah, Khairun Inayah Alis, Sulfi Amin, Abd. Rauf Muhammad Amirullah -, Amirullah Amrullah, Salam Andi Sumardin, Andi ASNI Azra, Azni Bakence, Lutfi Bakri, Muammar Muhammad Darwis, Sulhah Desemriany, Siti Sharah Didik Pramono, Didik DL, Rahmatiah Edi Ardiansa esse, indo fatimah Fatimah Fatmawati - Fatmawati F, Fatmawati Fatmawati, Fatmawati Fitrah, A. Nurhafidhah Fitri Ningsih, Fitri Halimang, St Hamsir Hamsir Hamzah Hasan, Hamzah Hasim, Hasanuddin Heriana, Heriana Hilal, Fatmawati HL, Rahmatiah Ikhsan, Muh Ikram, Muhammad Furqanul Jasmin, Suriah Pebriyani Juhari, Andi Rezal Kadir, Muh.Awaluddin Kurniati Kurniati Kurniati Larissa, Dea Mahfud Mahfud Marilang Marilang, Marilang Mubarak, Muhammad Hilal Muhammad Aswad Muhammad Fajri Muhammad Shuhufi, Muhammad Mustaufiq, Mustaufiq MUSYAHID, AHMAD Mutmainnah, Iin Nur, Irayanti Nurlina Nurlina Nurman Said Nursalam Nursalam NURUL AZIZAH Pratiwi, Haerani Putra, Muh. Rahmaniar Rahmaniar, Rahmaniar Rian Hidayat Ridwan, M Saleh Ridwan, Muh. Saleh Ridwan, Muhammad Saleh Risnawati Risnawati Rohim, M. Yusuf Nur Rohman, Baitur S, Samsidar Saende, Zubair Rahman Said, Marwah Khumaerah Saleh Ridwan, Saleh Sari, Muspita Sohrah Sohrah, Sohrah Sudirman L, Sudirman Suhartati Supardin Supardin, Supardin Sutikno Sutikno Syamsuddin, Darussalam Syamsuddin, Rahman Syarif, Muhammad Fazlurrahman Syatar, Abdul Taher, Muhammad Rafli HI Umar, Marzuki Wulandari, Ulfah Yunita Zarah, M. Miswar