The Value of Sakinah Mawaddah wa Rohmah: Islamic Family Law and Western Perspective on LGBT Narrative

Mawloda Hassas — 2026-06-30

This study presents a critical and philosophical examination of issues of identity and morality in Islamic law namely sakinah mawaddah wa rohmah value based on classical and contemporary legal books through the lens of LGBTQ stories. It critically approaches the concept of whether the modernist views of sakinah mawaddah wa rohmah, which disenfranchise LGBTQ people, correspond to the moral aims of Shariah, such as justice, dignity, and the avoidance of harm. Based on the foundations of sakinah mawaddah wa rohmah value, care ethics, and queer theory, this research explore on how Islamic law establishes gender identity, its ethical stand on LGBTQ matters, and its relationship with human rights, seeking internal interpretive resources to a more accommodating moral vision. This research method's strategy is normative. It uses primary legal materials such as Islamic books, Islamic Jurisprudence, and also secondary resources from academic books, Journal articles, UN agencies, and statistical records. The results of this study are first; the foundation of islamic family law ethics and morality; Muslim societies have received guidance from divine revelation and scholarly interpretations of ethical principles which originated from the foundations of Islamic doctrine. Second; Islamic Jurisprudence: Fitrah as Contemporary Interpretation and Identity; Progressive scholars study the Qur'an from a moral accountability perspective alongside the notion of diversity in human sexuality. Third; Western Philosophical Perspectives on LGBTQ Identity and Morality; queer theory aims to do is not to replace Islamic moral reasoning, but to widen its scope. It puts jurists, theologians, and scholars to the test whether the discrimination against LGBTQ individuals lies in the best ethical interest of Islamic law, i.e., justice (Adl), compassion (Raḥma), and human dignity (Karāmah).

Negotiating Piety and Image: Prewedding Photography, Islamic Legal Norms and Cultural Change

Try Subakti — 2026-07-20

This study aims to analyze the construction of religious elite’s views on the practice of pre -wedding photography, the factors that influence these differences in views, and the forms of negotiation of Islamic law in responding to the development of visual culture. The study uses an empirical legal method with a socio-legal approach. Data were obtained through in-depth interviews with fifteen purposively selected religious figures, including kiai, ulama, religious organization administrators, and Islamic law academics in Pamekasan Regency, and supported by literature studies. Data were analyzed qualitatively using Max Weber's theory of authority, Horikoshi and Dhofier's concept of religious elites, and the perspective of negotiation of Islam and modernity from Eickelman and Piscatori. The results show three typologies of views: total rejection, conditional tolerance, and moderate adaptation. These differences reflect variations in the legal istinbāṭ method which is based on a textual approach (nash), ijtihad based on maṣlaḥah and maqāṣid al-syarī'ah, as well as consideration of ' urf as a social reality. This study finds that religious elites not only act as guardians of orthodoxy but also as mediators negotiating sharia norms with modern visual culture through a contextual process of fiqh production. These findings enrich contemporary Islamic legal studies on the transformation of religious authority in Muslim societies in the digital era.

Al-Manhaj: Journal of Indonesian Islamic Family Law

The Value of Sakinah Mawaddah wa Rohmah: Islamic Family Law and Western Perspective on LGBT Narrative

Negotiating Piety and Image: Prewedding Photography, Islamic Legal Norms and Cultural Change