Islamic Law Reform and Court Modernization Need to Be Upheld

Chief Chamber of the Religious Courts, Andi Syamsu Alam (standing) calls on the judges to reform Islamic law.

Bogor | Badilag.net

Chief of the Supreme Court’s Chamber of the Religious Courts, Andi Syamsu Alam, really hopes that Indonesian religious courts judges play a role in reforming Islamic law in Indonesia.

“It is us, Indonesians, who can reform Islamic law, not Arabians. Egypt, Syiria and other Arabic countries are busy at war,” Andi Syamsu Alam said on Thursday (9/11/2013) when attending a reunion ceremony of judges from 1993 badge in Bogor West Java.

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Religious Courts judges can play a significant role in reforming Islamic law since they are the front liners in enforcing Islamic law in the country pertaining to the authority they possess.

While the Chief Chamber calls on the judges to reform Islamic law, Director General of Badilag, who was also present at the reunion, mentioned the importance of a modern judiciary as desired by Chief Justice and outlined by the Supreme Court’s Blueprint.

“What is a modern court?” DG Purwosusilo asked. “It’s no other than optimizing information technology by the court,” he added.

He further says that the number of cases coming to the religious courts increases every year. It is predictable that this year, a total number of 400,000 cases will be handled by 359 religious courts throughout Indonesia.

“It seems impossible to handle that high number of cases manually. We need technology and we have what we call it as SIADPA (Case Management System). Use that,” he stated.

“Don’t forget to read the digital magazine ‘Majalah Peradilan Agama’ which is available online at badilag.net,” he concluded.

(Achmad Cholil)