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Surau Journal of Islamic Studies
Published by MD Research Center
ISSN : -     EISSN : 30897580     DOI : https://doi.org/10.63919/surau
Core Subject : Economy, Education, Art, Social,
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Surau Journal of Islamic Studies (e-ISSN 3089-7580) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published twice a year (in January and July) by MD Research Center. First published on January 9, 2025, this journal serves as a platform and forum for academicians and researchers interested in Islamic studies from various perspectives. Its main goal is to disseminate original research and discuss contemporary issues in the field of Islamic studies. The journal has been registered as a member of CrossRef in 2025 and uses a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) with the prefix 10.63919 to ensure that every published article has a unique digital identity.
Arjuna Subject : Umum - Umum
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The Meaning and Function of Mosque Ornamentation in Guci Rumpong: A Study of Aesthetics and Cultural Islamic Symbolism in Aceh Sari, Diana; Izzati, Fuziana; Br Sembiring, Sartika
Surau Journal of Islamic Studies Vol. 2 No. 1 (2026): Surau Journal of Islamic Studies
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.63919/surau.v2i1.41

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The existence of ornaments in traditional Acehnese mosques is often viewed merely as decorative elements, yet they hold the potential for deeper meanings and functions. This study aims to examine the meaning and function of the ornamentation in the Guci Rumpong Mosque in Aceh, focusing on the integration of Islamic values and local wisdom. Using a descriptive-interpretive qualitative approach, data were collected through observation and document study, then analyzed semiotically to reveal layers of symbolic meaning. The findings reveal that traditional motifs such as Lhee Sagoe (triangle), Pucok Reubong (bamboo shoot), and Oen Ranup (betel leaf) function as complex cultural texts. These ornaments symbolically convey Islamic principles, including tauhid (monotheism), cosmic harmony, spiritual growth, and social cohesion, while also serving as a “visual curriculum” for moral and religious education. Therefore, it is concluded that traditional Acehnese mosque ornaments operate as an active synthesis of art, religion, and culture. The implication of these findings underscores the importance of preserving this architectural heritage, not only as a safeguard of cultural identity but also as a relevant medium for values education in response to modernization. This study contributes to the discourse on Nusantara Islamic architecture by positioning ornamentation as a means of knowledge transmission and reinforcement of collective identity.
The Socio-Cultural Mediation of Religious Authority: A Comparative Study of Halal Slaughter Fatwas in Indonesia and Australia Ismail, Dailani; Melia Mareta, Aufa
Surau Journal of Islamic Studies Vol. 2 No. 1 (2026): Surau Journal of Islamic Studies
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.63919/surau.v2i1.61

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This study highlights the gap between fatwas and the implementation of halal slaughter practices influenced by technological modernity in two distinct contexts: Indonesia as the world’s largest Muslim-majority country and Australia with its Muslim minority community.This research is the socio-cultural resistance to the machine-slaughter fatwa in Indonesia, which contrasts with the more adaptive acceptance in Australia. To analyze this paradox, the study employs a qualitative method through literature review and comparative analysis, examining fatwa documents, regulations, and societal responses in both countries. The results indicate that the effectiveness of a technological fatwa is determined not only by its legal validity but critically by its alignment with the socio-cultural character of the community. In Indonesia, resistance stems from a value clash between the efficiency logic of machines and the religious-communal character of society, whereas in Australia, an autonomous and community-driven certification system maintains Sharia integrity in manual slaughter. The conclusion emphasizes the necessity for participatory social engineering, involving intensive dialogue among scholars, industry practitioners, and the public, to design halal technologies that are not only legally valid but also spiritually and culturally meaningful, thereby ensuring harmony between religious authority, technological innovation, and societal realities.
Critical Pedagogy as Counter-Hegemony: Reorienting Islamic Religious Education Against Digital Radicalism and Disinformation Moh.Abdullah; Rufai Bello; Nurfajriyani
Surau Journal of Islamic Studies Vol. 2 No. 1 (2026): Surau Journal of Islamic Studies
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.63919/surau.v2i1.62

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The proliferation of digital disinformation and radical ideologies in cyberspace has triggered a crisis of critical thinking among Muslim youth, challenging the integrity of Islamic Religious Education (PAI) as a space for liberation and ethical formation.This study employs a critical literature review design, synthesizing theories from critical pedagogy (Freire, Giroux), digital media studies, and Islamic education scholarship to construct a transformative pedagogical framework. The research aims to analyze the mechanisms of digital hegemony in shaping religious consciousness and to propose the integration of critical pedagogy into PAI as a counter-hegemonic strategy. The analysis reveals that critical pedagogy enables a fundamental paradigm shift in PAI, from an indoctrinative model to an emancipatory one, fostering critical consciousness (conscientization), dialogical learning, and socio-ethical resilience against radical narratives. It is argued that a critically-oriented PAI is essential for cultivating a generation that is not only religiously observant but also critically aware, inclusive, and capable of navigating the complexities of the digital age. This requires curricular reorientation, teacher training as facilitators of critical awareness, and the development of contextualized teaching materials.
Pop Culture and Islamic Identity of Millennials and Gen Z: Hijabers, Muslim YouTubers, and the Contestation of Modest Fashion Meaning Toyyib, Moh.; Yunus Musthofa, Muhammad; Putri, Sajida
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.63919/surau.v2i1.64

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This study examines the construction and contestation of Islamic identity among Millennials and Generation Z within the landscape of digital popular culture, specifically through the phenomena of hijabers, Muslim YouTubers, and modest fashion. The analysis employs a library research methodology, systematically reviewing scholarly literature to explore how religious values, aesthetics, and digital capitalism intersect in shaping contemporary Muslim identities. Findings reveal that social media functions as a crucial arena where piety is increasingly expressed through performative and aesthetic practices, leading to a dynamic negotiation between authenticity and commodification. The study concludes that Islamic identity in the digital age is fluid and hybrid, marked by a shift from traditional religious authority toward participatory, algorithmically mediated forms of religiosity. These transformations highlight the need to critically re-examine the relationships between religion, media, and popular culture in increasingly digitized Muslim societies.
Digital Schism: The Reconstruction of Religious Authority and the Emergence of Islamic Knowledge Elite in the AI Era Rois, Choirur; Yazdani, Gholamreza
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.63919/surau.v2i1.65

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This study aims to analyze the reconstruction of Islamic religious authority and the emergence of an Islamic knowledge elite in the digital era mediated by artificial intelligence (AI). The study’s background stems from the phenomenon of digital transformation, which is shifting religious authority from centralized formal institutions such as Islamic boarding schools (pesantren) to decentralized virtual spaces through algorithmic platforms and chatbots like “AI Mufti”. The research employs an exploratory literature review method with a qualitative approach, collecting and analyzing indexed scholarly articles and recent publications related to concepts of digital authority, algorithms, and the Islamic knowledge elite. The findings identify the occurrence of a “digital schism”, an epistemic tension between the hierarchical logic of sanad (chains of transmission) and the distributed logic of algorithms, which gives rise to a new knowledge elite, such as dakwah influencers and AI muftis, whose legitimacy is constructed through digital performativity and symbolic capital. The conclusion and core argument of this research is that the transformation of Islamic religious authority in the digital age is not merely a shift in medium, but a fundamental epistemological reconstruction, necessitating a new paradigm to integrate Islamic values with modern technological rationality.
Constitutive Duality: A Bourdieusian Analysis of Arab-Islamic NGO Philanthropy in Senegal Alassane Sow; Kamali Kamali; Imam Buchari
Surau Journal of Islamic Studies Vol. 2 No. 2 (2026): Surau Journal of Islamic Studies
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.63919/surau.v2i2.81

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This study examines the constitutive duality of Arab-Islamic NGO philanthropy in Senegal, where the same actions simultaneously fill public service gaps and reshape religious authority. While over 500 such organizations operate in Senegal, building mosques, schools, and wells, their impacts remain undertheorized beyond binary categories of aid versus interference. A multi-sited ethnographic case study was conducted over six months across Dakar, Touba, Kaolack, and Matam, employing semi-structured interviews with five key informants, participant observation, documentary analysis, and Social Network Analysis. The findings reveal that the same mosque built with Gulf funding is simultaneously framed as charity (by NGOs), regulation (by the state), ideological competition (by Sufi brotherhoods), and social mobility opportunity (by youth). Using Bourdieu’s field theory, the study argues that this constitutive duality is a structural feature of Senegal’s religious field in transition from doxa to heterodoxy, where colliding habitus and unequal capital produce multiple, simultaneous meanings. The study concludes that transnational Islamic philanthropy cannot be reduced to binary categories. It must be understood as a complex process where welfare and authority, complementarity and competition, cooperation and transformation are produced simultaneously. This reframing has significant policy implications, requiring nuanced regulation that distinguishes humanitarian aid from religious authority formation.
Who Speaks for Islam? Artificial Intelligence, Fatwa, and Religious Authority in Bangladesh Jobeda Khanom; Md. Tarequl Islam; Salma Nasrin
Surau Journal of Islamic Studies Vol. 2 No. 2 (2026): Surau Journal of Islamic Studies
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.63919/surau.v2i2.104

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The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence has begun to exert a profound influence on religious knowledge production and dissemination within Muslim societies, raising urgent questions about authority, authenticity, and accountability. This article examines the implications of artificial intelligence for fatwa issuance and religious authority in Bangladesh, a Muslim-majority country where traditional Islamic scholarship increasingly intersects with digital technologies. As AI-powered systems generate instant responses to religious questions, the boundaries between scholarly interpretation and algorithmic output become blurred, challenging long-established epistemological foundations of Islamic jurisprudence. Drawing on a qualitative and conceptual analysis of scholarly literature published over the past decade, this study explores whether artificial intelligence can legitimately participate in the process of fatwa issuance or whether its role must remain limited to technical assistance. The analysis reveals that while artificial intelligence can enhance access to Islamic knowledge and support scholarly research, it lacks moral agency, contextual sensitivity, and accountability, which are essential for authoritative fatwa issuance. The article argues that unregulated reliance on AI risks fragmenting religious authority and misleading lay Muslims, particularly in digitally saturated environments such as Bangladesh. It concludes that Islamic religious authority must remain rooted in human scholarship, with artificial intelligence functioning strictly as a supplementary tool under institutional and ethical supervision.
Paralogism in Abul Ala Mawdudi's Khilafat wa Mulukiyat: A Critical Analysis of Taqi Usmani's Refutation Atif Suhail Siddiqui
Surau Journal of Islamic Studies Vol. 2 No. 2 (2026): Surau Journal of Islamic Studies
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.63919/surau.v2i2.114

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This study critically examines the presence of paralogism in Abul Ala Mawdudi’s Khilafat wa Mulukiyat through an analysis of Taqi Usmani’s systematic refutation. While Khilafat wa Mulukiyat has significantly influenced modern Islamic political thought, its historiographical methodology remains highly contested among Sunni scholars, particularly regarding its interpretation of the early caliphate and the Companions of the Prophet. Employing a qualitative textual analysis, this study compares Mawdudi’s historical arguments with classical Islamic sources and Usmani’s methodological critique. The analysis identifies recurring forms of paralogism, including selective use of historical evidence, omission of contradictory reports, conflation of legitimate ijtihad with bid’ah, and contextual misinterpretation of key narrations concerning Muawiyah ibn Abi Sufyan. These argumentative patterns are contrasted with Usmani’s emphasis on source verification, the methodological principles of al-jarh wa al-ta’dil, and the ethical norms governing Islamic historiography. The study argues that the debate extends beyond historical disagreement to competing epistemological approaches for evaluating Islamic history and religious authority. It contributes to contemporary scholarship by demonstrating how methodological rigor and critical source evaluation remain essential for interpreting contested narratives within Islamic intellectual history.
Family Resilience in Context: A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Infidelity in Nigerian Military Families Abdulrazaq O. Kilani; Ibrahim Suberu; Sulaiaman Musa Aliyu
Surau Journal of Islamic Studies Vol. 2 No. 2 (2026): Surau Journal of Islamic Studies
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.63919/surau.v2i2.124

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Marital infidelity within military families remains an underexplored issue in non-Western contexts despite its implications for family wellbeing and organizational resilience. This study develops a context-sensitive conceptual understanding of the psychological, social, and institutional consequences of infidelity among Nigerian military families through an integrative review of interdisciplinary literature. The thematic synthesis suggests that infidelity extends beyond a private marital issue to become a multidimensional phenomenon shaped by military occupational demands, collectivist family structures, religious values, and institutional support systems. Psychological distress, family instability, community stigma, and organizational barriers emerge as interconnected dimensions influencing both family resilience and military effectiveness. By integrating Walsh’s Family Resilience Theory, Social Exchange Theory, and the Maq??id al-Shar??ahframework, this study proposes a culturally grounded conceptual model that explains how resilience is constructed through interactions among psychological adaptation, kinship networks, faith-based coping, and institutional responses. The review contributes to military family scholarship by extending resilience theory beyond predominantly Western perspectives while informing culturally responsive family welfare policies in military settings.  
Economic Statecraft and Strategic Hedging: A Neoclassical Realist Analysis of Qatar’s Housing Investment in Indonesia Ilham Dary Athallah; Hayara Khairia; Tsabita Husna; Ronna Rihadatul Aisy; Zaskia Nurwati Azzahra
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.63919/surau.v2i2.125

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This study examines Qatar’s investment in Indonesia’s one million homes program (2024–2026) through the lens of classical realism to reveal the strategic calculations underlying development cooperation between Gulf states and Southeast Asia. Against the backdrop of Indonesia’s acute housing deficit and Qatar’s surplus capital, this research addresses a gap in understanding how power dynamics and national interest shape South-South development finance. Employing a qualitative explanatory single-case design with process tracing and document analysis, this study systematically examines official documents, media reports, and think-tank analyses from December 2024 to March 2026. The findings demonstrate that Qatar’s investment serves as economic statecraft to project geopolitical influence and compensate for military limitations, while Indonesia leverages foreign capital as a self-help mechanism to address domestic stability threats and preserve strategic autonomy through partnership diversification. The study concludes that even apparently altruistic development partnerships are fundamentally shaped by power calculations and interest-balancing. This research contributes a realist account of Gulf-Asia relations and introduces the concept of “balance-of-partnership diversification” as a framework for understanding how middle powers maintain autonomy in an anarchic international system. The findings offer policy guidance for managing the strategic dimensions of development finance, emphasizing the importance of diversified partnerships and delivery credibility.

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