Aims & Scope
Senarai is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes original, methodologically rigorous research on Islamic heritage and civilizational studies. The journal focuses on the development, continuity, and transformation of Islamic intellectual, cultural, and historical traditions.
Senarai adopts a strictly theoretical and text-based scholarly orientation. The journal prioritizes conceptual analysis, philosophical inquiry, classical textual interpretation, and theoretical engagement with established academic frameworks.
Submissions are expected to articulate clear analytical arguments, engage critically with relevant literature, and contribute to ongoing academic debates in Islamic heritage and civilizational studies. Empirical fieldwork, observational studies, and data-driven surveys fall outside the journal’s methodological scope.
By maintaining this theoretical emphasis, the journal ensures the production of high-level intellectual scholarship that strengthens the conceptual foundations of Islamic studies and civilizational discourse.
Relevant Disciplinary Areas
The journal welcomes contributions from fields related to Islamic studies and civilizational inquiry, including:
- Islamic theology, philosophy, ethics
- History of Islamic civilization
- Qur’anic and Hadith studies
- Sufism, spirituality, and scholarly traditions
- Islamic law, governance, and institutions
- Islam and global intercivilizational relations
- Heritage preservation and civilizational identity
Scope: Islamic Heritage
- Classical texts, manuscripts, arts, architecture, and rituals
- Traditional educational institutions and scholarly networks
- Heritage conservation, archaeology, and cultural preservation
- Regional intellectual and spiritual traditions
- Transmission of Islamic sciences in transregional contexts
- Islam in the Malay–Nusantara region:
- Historical Islamization of the archipelago
- Interaction of Islamic law, governance, and adat
- Role of sultanates and scholarly elites
- Islam–Nusantara cultural synthesis
- Continuity and renewal of Islamic identity
Scope: Civilization
- Comparative civilizational and intercultural studies
- Law, governance, education, and societal institutions
- Languages, literature, scripts, and oral traditions
- Art, architecture, and material culture
- Economic and maritime history, trade, and industries
- Philosophy, ethics, and intellectual traditions
- Urban development, spatial systems, and heritage policy
- Contemporary civilizational dynamics and digital culture
Significance of the Journal
By integrating Islamic heritage with broader civilizational inquiry, Senarai contributes to global academic discussions on Islamic intellectual traditions and their contemporary relevance, supporting high-quality scholarship in accordance with international indexing standards.