Non-Muslims Allowed to Work as Religious Court Officers

Chief of the Supreme Court’s Chamber of the Religious Courts, Andi Syamsu Alam (left) and Director General of Badilag, Purwosusilo.

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Officers and staff members working in Indonesia’s Religious Courts are not limited to Muslims only. Non-Muslims are also welcome to work in this court.

Chief of the Supreme Court’s Chamber of the Religious Courts, Dr. H. Andi Syamsu Alam, confirmed the above statements when leading a coordination meeting between Badilag dan Chief Judges of High Religious Courts all over Indonesia in Bogor last Thursday (31/10/2013).

“Yes, (Non-Muslims) can. But not for judicial technical officers/staff members,” Andi Syamsu Alam said. Judicial technical officers are judges and registry officers such as registrars/substitute registrars and bailiffs/substitute bailiffs.

The fact shows that in several religious courts in Bali, East Nusa Tenggara and Papua, non-Muslims are already working for the religious courts.

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“For certain regions in Indonesia, that (acceptance for non-Muslims) is good to bring the religious courts closer to the local communities,” Andi added.

Currently, Indonesia’s religious courts consist of 359 first-instance courts and 29 courts at appellate level.

In January 2013, the total number of the religious courts apparatus is 11.579 officers comprising 8.363 technical officers and 3.216 non-technical officers. Technical officers consist of 3.670 judges, 3.274 registry officers and 1.419 bailiffs/substitute bailiffs.

Badilag, which is now chaired by Purwosusilo, is authorized to manage technical officers. Meanwhile, non technical officers are handled by Administration Bureau in the Supreme Court.

(Achmad Cholil)

 

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