Aim

Journal of Islam in Everyday Life (JIEL) is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes original research on Islam as lived and practiced in everyday contexts. It focuses on the interaction between Islamic teachings, social practices, and cultural expressions in diverse Muslim societies, covering themes such as lived religion, everyday piety, Qur’anic reception, and embodied Islamic knowledge. It also addresses the relationship between Islam and local culture, media and digital life, as well as social transformation in areas such as family, education, gender, politics, economy, and environment.

Scope

JIEL welcomes interdisciplinary approaches, particularly in Islamic anthropology, sociology of religion, cultural studies, and Qur’anic studies, using qualitative or mixed methods grounded in strong theoretical frameworks. As a distinctive scholarly platform, the journal prioritizes micro-level, practice-oriented analyses that capture the complexity of Muslim everyday life beyond macro and institutional perspectives. It provides space for exploring underexamined domains such as food culture, dress practices, tourism, and local habits, while encouraging critical engagement with the tensions between normative Islamic teachings and lived realities. By integrating normative Islamic scholarship with empirical social sciences, JIEL advances theoretically innovative and methodologically rigorous research, positioning itself as a leading international forum for the study of Islam as a lived, embodied, and contextually negotiated tradition.