Integrating Restorative Justice and the Principle of Islah in the Reform of Indonesia’s Criminal Justice System

Nur Khasanah (STAIN Sultan Abdurrahman Kepulauan Riau)
Stevani Ameliya Putri (STAIN Sultan Abdurrahman Kepulauan Riau)
Venita Wulandari (STAIN Sultan Abdurrahman Kepulauan Riau)
Syifa Az Zahra M. Iwan (STAIN Sultan Abdurrahman Kepulauan Riau)
Asrizal Saiin (STAIN Sultan Abdurrahman Kepulauan Riau)
Mashair Idris (University of Khartoum)

NALAR FIQH: Jurnal Hukum Islam
Vol. 17 No. 1 (2026): Juni 2026

The Indonesian criminal justice system remains predominantly shaped by a retributive paradigm centered on formal punishment and incarceration, resulting in various structural problems, including prison overcrowding, the ineffectiveness of penal sanctions, victim marginalization, and the weak orientation toward social recovery and communal harmony.These conditions indicate the urgent need for a more humane, restorative, and substantive paradigm of criminal justice reform.