Author Guidelines

The manuscripts

The manuscript should be an original research paper that sufficiently contributes to the novelty to Islamic education. Authors are requested to submit their papers electronically by using the Absah: Journal of Islamic Law online submission procedure. The corresponding author should also provide a statement that the manuscript is not concurrently under consideration for publication elsewhere. The Editors will ignore submissions that do not follow these procedures.

Structure of the manuscripts

  1. Title. The title should be clear and informative, and not more than 15 words.
  2. Author's names and institutions. The authors' names should be accompanied by their institutions and email addresses, without any academic titles. For a joint paper, one of the authors should be notified as the corresponding author.
  3. Abstract and keywords. The abstract should be 150 to 200 words. Please provide the abstract in both English and Indonesian versions. The keywords should be of 3 to 5 words or phrases.
  4. Introduction. This section explains the background of the study, a review of the previous research in the area, and the aims of the manuscript. Importantly, it should also show the significance and novelty of the research.
  5. Methods. This section describes the appropriate tools of analysis along with the data and their sources.
  6. Results and Discussion. This section explains the results of the study. It should be presented clearly and concisely. Author(s) should explore the novelty or the contribution of the work to the Islamic law literature.
  7. Conclusion. This section concludes and provides policy implications, if any, of the study. The conclusion(s) should be in the same order as ones discussed in the body of the manuscript.
  8. References. This section lists only the papers, books, or other types of publications referred to in the body of the manuscript.

General Writing Format

  1. The manuscript is prepared in an A4 paper and 1-line spacing format. A new paragraph should start 5 characters from the left margin, using 12-size, EB Garamond font type.
  2. The manuscript is written in the English language.
  3. The manuscript should be between 10 to 15 pages long/6000-8000 words.
  4. The top and bottom margins are 3 cm.
  5. The title is written using capital letters in each word, font size 16, and positioned on the left.
  6. Subtitles are written using UPPERCASE BOLD style, 12 font size, starting from the left margin.
  7. Sub of subtitles, if any, are written using capital letters only at the first word or special name. They should start from the left margin.
  8. References should be those of the last ten years of publication (>80%), except for key references (80%). Referring to any textbook should be minimized (<20%).

Specific Writing Format

  1. Equations and formulas should be numbered as (1), (2)...etc, appearing to their right.
  2. Estimation results from a software package are not allowed to be directly presented in the paper. They should be presented in summary tables.

Tables and Figures

Tables and figures should be presented as follows:

  1. The names of tables and figures should follow a numbering system (Arabic numbering system). The titles of the tables and figures are placed at the top and the bottom, respectively.
  2. The tables and figures should provide the source of information, if any, at the bottom.
  3. Any table should contain only a heading and contents. The table contains row lines only, without column lines. Note(s) and source(s) should be included underneath the table where appropriate.

Citation

Citation in the text body should be written using the family name and years of publication. Example:

  1. Hill (2001) suggests that the objective of depreciation is ....
  2. Inflation targeting would be sufficient (McCain, 1982).
  3. The definition of contagion is ... (Wagner, 1976; Rhonda, 2009).
  4. The Authors are recommended to use Mendeley Reference software.

References

Citations and references must strictly follow the APA (American Psychological Association) 5th edition style. References should include only works that are cited within the text of the manuscript. Consulting the APA style manual (http://www.apastyle.org/pubmanual.html) is strongly recommended for completing manuscript submissions.