Entries by BIllah Yuhadian

Women in Religious Court

Women’s access to justice requires a broad horizon of knowledge which understands the reasons why women sue for divorce. Many people have asked, including the Minister of Religious Affairs, Lukman Syaifuddin, when we went to report the results of research by Rumah KitaB on child marriage last April: Why is the number of women who […]

Gender and Pluralism in the Law of Inheritance in Indonesia

By M. Billah Yuhadian *) People may think that the prevailing law of inheritance in Indonesia is solely derived from the religious law (Islamic fiqh). While in reality, the implementation of inheritance allocation is very pluralistic and does not always use the Islamic jurisprudence as a reference. The most common principle used is discussion for […]