About the Journal

Al-Ahwal (P-ISSN: 2085-627X, E-ISSN: 2528-6617) is published twice a year, June and December, by Al-Ahwal Research Center of the Department of Islamic Family Law, Faculty of Sharia and Law, Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta since 2008 (first edition). Al-Ahwal always places Islamic Family Law and Gender issues as the focus of academic inquiry. With the fair procedure of double-blind peer review, Al-Ahwal consistently publishes research articles concerned with those fields under various dimensions and approaches.

Due to its development and contribution, Al-Ahwal has been accredited first grade (Sinta 1) since 2023 under on the Decree of the Director General of Higher Education, Ministry of National Education of the Republic of Indonesia. Started in December 2021, Al-Ahwal has published some articles in English, and since 2022, full issues have been issued in English. Al-Ahwal is a member of Crossref. It has been indexed by: Scopus, DOAJ, SINTA, BASE, Dimensions, Universiteit Leiden, Oxford University, Nelson Mandela University, Pusan National University Library, Boston University, and others.

Current Issue

Vol. 18 No. 1 (2025)

Articles in this issue are (co)authored by 32 authors from 12 different affiliations and 3 different countries (Uzbekistan, Indonesia and Malaysia).

Published: 2025-06-30

Article

  • Hybridity, Intersection, and Challenge: Navigating the History of Customary and Islamic Family Law in Moluccan Marriages

    Roni Tabroni, Ahmad Izudin, Muh. Isnanto, ⁠B. J. Sujibto, ⁠Dandung Budi Yuwono, ⁠I Made Suarsana
    1-28
    • PDF Views: 486 | Downloads: 416
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.14421/ahwal.2015.18101

  • Revealing the Barriers to Women's Political Participation in Uzbekistan

    Kamola Alieva
    29-46
    • PDF Views: 448 | Downloads: 198
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.14421/ahwal.2025.18102

  • From Custodians to Bystanders: Tigo Tungku Sajarangan's Responses to Unregistered Marriages Practices in Minangkabau

    Elimartati, Arifki Budia Warman, Firdaus, Riska Fauziah Hayati, Kasmidin, Musda Asmara
    47-64
    • PDF Views: 431 | Downloads: 194
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.14421/ahwal.2025.18103

  • Between Customary and Islamic Law: Financial Inheritance Practices in the Surakarta Sunanate Royal Family

    Syaifuddin Zuhdi, Khudzaifah Dimyati, Absori Absori, Kelik Wardiono, Virra Ervita Apreliyanti
    65-84
    • PDF Views: 282 | Downloads: 205
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.14421/ahwal.2025.18204

  • Marriage as Culmination Rather than Cause: Religious Conversion among Ethnic Chinese in Belitung

    Kamsi Kamsi, Very Julianto, Mu'tashim Billah
    85-102
    • PDF Views: 133 | Downloads: 80
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.14421/ahwal.2025.18105

  • Digital Patriarchy: How Indonesian Islamic Preachers Construct Gender Asymmetry through YouTube Fatwas

    Mohammad Bachrul Falah, Riyanta Riyanta
    103-122
    • PDF Views: 157 | Downloads: 100
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.14421/ahwal.2025.18106

  • Laying the Groundwork for a Fatwa on Autism and Marriage: A Conceptual and Legal Exploration in the Malaysian Context

    Mohd Akram Dato' Dahaman@Dahlan, Basri Ibrahim, Rafidah Mohamad Cusairi
    123-138
    • PDF Views: 50 | Downloads: 28
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.14421/ahwal.2025.18107

  • Between Local Belief and International Norms: Gender Inequality among Marapu Women in Sumba

    Syprianus Aristeus, Firdaus, Penny Naluria Utami, Rina Shahriyani Shahrullah, Aji Baskoro, Chuzaimatus Saadah
    139-154
    • PDF Views: 0 | Downloads: 0
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.14421/ahwal.2025.18108
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