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Welcome to Uqubah: Journal of Islamic Criminal Law

Uqubah: Journal of Islamic Criminal Law is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by the Islamic Criminal Law Study Program, Sekolah Tinggi Agama Islam Negeri Mandailing Natal, Indonesia. The journal provides a scholarly forum for the publication of original research articles that contribute to the study, development, and advancement of Islamic law through theoretical, doctrinal, empirical, comparative, historical, socio-legal, and interdisciplinary approaches.

The journal particularly focuses on Islamic criminal law and welcomes scholarly contributions that examine classical and contemporary issues in Islamic criminal law and its development within Islamic legal studies. The scope of the journal includes Islamic criminal law and jurisprudence (fiqh al-jināyah), Islamic legal theory and jurisprudence (Usūl al-fiqh and fiqh) as they relate to criminal law, Islamic criminal justice and judicial proceedings (qadā’), Islamic constitutional and political law (fiqh al-siyāsah) in relation to criminal justice and public order, Islamic family law (ahwāl al-syakhsiyyah) in relation to criminal offences and legal protection, Islamic economic and financial law in relation to economic and financial crimes, human rights and Islamic criminal law, contemporary issues and legal reform in Islamic criminal law, comparative and international perspectives on Islamic criminal law, and interdisciplinary studies of Islamic criminal law.

Uqubah: Journal of Islamic Criminal Law welcomes original and innovative research that offers meaningful contributions to the development of Islamic legal scholarship from local, national, regional, and global perspectives. The journal encourages critical engagement with both classical Islamic legal heritage and contemporary legal challenges across diverse legal, social, and cultural contexts.

All submitted manuscripts undergo a rigorous double-blind peer-review process to ensure originality, academic quality, methodological rigor, and adherence to publication ethics. The journal is committed to maintaining a transparent, objective, and timely editorial process in accordance with good practices in scholarly publishing.

Uqubah: Journal of Islamic Criminal Law is published biannually, with two issues released each year in July and December. As an open-access journal, all published articles are freely available to readers worldwide without subscription or access fees.

All articles published in Uqubah: Journal of Islamic Criminal Law are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License. This license permits users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, link to, adapt, and reuse the published material for any lawful purpose, provided that appropriate credit is given to the original author(s) and the journal.