Focus And Scope
The Journal of Indigenous Islam (JINDIS) is a scholarly forum that facilitates discourse on the intersection between Islam and local wisdom. The journal presents alternative perspectives that seek to critique dominant narratives in Islamic studies through a systematic peer-review process. Its focus includes both text-based and context-based approaches, and it only accepts scholarly articles in English. JINDIS welcomes contributions from a variety of scholarly backgrounds and perspectives, both classical and contemporary, to support cross-cultural exchange of ideas, including from Eastern and Western scholars. The ultimate goal is to encourage interdisciplinary research.
Scope
JINDIS focuses on the theoretical and practical study of the encounter between Islamic teachings and local wisdom, with a focus on contemporary issues and original research. Topics of primary interest include:
- Localized Islamic rituals, jurisprudence, and traditions
- Indigenous interpretations of Islamic texts
- Islam and oral traditions, memory, and myth
- Decolonial approaches to Islamic knowledge production
- Islam in relation to ethnicity, customary law (‘urf), and sacred geographies
- Comparative indigenous Islam across regions (e.g., Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia, the Pacific)
The journal invites articles from various disciplines such as anthropology, history, theology, sociology, linguistics, cultural studies, political ecology, and philology.
JINDIS prioritizes writings that are based on empirical data, have a strong theoretical framework, and have global relevance, but remain grounded in the local context. The journal aims to be a medium for the articulation of indigenous knowledge and alternative epistemological systems in order to expand the understanding of Islam in a more inclusive, reflective, and dialogical manner.
