Ahlika: Jurnal Hukum Keluarga dan Hukum Islam is an international peer-reviewed journal dedicated to advancing the study of Family Law and Islamic Law through socio-legal, legal anthropology, and interdisciplinary approaches. The journal conceptualizes law not merely as a normative system, but as a living practice embedded in the social, cultural, and historical contexts of Muslim societies, shaped by power dynamics, social values, and historical transformations.

Ahlika emphasizes how Islamic legal norms are produced, interpreted, negotiated, and institutionalized in daily life, and how the interaction between Sharia, state law, and customary law forms plural legal practices. The journal situates Islamic family law within a broad socio-cultural framework, highlighting family practices, kinship systems, gender relations, religious authority, and dispute resolution mechanisms, including family mediation and arbitration.

Empirical, theoretical, and interdisciplinary approaches form the foundation of the journal, enabling the exploration of legal transformations at local, national, and transnational levels. By promoting contextual and evidence-based studies, Ahlika aims to contribute to the global academic discourse and strengthen the development of Islamic Family Law and Islamic Law as dynamic fields in contemporary socio-legal studies.

Scope includes, but is not limited to:

• Family law and Islamic family law in social, cultural, and historical contexts.
• Muslim family practices, including marriage, divorce, inheritance, guardianship, and child custody in local cultural contexts.
• Gender relations, family justice, and social dynamics within Muslim families.
• Legal pluralism and local legal practices, including the interaction of Sharia, customary, and state law, as well as dispute resolution mechanisms, particularly family mediation and arbitration.
• Transformation and evolution of Islamic law, including comparative, historical, and religious authority perspectives.
• Interdisciplinary studies related to Islamic law, encompassing socio-cultural, anthropological, criminal Islamic law, Sharia-compliant economics relevant to family, and other contemporary perspectives.

Ahlika welcomes contributions from scholars, researchers, and practitioners employing empirical methodologies, socio-legal analysis, legal anthropology, and interdisciplinary approaches to understand the lived practice of Islamic law.