Al-Ahwal: Jurnal Hukum Keluarga Islam (P-ISSN: 2085-627X, E-ISSN: 2528-6617) is published twice a year (June and December) by Al-Ahwal Research Centre of the Department of Islamic Family Law, Faculty of Sharia and Law, Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta since 2008. Al-Ahwal always places Islamic Family Law, Gender Discourse, and Islamic Civil Law in the central focus of academic inquiry. Until now, with the fair procedure of double peer-review, Al-Ahwal consistently publishes researches/studies concerned with those fields under various dimensions and approaches. The subject covers textual and fieldwork studies with multi perspectives.
In the beginning, the journal only served as a scholarly forum for the lecturers, professors, and students at the State Institute of Islamic Studies. However, due to the later development, the journal has successfully invited scholars and researchers outside the Institute to contribute. Al-Ahwal is a member of Crossref, so all its article have their unique DOI number. Al-Ahwal has been "Accredited" based on the Decree of the Director General of Higher Education, Ministry of National Education of the Republic of Indonesia.
