Integration of Sharia Values into the Pancasila State Legal System: Constitutional Review of Article 29 of the 1945 Constitution and Actualization of Islamic Law Codification in Indonesia

Maysarah Nasution; Muhammad Yani

doi:10.55927/mudima.v5i11.681

Authors

Maysarah Nasution Universitas Pembinaan Masyarakat Indonesia
Muhammad Yani Universitas Pembinaan Masyarakat Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55927/mudima.v5i11.681

Keywords:

Sharia Integration, Article 29 of the 1945 Constitution, Codification of Islamic Law, Religious Constitutionalism, Maqāṣid al-sharī‘ah

Abstract

This study examines the dynamic interaction between Sharia values and the state legal system in Indonesia, the country with the largest Muslim population in the world based on the ideology of Pancasila. The background to this study is the tension and harmony in the process of integrating religious law into positive law, which is constitutionally accommodated by Article 29 of the 1945 Constitution. The objectives of this study are to (1) analyze Article 29 of the 1945 Constitution as the philosophical-constitutional basis for the integration of Sharia values; (2) examine the form and implications of Islamic law codification through case studies of the Compilation of Islamic Law (KHI) and the Qanun Jinayat Aceh; and (3) formulate a conceptual model that explains this unique relationship. This study uses a qualitative approach with a multiple case study design, combining normative-constitutional and legal sociology analysis. Data were collected through document studies, in-depth interviews with legal actors, and observations in three representative locations. The main findings show that the integration of Sharia values is interpreted not as an attempt to Islamize the state, but as a process of constitutionalizing the universal values of Islamic justice (maqāṣid al-sharī‘ah) in line with Pancasila. Article 29 of the 1945 Constitution serves as an accommodative constitutional anchor, enabling the realization of legal pluralism through functional codification such as the KHI and the Qanun Aceh. Theoretically, this research contributes by formulating a “Symbiosis-Functional Integration Model” that enriches the discourse on religious constitutionalism and explains Indonesia's middle ground in balancing religious aspirations with the principles of a pluralistic constitutional state

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