JOURNAL OF INDONESIAN ISLAM
Vol 9, No 1 (2015)

THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDONESIAN ISLAMIC LAW: A Historical Overview

Ahmad Yasa (Islamic University of Nusantara (UNINUS) - Bandung)



Article Info

Publish Date
08 Jun 2015

Abstract

Islamic Law is a set of promoted regulations adjusting human relationship to the Creator, human being and the environment based on Islamic doctrines. The Islamic Law has been established in Indonesia and effectively implemented in Indonesian Religious Court based on Law Number 7 of 1989. The law covers the areas of marriage, inheritance, will, bequest, benefaction and alms. In addition, especially in Aceh, with its peculiar feature, Islamic Law has been applied normatively, and in several areas it has been applied based on Local Regulations. However to perform the Islamic Law, it depends on faith and piety of the members of Islam. Thereby, although the formal law in juridical manner of Islamic Law in Indonesia was justly applied in limited civil law, however the Muslim society have stepped forward in applying Islamic Law in various Islamic social institutions.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jiis

Publisher

Subject

Religion Social Sciences

Description

The Journal of Indonesian Islam (printed ISSN 1978-6301 and online ISSN 2355-6994) is a refereed academic journal published biannually by the Post­gra­duate Program (PPs) and the Institute for the Study of Religion and Society (LSAS), the State Institute for Islamic Studies (IAIN) Sunan Ampel ...