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Pradana Boy presented his discussion in front of the summit audience. (Foto: Istimewa) |
The Islamic Family Law Department lecturer of the University of Muhammadiyah Malang, Pradana Boy ZTF, MA., Ph.D., was invited as a speaker at the 1st National Summit on Sharia in the Philippines. Representing the Central Chancellors of Muhammadiyah, he attended the prestigious event on March 5-6, 2023, held by the Supreme Counts of the Republic of the Philippines. The summit held in Mindanao marks 80% of the Muslim population in the Philippines.
The man known as Boy explained that the summit was an effort to spread the broader context of Islamic law in society. The invited speakers come not only from Indonesia but also Egypt and Malaysia.
“Actually, Islamic law has been applicable in the Philippines, but its legal institution is still in Mindanao. Then, this event aims to ensure the existence of Islamic law institutions throughout the Philippines. Three countries were invited: Indonesia - in this case, Muhammadiyah urged it -Malaysia, and Egypt. The Egyptian representative was special enough. He was the Great Ambassador of Egypt for the Philippines because he was an expert in Islamic law studies coincidentally.
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In the forum, the ex-special staff for the Indonesian president explained the implementation of Islamic law in Indonesia. He presented the material that Indonesia applied to the shariah system time by time. It started in the pre-independence period. “It is inseparable from this summit objective: to learn from other countries’ experience,” he added.
His explanation said that the implementation of Islamic law in Indonesia had existed before independence day. It was proven by law implementation done by Islamic sultanates in the archipelago, like Javanese islands consisting of Demak, Banten, Mataram, Pajang, etc. The same applies to Sumatra islands with Palembang, Samudera Pasai, Aceh Sultanates, and others even until Bima Sultanates.
Then, this UMM lecturer thinks that Islamic law has applied to sultanates at various levels. However, ups and downs affected its implementation in Indonesia; severely when the Dutch started possessing Indonesia through VOC.
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“At that time, Islamic law was still implemented because VOC allowed Muslims to apply it. However, once VOC was replaced by the Dutch Kingdom, Islamic law experienced ups and downs,” he said.
Then Islamic law formally applied to Muslims in the New Order of the Indonesian Era through ratifying of the Act of Marriage Year 1974. Next, it was followed by establishing the Religious Courts in 1989, preparing the Compilation of Islamic Law in 1991, etc. While in the Reformation Era, Islamic law was implemented more in Islamic economic areas.
“Hopefully, this presentation can gradually contribute to the development of Islamic law in the Philippines. I reflect and learn from the experience in Indonesia,” Boy ended. (imh/*/faq/wil)
