We are delighted to present The Indonesian Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies (IJIIS) Volume 2, No. 2, 2019. This issue mainly consists of a good mix of selected papers discussing several interesting topics covering Islamic law, Islamic economy, religious freedom, Islamic education, and inheritance law. The first article by Muhammad Iqbal Juliansyahzen discusses the authoritative hermeneutics offered by Khaled Abou el-Fadl as an attempt to challenge authoritarianism in Islamic law. The second article by Imam Khoiri then examines the current debate on the epistemological basis of the Islamic economy by referring to the ideas proposed by Abbas Mirakhor. Following this, Eva Fadilah turns to the issue of Islam and freedom and religion by explicitly examining the progressive and contextualist thinking of Australia-based Muslim scholar Abdullah Saeed. The next article by Khairun Nissa then discusses the humanistic educational thought of Soedjatmoko, a prominent Indonesian intellectual and social thinker. The last article by Azmi Siradjudin then examines the practice of the inheritance law among different ethnic groups in Metro city Lampung. This issue is then concluded by a review of Muhammad Yasir Alimi’s “Mediation of Religion, Post-Truth, and National Resilience: The Sociology of Religion in the Digital Age”. It is hoped that this publication will encourage further research and discussion on various issues concerning Islam and Muslim societies from various disciplinary backgrounds.
Published: March 20, 2019