Aligning Religious Law and State Law : : Negotiating Legal Muslim Marriage in Pasuruan, East Java.

• Superior document: Leiden Studies in Islam and Society Series ; v.18
• Author: Latif Fauzi, Muhammad.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 2023.; ©2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Leiden Studies in Islam and Society Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (254 pages)

"In Aligning Religious Law and State Law: Negotiating Legal Muslim Marriage in Pasuruan, East Java, Muhammad Latif Fauzi investigates the extent to which the Indonesian state has regulated Muslim marriage and how a local community in Pasuruan, East Java has dealt with the regulation and gets their marriages recognised by the state. Instead of reforming the marriage law which would only stir up controversies, the Indonesian government has used a citizens' rights approach to control marriage to guide people towards compliance with the state legal framework. The state officials in charge of marriage registration on the frontier levels are amenable to adopting a lenient approach towards regulations on marriage, which is the key to securing the functioning of state law"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction -- Part I. Law and Institution: 2. Regulating Muslim Marriage: A Shift to Citizens' Rights-Based Approach -- 3. Reforming the Bureaucracy of Muslim Marriage -- Part II. Legal Practice: 4 Presenting Pasuruan: Present-Day Islam and Cultural Life -- 5. Performing Marriage: The Influences of Cultural and Islamic Norms -- 6. Registering Marriage: The Relationship between Penghulus and Modins -- 7. Legalising Unregistered Marriage: Reasons and Strategies -- 8. Conclusion -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.