Integration of Maqaṣid al-Shari'ah in the Criminal Law Reform to Achieve Justice and Human Dignity

Inthispostmodernera,whentheboundariesbetweenlocalandglobalare increasingly blurred, efforts to build a contextual,ethical,andresponsive criminal justice systemhavebecomeanurgentnecessity.Thisstudyaims to propose a model of criminal law reform based on maqaṣ̣id al-shari'ah that is more humane and just, emphasizing not only the imposition of sanctions or punishments but also the rehabilitation and restoration of offenders.Thisstudyisnormative-juridical,employingadoctrinalanalysis approach and reinforced by various relevant legal theories to provide a philosophical foundation for evaluating the application of maqaṣid al-shari'ahincontemporarycriminallawneeds.Theresultsstatethatthe integration of maqaṣid al-shari'ah in criminal law reform in Muslim-majority countries, including Indonesia, should not be viewed merelyasasymbolicmoderationbetweenreligiouslawandhumanrights, but as a transformative project that requires epistemological courage to overhaul the classical view of legal authority and the meaning of justice. Amidst the wave of globalization that challenges the supremacy of religiouslawanddemandsstrongerprotectionofhumandignity,maqaṣid ispresentnotmerelyaspassivetheologicalvalues,butasactiveprinciples that require that law protect life, reason, freedom, and social welfare in concrete and measurable ways. The path toward integrating maqasid-based criminal law principles into the modern criminal legal systems of majority-Muslim countries is not a short-term project, as it requires a paradigm shift from a textualist approach to a contextual approach, from legalism to humanism, and from conservatism to intellectual courage.