The Secularisation of Islamic Criminal Law and Its Implications for the Protection of Human Rights in Indonesia
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Criminal law; Human dignity; Human rights; Islamic law; Secular law.Abstract
This study aims to critically analyse the dynamics of secularisation of Islamic criminal law in Indonesia and examine its implications for protecting human rights in a pluralistic and democratic society. This study uses library research combined with comprehensive theoretical integration, in which the exploration of literature—both classical and contemporary works by legal scholars, philosophers, theologians, and social scientists—does not merely map the discourse, but also directs attention to the critical dialectic between various paradigms that interact and even compete in the context of the secularisation of Islamic criminal law and its implications for the protection of human rights in Indonesia. The results state that the secularisation of Islamic criminal law in Indonesia is not merely a matter of separating religious norms from the national legal system, but is a crucial arena for the struggle for identity, legitimacy of justice, and the fulfilment of human rights in a pluralistic society. This process requires the state to avoid narrow political compromises and instead dare to creatively and inclusively integrate the substantive values of Islamic justice with universal human rights principles, thereby establishing a criminal law system that truly guarantees equality, respects human dignity, and strengthens social cohesion amidst the nation's diversity.
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