Aligning Religious Law and State Law

Muhammad Latif Fauzi (Ph.D. 2021), Leiden University, is an Associate Professor of Islamic law at UIN Raden Mas Said Surakarta. He has published articles and book chapters, including “Women in Local Politics: The Byelaw on Prostitution in Bantul,” In Islam, Politics and Change: The Indonesian Experience after the Fall of Suharto (Leiden University Press, 2016).

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1 Introduction

 1 Unregistered Marriage and the Plurality of Legal Norms

 2 Marriage: Sharīʿa Law, State Law and Bureaucratisation

 3 Focus and Setting

 4 Method

 5 Structure of the Book



Part 1 Law and Institution



2 Regulating Muslim Marriage: A Shift to Citizens’ Rights-Based Approach

 1 Introduction

 2 Legal Marriage: Dilemmas and Compromises

 3 Sharīʿa-Based Regulations and the Steep Stairways to Legislation

 4 Contesting Maṣlaḥa

 5 A New Trend: Citizens’ Rights Approach

 6 Conclusion



3 Reforming the Bureaucracy of Muslim Marriage

 1 Introduction

 2 The Indonesian Muslim Marriage Bureaucracy

 3 The Re-centralisation of Penghulu

 4 Corruption, Informality, and the Need for Reform

 5 Muslims’ Attitudes towards the Reform

 6 The Information System of Marriage Registration

 7 Conclusion



Part 2 Legal Practice



4 Presenting Pasuruan: Present-Day Islam and Cultural Life

 1 Introduction

 2 Historical Context

 3 Cultural, Religious and Political Life

 4 Social Life in Sumbersari

 5 Conclusion



5 Performing Marriage: The Influences of Cultural and Islamic Norms

 1 Introduction

 2 Presenting Munir-Ulfa

 3 Pengarep and Cultural Norms

 4 Kyai: Seeking Religious ‘Middle Ground’

 5 Menghalalkan: Marrying to Legalise Relationship

 6 Conclusion



6 Registering Marriage: The Relationship between Penghulus and Modins

 1 Introduction

 2 Marriage Registration and the State-in-Society Approach

 3 Building an Internal Synergy

 4 Registering Marriages and Remarriages

 5 Twofold Akad Nikah and Taʾkīd al-Nikāḥ

 6 Conclusion



7 Legalising Unregistered Marriage: Reasons and Strategies

 1 Introduction

 2 Why Legalising an Unregistered Marriage?

 3 Legal Identity and Citizens’ Rights

 4 Administrative Transgression in Marriage Registration

 5 Isbat Nikah by Islamic Courts

 6 Child Legitimation

 7 Conclusion



8 Conclusion

 1 Regulating Muslim Marriage and Public Debates

 2 Corruption, Informality, and the Reformed Fees

 3 Present-Day Cultural Life in Pasuruan

 4 Everyday Practice of Marriage and the Functioning of the Bureaucracy of Marriage

 5 Unregistered Marriages and Seeking State Recognition



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