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  • Articles should be original, unpublished, and not under review for possible publication in other journals.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.

Copyright Notice

Authors retain the copyright to their work and grant the journal the right of first publication. All articles published in the journal are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction, and adaptation of the published work in any medium or format, including for commercial purposes, provided that appropriate credit is given to the original author(s) and the source of the publication.