Submissions

Author Guidelines

General Author Guidelines

Articles submitted for publication must adhere to the following guidelines:

• Articles should be original, unpublished, and not under review for possible publication in other journals.
• Articles submitted should be based on research, whether library-based, fieldwork-based, or other types.
• All articles will be published in English. However, authors may submit manuscripts in either English or Indonesian.
• Articles should be approximately 6,000–12,000 words (including bibliographies). Please use the Georgia font, size 11, single-spaced on A4 paper, and set margins to 3 cm on all sides.
• All submissions must be in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file formats. Other formats, such as LaTeX files or PDFs, will not be accepted.
• Articles should include the following sections: 1) title; 2) author name (without academic titles), affiliation, and email address; 3) abstract in English and Indonesian; 4) keywords in English; 5) introduction; 6) results and discussion; 7) conclusion; and 8) bibliography.
• Articles should include the full name of the author(s), a university or professional institution, and a valid, contactable email address.
• All submissions must include a 150–250-word abstract.
• Tables or diagrams should be sequentially numbered, with the title and number placed above them. Tables should be centered on the page, with single-spaced content and bold headings.
• Figures should be included in the electronic version of the manuscript in either JPG or PNG format.
• Foreign language words or phrases should be italicized, while Arabic–Latin transliteration should follow the Journal of Indonesian and Malay World Studies style.
• Articles should include a bibliography consisting of primary sources (books, manuscripts, interviews, or observations) and updated secondary sources from books or peer-reviewed journals.
• Bibliographical references must appear in both footnotes and the bibliography, following the APA 7th Edition. The bibliography must be arranged alphabetically.

Examples of Bibliography

• Adeney-Risakotta, B. (2018). Traditional, Islamic and National Law in the Experience of Indonesian Muslim Women. In Narratives of Muslim Womanhood and Women’s Agency (pp. 82–97). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203713129-6
• Al-Zuḥailī, W. (1985). Al-Fiqh al-Islamī wa Adillatuhu (Vol. 8). Dār al-Fikr.
• Bello, A. H. (2011). The Punishment for Adultery in Islamic Law and its Application in Nigeria. Journal of Islamic Law and Culture, 13(2–3), 166–182. https://doi.org/10.1080/1528817X.2012.733132
• Fauzi, M. L. (2023). Aligning Religious Law and State Law: Negotiating Legal Muslim Marriage in Pasuruan, East Java. Brill.
• Hakim, M. L., & Nasution, K. (2023). Accommodating Non-Muslim Rights: Legal Arguments and Legal Principles in the Islamic Jurisprudence of the Indonesian Supreme Court in the Post-New Order Era. Oxford Journal of Law and Religion, 11(2–3), 288–313. https://doi.org/10.1093/ojlr/rwad004
• Indonesian Constitutional Court Decision No. 30-74/PUU-XII/2014. (n.d.).
• Lukito, R. (1997). Islamic Law and Adat Encounter: The Experience of Indonesia [McGill University]. https://escholarship.mcgill.ca/concern/theses/bz60cz53m?locale=en
• Marriage Law No. 1 of 1974. (n.d.).
• National Commission on Violence against Women. (2021, August 3). Siaran Pers Komnas Perempuan tentang Perkawinan Anak Merupakan Praktik Berbahaya (Harmful Practice) yang Menghambat Indonesia Emas 2045. https://komnasperempuan.go.id/siaran-pers-detail/siaran-pers-komnas-perempuan-tentang-perkawinan-anak-merupakan-praktik-berbahaya-harmful-practice-yang-menghambat-indonesia-emas-2045-3-agustus-2021

Notes

• For citation and bibliography formatting, authors are encouraged to use reference management software such as Zotero or Mendeley.
• Please download the article template in DOCX format here.
• The PDF version of the Arabic transliteration guideline can be downloaded here.
• Authors are strongly encouraged to consult the Reviewer Guidelines to ensure compliance with the journal’s academic standards, structure, and analytical expectations prior to submission.