Zezen Mutaqin

Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia · School of Law

Prostitution, forced marriage, and sex trafficking have long been practiced in the Puncak area of West Java, Indonesia. The practice is condoned not only by the surrounding community but also by state officials. This paper resulted from our field research, interviews, and observation in the Puncak area. In addition, it includes an extensive literat...

This study aims to reveal the transformation of ngaji practices among Generation X audiences, specifically followers of Gus Baha, from virtual to conventional formats. The rapid development of the internet and social media has significantly influenced religious practices, including the proliferation of virtual ngaji. However, despite the convenienc...

The two works discussed in this book review examine how Sharia norms are negotiated and accommodated in modern nation-states. This process is inevitable as Muslims are confronted with the persistence of the nation-state and the theological obligation to apply Sharia norms in their lives. Although Hallaq's work is very pessimistic in saying that par...

Violations of religious freedom, including the right of religious conversion, often occur in Indonesia, although the state constitution guarantees the right. Several kinds of research indicate that news media has produced discursive violations through texts with certain language styles. Nonetheless, the violation can also happen through humorous la...

This paper deals with both a theoretical and practical aspect of mapping of the global radical Muslim groups. It will propose a typology of global Muslim radical groups that will be used to formulate a unified pattern and frame to be integrated into a practical and institutional strategy. While the primary purpose is to create a typology and mappin...

The 34th Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Congress in Lampung was organized in an unusual situation. It was the first kind of NU congress organized in the era of a global pandemic. The date of congress itself was a subject of controversy and debated by competing candidates due to the lockdown, a standard measure taken by the government to control the spread of...

Most of the literature on modern-day slavery focuses on women and children as victims of the sex industry. This disproportionate emphasis on sexual exploitation has resulted in conflation of the term trafficking with prostitution, which has led to an understanding of human trafficking issues as separate from other workplace abuses that amount to sl...

This paper examines the interplay of Islam, history, and feminism and views it in the legal context of Indonesia. I use social movement theory to examine how women's movements here have organized and mobilized resources to achieve certain goals in this specific socio-political context. This paper sees the Marriage Act 1974 and the Counter-Legal Dra...

This article will argue that there are three related issues of concern regarding the Rohingya crisis: (1) a singular focus on persecution and nationality in Myanmar; (2) statelessness and displacement in the region; and (3) grave human rights violations amounting to international crimes including genocide and crimes against humanity. This article w...

Most of the literature on modern-day slavery focuses on women and children as victims of the sex industry. This disproportionate emphasis on sexual exploitation has resulted in conflation of the term trafficking with prostitution, which has led to an understanding of human trafficking issues as separate from other workplace abuses that amount to sl...

This paper attempts to answer several questions: why a state invades other states? Why a state claims an authority, in the name of civilization, democracy, freedom, security or humanitarian intervention, to enter into other sovereign states? How then it is legalized? Why the doctrine of state sovereignty sometime cannot protect a particular state f...

The rights of every Indonesian citizens are protected by the 1945 Constitution. Does the reality matches with the normative regulations? Does democratization improves the protection of human rights especially in term of the religious freedom? We find that there is a discrepancy between the ideal written constitution and the reality. In this followi...

Ditulis dengan bahasa yang mengalir dan nalar yang jernih, buku ini membahas konsep 'otoritas' atau 'wewenang' di dalam hukum Islam yang ditulis seorang intelektual muda yang penuh dedikasi. Penulis mendedahkan konsep wewenang di dalam hukum Islam menurut pandangan Khaled Abou el-Fadhl, profesor hukum Islam di UCLA, yang tertuang di dalam beberapa...

Using a dramaturgical perspective and Agama Djawa Sunda (ADS) or Madraisism as a case study, this article attempts to uncover the strategy used by the followers of ‘unofficial religion’ in Indonesia to successfully manage their unrecognised legal status. As a pragmatic response when being repressed, either by religious orthodoxy or the state, ADS u...

This paper argues that what Van Vollenhoven did in dealing with adat law was in fact part and parcel of the colonial policy to exploit the colony for the benefit of the Dutch and had nothing to do with being 'a good Samaritan'by saving 'the other' legal culture. What he did also was mainly triggered by what I refer to as cultural anxiety. His campa...