Open Access Policy

Senarai: Journal of Islamic Heritage and Civilization operates as an open access journal, ensuring that all published content is freely and immediately accessible to Authors, users, and their institutions without any subscription fees or registration barriers. In accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) definition of open access, users are granted the irrevocable and unrestricted right to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, link to the full texts of articles, crawl them for indexing purposes, or use them for any other lawful objective without requiring prior permission from the publisher or the authors.

Furthermore, the entire corpus of published material in The Senarai is governed by the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This licensing framework explicitly permits the open dissemination and adaptation of the journal's articles, whether in part or in full, subject to the following mandatory conditions:

Attribution: Users must provide proper attribution, which includes a clear and complete citation of the original source, a direct hyperlink to the specific license, and a transparent indication of any modifications made to the original work. This attribution must be presented in a reasonable manner that does not suggest endorsement by the licensor of the user or their subsequent use of the material.

Non-Commercial Use: The material may not be utilized for commercial purposes. "Commercial purposes" are defined as any use primarily intended for commercial advantage or private financial gain.

ShareAlike: Any derivative works that remix, transform, or build upon the original material must be distributed under the same Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

No Additional Restrictions: Users are not permitted to apply any additional legal terms or technological measures that would legally restrict others from exercising the rights granted by this license.

License compliance coverage:

  • You must give appropriate credit.
  • You must provide a link to the license.
  • You must indicate if changes were made.
  • The material may not be used for commercial purposes.
  • If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.
  • You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

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