Islamicate Futures: Knowledge, Ethics, and Muslim Societies

Islamicate Futures

Knowledge, Ethics, and Muslim Societies

Country of Publication	Indonesia
Publisher	Bahtera Al Fikr Press, part of Institut Bahtera Studi Islam
Editor-in-Chief	Al Fiqri Ardiansyah, Scopus ID: 60373519900, Google Scholar
Frequency	January & August
DOI	Prefix DOI: xxxxxx
Language	English
Peer Review	Double-blind peer review by at least two independent reviewers
Publication Ethics	Aligned with COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) principles and international standards of scholarly publishing
Open Access Policy	Immediate open access under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0)
ISSN	P-ISSN: XXXX-XXXX E-ISSN: XXXX-XXXX

About the Journal

Islamicate Futures: Knowledge, Ethics, and Muslim Societies is an international peer-reviewed, open-access scholarly platform dedicated to the study of Islamic knowledge traditions, ethics, law, religious texts, and Muslim societies across historical and contemporary contexts. The journal seeks to advance critical, empirical, and theoretically grounded scholarship that connects Islamicate intellectual heritage with emerging global challenges and future-oriented debates.

The journal welcomes original research articles, review articles, and critical conceptual papers in Islamic thought, Qur’anic and Hadith studies, Islamic law and ethics, maqāṣid al-sharī‘ah, Muslim societies, Islamic education, digital religion, environmental humanities, public policy, and social transformation. It particularly encourages interdisciplinary contributions that engage Islamic traditions while addressing contemporary issues such as technology, artificial intelligence, sustainability, governance, human dignity, justice, and the changing dynamics of Muslim communities worldwide.

Islamicate Futures prioritizes manuscripts with clear research problems, methodological rigor, theoretical originality, careful use of sources, international relevance, and significant contribution to contemporary Islamic and Islamicate studies. The journal applies a rigorous double-blind peer review process and is published by Bahtera Al Fikr Press, part of Institut Bahtera Studi Islam .

Current Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2026): Islamicate Futures: Knowledge, Ethics, and Muslim Societies

Vol. 1 No. 1 ( January 2026) of Islamicate Futures: Knowledge, Ethics, and Muslim Societies, with e-ISSN xxxx-xxxx and p-ISSN xxxx-xxxx, marks the inaugural publication of the journal. This issue brings together 14 authors from three countries Indonesia, Malaysia, and Yemen representing 10 universities and higher education institutions. The contributing institutions include Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, Universitas Indonesia, Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Universitas Islam Negeri Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh, Al-Wasathiyah University, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Universitas Nahdlatul Ulama Bangil, Universitas Islam Negeri Sultan Syarif Kasim Riau, and Institut Ilmu Al-Qur’an (IIQ) Jakarta. This inaugural issue explores the intellectual, ethical, technological, and social transformations shaping the future of Islamic thought and Muslim societies. The published articles address emerging themes such as Islamicate Futures as an interdisciplinary field of inquiry, artificial intelligence governance based on maqāṣid al-sharī‘ah, digital religious authority, online Muslim identity, moral visibility, digital fatwas, and the transformation of Islamic intellectual traditions within contemporary digital environments. Collectively, the contributions demonstrate that the future of Muslim societies must be examined through the interconnected dimensions of knowledge, ethics, religious authority, education, governance, technology, and social responsibility. This issue provides an important scholarly foundation for developing critical and interdisciplinary discussions on how Islamic traditions and Muslim societies can respond ethically, constructively, and contextually to contemporary global transformations.

Published: 2026-01-27

Articles

Islamicate Futures as an Emerging Field: Rethinking Islamic Studies through Knowledge, Ethics, and Global Transformation

Al Fiqri Ardiansyah, Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, Indonesia

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Artificial Intelligence, Islamic Ethics, and Algorithmic Accountability: A Maqāṣid al-Sharī‘ah Framework for Responsible AI Governance in Digital Muslim Societies

Muhamad Syahrus Sobirin, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia

Muhammad Rizqi Fauzi, Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim, Indonesia

Hakimul Nizar, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia

32-63
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Muslim Digital Publics and the Politics of Piety: Religious Identity Formation, Digital Authority, and Moral Visibility in Online Islamic Communities

Fadhal al Khalidi, Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, Indonesia

Rayyan Fitrah Mulya, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia

Farhan Hasyimi, Universitas Islam Negeri Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh, Indonesia

Mas Habibi Nawi, Al-Wasathiyah University, Yemen

64-95
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Digital Fatwas and the Transformation of Religious Authority in Contemporary Muslim Societies

Marhamah Annazah Tambunan, Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, Indonesia

Maulida Fitria, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia

96-123
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From Turāth to Digital Knowledge: Islamic Intellectual Traditions and the Future of Religious Learning

Firdah Nailil Karimah, Universitas Nahdlatul Ulama Bangil, Indonesia

Ahmad Luthvan Habiburrahman, Universitas Nahdlatul Ulama Bangil, Indonesia

Warda Mardiana Tambunan, Universitas Islam Negeri Sultan Syarif Kasim Riau, Indonesia

Jesimawati Jesimawati, Institut Ilmu Al-Qur’an (IIQ) Jakarta, Indonesia

124-153
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