Category: Insight

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This study aims to analyze the continuity and transformation of the Islamic boarding school (pesantren) education system through a historical study of Islamic education during the Abbasid Dynasty and to examine its relevance in the context of contemporary Islamic education. This study uses a qualitative approach with library research, integrating historical and analytical-critical approaches. Data were obtained from relevant primary and secondary literature, then analyzed using content analysis and interpretative techniques. The results show that the Abbasid education system has a fundamental role as the historical foundation of Islamic education, especially in the aspects of the integration of science, institutions, and intellectual traditions. In the context of Islamic boarding schools, there is continuity in aspects of learning methodology, scientific authority, and the use of classical texts, which are inherited through a process of adaptation and contextualization. On the other hand, Islamic boarding schools also experienced transformations in aspects of institutions, curriculum, and learning methods in response to the dynamics of modernity. The main findings of this study confirm that the relationship between continuity and transformation is dialectical, where both complement each other in forming a dynamic education system. The implications of this study demonstrate the importance of developing an integrative Islamic education model, balancing the preservation of tradition and innovation.

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Aim: This paper examines the life, scholarship, and enduring legacies of the late Dr Muhammad Ibrahim Alkali, a prominent Nigerian scholar, mentor, and instructor, with particular attention to his intellectual contributions, institutional leadership, ethical vision, and impact on education and community development. The study aims to demonstrate how his commitment to academic excellence, ethical leadership, mentorship, and community service contributed to the development of human and institutional capacity within his immediate community and the wider Nigerian academic landscape. Methodology: The study adopts a qualitative historical and biographical approach, drawing on archival materials, Dr Alkali’s published works, and oral history interviews with his colleagues, family members, friends, and former students. These sources are critically examined to reconstruct his scholarly trajectory, intellectual vision, institutional contributions, and the values that shaped his lifelong engagement with education and community service. The study also situates his contributions within the broader post-independence development of higher education and intellectual culture in Nigeria. Results: The findings reveal that Dr Alkali’s impact extended beyond his academic publications to include mentorship, institutional leadership, ethical formation, and human-capital development. His commitment to academic excellence and ethical leadership contributed to tangible improvements within educational institutions, while the students, colleagues, and professionals he mentored became important carriers of his intellectual and moral influence. The study further demonstrates that his community impact was rooted in an integrated vision of scholarship, education, character formation, and social responsibility. Conclusion: The study concludes that Dr Muhammad Ibrahim Alkali’s enduring legacy lies not only in his scholarly output but also in the human capital he nurtured, the institutions he helped strengthen, and the ethical values he transmitted to successive generations. Its novelty lies in documenting and interpreting the interconnected intellectual, institutional, human-capital, and community dimensions of his legacy within the history of Nigerian scholarship. The study consequently highlights the importance of systematically documenting, archiving, and celebrating the contributions of indigenous Nigerian scholars whose intellectual and social legacies constitute an important but insufficiently preserved component of the country’s academic heritage.

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This study aims to analyze legal protection for ex-wives due to default on post-divorce maintenance in Solok City using a local wisdom approach. The main issue raised is the weak execution of court decisions regarding iddah, mut’ah, and madliyah maintenance, and how Minangkabau customary mechanisms can address this gap. The research method used was qualitative field research. Data were collected through observation, review of decision documents, and in-depth interviews with ex-wives, Religious Court judges, and traditional leaders such as Ninik Mamak and Bundo Kanduang. The results indicate that the implementation of post-divorce maintenance in Solok City is not optimal. Many ex-wives do not file maintenance claims in order to expedite the divorce process, while existing decisions are often not executed by ex-husbands. Formal legal protection is available through instruments such as withholding of divorce certificates, but local wisdom-based protection through mediation by Ninik Mamak and the role of Bundo Kanduang has not been fully utilized. Key inhibiting factors include the ex-husband’s low economic status, lack of legal awareness, and limited asset evidence during court proceedings. Conversely, the strength of formal legal structures and the customary values of “Adat Basandi Syarak, Syarak Basandi Kitabullah” are key supporting factors in strengthening women’s rights after divorce in Solok City.

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The main problem in this research is to discuss the forms and dynamics of the utilization of high-ranking heirloom assets, the factors that encourage the community to utilize high-ranking heirloom assets, and the perspectives of traditional leaders on these dynamics in Sungai Tarab District, Tanah Datar Regency. The research method used is field research with a qualitative approach. Data sources in this study consist of primary and secondary sources. Data collection techniques were conducted through interviews and documentation. Data analysis techniques used were data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing. The technique used to ensure data validity was triangulation of data sources. The results indicate that the utilization of high-ranking heirloom assets in Sungai Tarab is a form of instrumental rational social action, where management is carried out as a means to meet family needs, such as food, education costs, social and customary needs, and other economic needs. This utilization dynamic is driven by economic pressures and changes in social values that influence interaction patterns within the community. From a social capital perspective, the utilization of high-ranking heirloom assets reflects a shift in the function of trust bonds and networks among community members, where the weakening of customary oversight has led to the strengthening of individual interests over collective ones. However, according to Minangkabau custom, this use remains permissible as long as it does not diminish collective ownership of the clan, is carried out through deliberation as a manifestation of healthy social capital, and remains within the framework of the ganggam bauntuak concept.

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This study aims to conduct an in-depth analysis of the discretion of judges at the Kotobaru Solok Religious Court in determining the amount of alimony for wives and child custody in divorce cases. This study also evaluates the driving and inhibiting factors faced by judges in exercising this discretion, by examining the alignment of their decisions with the principles of Islamic family law. The research method employed was qualitative field research. Primary data sources were obtained through direct interviews with the Panel of Judges, while secondary data were sourced from official divorce case documents at the Kotobaru Solok Religious Court. Data collection techniques included observation, interviews, and documentation, which were then analyzed using domain, taxonomic, and conventional analysis methods, and strengthened by source and time triangulation techniques to ensure data validity. The results indicate that the application of judges’ discretion in determining alimony for wives after a divorce is significantly influenced by the dynamics of the parties’ social and economic conditions. Judges strive to strike a balance between the husband’s financial capabilities and the wife’s basic needs, based on the principles of maqasid sharia, particularly in maintaining the safety of life (hifz an-nafs) and protecting property (hifz al-mal). Regarding child custody, judicial discretion is fully oriented toward the best interests of the child to ensure a healthy physical and emotional growth and development environment, in accordance with the principle of hifz an-nasl. Decisions made through this discretion aim to achieve balanced, substantial justice for all parties without disregarding Quranic principles, such as Surah At-Talaq verse 7, which emphasizes providing maintenance according to one’s ability. Integrally, the practice of discretion at the Kotobaru Solok Religious Court has proven consistent in protecting the rights of vulnerable wives and children within the framework of Islamic law.

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This study analyzes Batusangkar Religious Court Decision No. 129/Pdt.P/2024/PA-Bsk, which simultaneously rejected a request for marriage confirmation (isbat nikah) but granted a request to determine the child’s status as legitimate. This case is interesting because it reflects the tension between the principle of legal certainty of marriage and the protection of children’s rights in religious court practice in Indonesia. This study used a qualitative, analytical, and descriptive approach with field research methods. Primary data were obtained through in-depth interviews with the three judges who heard the case and the applicants. In addition, the researcher analyzed the decision documents and case files. Secondary data came from the Marriage Law, the Compilation of Islamic Law (KHI), Constitutional Court Decision No. 46/PUU-VII/2010, literature on munakahat fiqh (jurisprudence), and the concept of maqashid sharia. The results indicate that the panel of judges rejected the marriage confirmation request because the applicants’ marriage violated the provisions prohibiting marriage as stipulated in Article 40 (a) of the KHI in conjunction with Article 9 of Law Number 1 of 1974 concerning Marriage. One of the parties is still bound by a previous marriage, potentially leading to the practice of polyandry and undermining the sanctity of the institution of marriage. Nevertheless, the judge granted the child’s status as legitimate, primarily considering the child’s best interests and the principle of welfare (maslahah). The judge argued that the child should not be held responsible for the parents’ mistakes. This granting of the child’s status provides legal certainty for the child to obtain a birth certificate, family card, rights to maintenance, guardianship, and inheritance rights. This decision represents a harmony between positive legal certainty and the maqasid sharia, particularly hifz al-nasl (protection of offspring). This study concludes that the judge applied a progressive and humane approach in resolving the conflict between the validity of the marriage and the protection of children’s rights.