Islamic Law in 17th Century Aceh

Islamic Law in 17th Century Aceh

In 1999 Aceh province (renamed Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam), in the north of Sumatra, was granted the exceptional authorization to apply sharia on its territory. The process, however, is slow, difficult and conflictive. In such a context the highlighting of compendiums of Islamic law (fiqh) written in...

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spelling openedition-oai:revues.org:archipel_444 https://doi.org/10.4000/archipel.444 urn:doi:10.4000/archipel.444 en https://journals.openedition.org/archipel/444 2017-11-29T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/a1we https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/ Islamic Law in 17th Century Aceh Archipel Association Archipel info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2104-3655 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/0044-8613 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/archipel Chambert-Loir, Henri In 1999 Aceh province (renamed Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam), in the north of Sumatra, was granted the exceptional authorization to apply sharia on its territory. The process, however, is slow, difficult and conflictive. In such a context the highlighting of compendiums of Islamic law (fiqh) written in Malay at the time of the sultanate tends to confirm the idea, much widespread for a long time, that sharia has always been implemented in Aceh. It happens that a local publisher has released in 2015 two ancient texts: the Mir’at al-Tullab by Abdurrauf al-Singkili (1672) and the Safinat al-Hukkam by Jalaluddin al-Tarusani (1740). The article examines to what extent historical sources—especially about the law in force and more generally the observance of Islam in Aceh in the 17th century—allow us to evaluate in what conditions and for what purpose those two texts were written. La province d’Aceh (rebaptisée Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam), au nord de Sumatra s’est vue accorder, en 1999, l’autorisation exceptionnelle d’appliquer la sharia sur son territoire. Le processus, cependant, est lent, difficile et conflictuel. Dans ce contexte, la mise en valeur de traités de droit musulman (fiqh) écrits en malais à l’époque du sultanat tend à confirmer l’idée, depuis longtemps très répandue, que la sharia a toujours été appliquée à Aceh. Or, un éditeur local a publié en 2015 deux textes anciens : le Mir’at al-Tullab de Abdurrauf al-Singkili (1672) et le Safinat al-Hukkam de Jalaluddin al-Tarusani (1740). L’article examine dans quelle mesure les sources historiques, notamment sur le droit en vigueur et plus généralement l’observance de l’islam, à Aceh au 17e siècle, nous permettent de juger dans quelle conditions et dans quel but ces deux traités ont été rédigés.
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description In 1999 Aceh province (renamed Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam), in the north of Sumatra, was granted the exceptional authorization to apply sharia on its territory. The process, however, is slow, difficult and conflictive. In such a context the highlighting of compendiums of Islamic law (fiqh) written in Malay at the time of the sultanate tends to confirm the idea, much widespread for a long time, that sharia has always been implemented in Aceh. It happens that a local publisher has released in 2015 two ancient texts: the Mir’at al-Tullab by Abdurrauf al-Singkili (1672) and the Safinat al-Hukkam by Jalaluddin al-Tarusani (1740). The article examines to what extent historical sources—especially about the law in force and more generally the observance of Islam in Aceh in the 17th century—allow us to evaluate in what conditions and for what purpose those two texts were written.
author Chambert-Loir, Henri
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Islamic Law in 17th Century Aceh
author_facet Chambert-Loir, Henri
author_sort Chambert-Loir, Henri
title Islamic Law in 17th Century Aceh
title_short Islamic Law in 17th Century Aceh
title_full Islamic Law in 17th Century Aceh
title_fullStr Islamic Law in 17th Century Aceh
title_full_unstemmed Islamic Law in 17th Century Aceh
title_sort islamic law in 17th century aceh
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