This article examines the experience of Acehnese female victims of sexual violence seeking
justice through Qanun Jinayat (Islamic criminal bylaw) in Aceh, Indonesia. The empirical …

Two decades ago, V. Spike Peterson's Gendered States asked what difference gender
makes in international relations and the construction of the sovereign state system. This …

 e following essay examines post-Islamism in post-reform Indonesia by focusing on
contestation in the remaking of the Islamic public sphere. I argue that the public sphere is not …

After violent protests all over the country had forced President Suharto to step down in 1998,
Indonesia successfully made the transition from an authoritarian state to a democracy. In this …

When Islamic law was introduced in 1999, many Acehnese saw this as a way to return Aceh
to its past glory and to restore people's sense of morality. However, as the state Shariʿa …

Islam in Indonesia has long been praised for its tolerance, locally and abroad, by the
general public and in academic circles, and by politicians and heads of state. Among the …

This paper will examine the ways in which polygamy is addressed in contemporary
Indonesian literature. The literature that will be analysed is that published after the …

Since the fall of President Suharto, the New Order's hegemonic masculinity has been
increasingly contested and reconfigured. This thesis expands understandings of historical …

Women have been significantly discriminated against in the implementation of Islamic law in
the Province of Aceh. Stories of women being caught and their behavior criminalized when …

The scope of acting for Acehnese Muslim women's rights activists in the context of the
introduction of Islamic criminal law and the formalisation of sharia is predominantly at the …