About the Journal

The Indonesian Journal of Islamic Law (IJIL) (P-ISSN: 3089-5839 | E-ISSN: 2615-7543) is a peer-reviewed, open-access scholarly journal published biannually (June and December) by the Postgraduate Programme of Universitas Islam Negeri Kiai Haji Achmad Siddiq (UIN KHAS) Jember, Indonesia. Since its first issue in 2018, IJIL has developed into a recognised academic platform for advancing theory-driven, socio-legal, and empirically grounded scholarship in Islamic law, with a particular focus on Muslim societies in Southeast Asia and the Global South.

IJIL positions Islamic law not merely as a normative or doctrinal system, but as a dynamic legal and ethical practice shaped by social institutions, political authority, historical legacies, technological developments, and cultural negotiation. The journal explicitly promotes transformative ijtihād, critical legal reasoning, and interdisciplinary approaches that bridge classical Islamic legal thought (fiqh and uṣūl al-fiqh) with contemporary challenges in governance, family law, economy, technology, and social justice.

Distinctively, IJIL foregrounds Global South perspectives as an epistemic standpoint, situating its scholarship within broader postcolonial and decolonial debates in legal studies. By prioritising locally grounded, comparative, and context-sensitive analyses, IJIL seeks to challenge Eurocentric, state-centric, and purely textualist approaches to Islamic law, while contributing original insights to global discussions on legal reform, institutional justice, and socio-legal transformation.

The journal’s thematic coverage reflects this orientation and includes, but is not limited to, Islamic legal theory (fiqh, uṣūl al-fiqh, and maqāṣid al-sharīʿah); socio-legal studies of fatwa institutions and digital jurisprudence; Islamic family law, gender justice, and child protection; judicial practices, religious courts, and legal authority; legal pluralism and governance; Islamic law, politics, and human rights; postcolonial and decolonial approaches to Islamic law; as well as Islamic economic law, ethical finance, zakat, waqf, and public philanthropy. Through this integrated framework, IJIL advances understanding of Islamic law as both a normative tradition and a lived socio-legal reality.

Since its inception, IJIL has published contributions from scholars across more than thirty countries and five continents, reflecting its commitment to international dialogue, intellectual diversity, and comparative scholarship. All submissions undergo a rigorous double-blind peer-review process in accordance with international publication ethics. The journal strives to maintain an efficient editorial workflow, with an initial editorial decision typically issued within approximately 30 days of submission.

Currently, IJIL is indexed at SINTA 3 by ARJUNA - Ministry of Higher Education, Science, and Technology of Indonesia. Citation performance can be monitored through Google Scholar, Dimensions, and, upon inclusion, Scopus and WoS analytics.

IJIL operates under a full open-access policy. All published articles are freely accessible and distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0), ensuring wide dissemination, reuse, and citation without restriction. The journal accepts manuscripts in English (British) and Arabic (Fuṣḥā), reinforcing its mission to foster cross-regional scholarly communication and global academic exchange.

To ensure long-term digital preservation, IJIL participates in the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN) using the LOCKSS system, which guarantees perpetual access through a distributed archival infrastructure. The journal also supports the CLOCKSS initiative, providing an additional layer of controlled and decentralised preservation.