<![CDATA[This study examines the institutionalization of islah (reconciliation) by mosque takmirs as micro-governance actors in East and North Kalimantan. Employing socio-legal ethnography across 86 mosques and interviews with 172 informants, this research integrates descriptive statistics and thematic narrative analysis to explore how religious authority functions within community governance. Findings reveal that takmirs possess stable authority (mean tenure: 11.02 years) and resolve disputes efficiently (mean: 6.74 days), particularly in border regions where state presence is limited. Their legitimacy is relationally constructed through moral capital rather than bureaucratic appointment, operating as organic early-warning systems through preventive hisbah mechanisms. The study identifies normative hybridity in islah procedures, where takmirs eclectically integrate Sharia, customary norms, and state principles to achieve restorative justice. However, state recognition remains conditional, favoring bureaucrat-led or culturally established figures over youth-led initiatives. Theoretically grounded in Siyasah Dakhiliyyah and legal pluralism, this research demonstrates that takmirs function as buffer institutions filling jurisdictional gaps in informal economic and domestic disputes. This study contributes to understanding vernacular constitutionalism in Muslim-majority societies, arguing that effective community governance emerges from the intersection of religious ethics and everyday social practices.]]>
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