Author Guidelines

Instructions for Contributors

Submissions:

  • The submitted manuscript is an original work and has never been published or is in the process of publication in other journals;
  • It can be conceptual studies, an excerpt of research, or legal thoughts of scholars in the field of Islamic law, as well as the analysis of court decisions (case law);
  • It is written in English in accordance with the standard of scientific papers;
  • The length of the manuscript is between 6.000 to 10.000 words; A4 size paper with double spacing, using Times New Roman font and font size 12;
  • The maximum number of authors is five;
  • Each author must adapt the journal template here;
  • The manuscript is submitted through the website of Mazahib Journal of Islamic Legal Thought by first logging into the system

Style

  • The submitted manuscript must include title, author name, abstract (English and Indonesian), and keywords;
  • The abstract is written briefly, concisely, and clearly, between 150-200 words that reflect: the problem (Issue), theory or supposed condition (Rule), argument or analysis (Argument), and Conclusion;
  • Keywords can be words or phrases, a maximum of 5;
  • The contents consist of the following headings: introduction, discussion (headings and sub-headings should be adjusted to the needs of each manuscript), and conclusions.

Footnotes and References:

  • Citation uses footnotes (Chicago Manual of Style 18th edition (notes and bibliography);

For a detailed citation style, please download it here.

We recommend using reference manager applications such as Zotero and Mendeley. 

Artificial Intelligence Policy

Mazahib has a policy about the involvement of artificial intelligence here.

Arabic romanization should be written as follows:

Letters: ’, b, t, th, j, ḥ, kh, d, dz, r, z, s, sh, sy, ṣ, ḍ, ṭ, ẓ, ‘, gh, f, q, l, m, n, h, w, y. Short vowels: a, i, u. long vowels: ā, ī, ū. Diphthongs: aw, ay. Tā marbūṭā: t. Article: al-. For detailed information on Arabic Romanization, please refer to the transliteration system of the Mazahib Journal Guidelines. Arabic transliteration guideline is available for download here.