AICIS

Hosted by the Office of the Ministry of Religious Affairs (MoRA) of the Republic of Indonesia, Annual International Conference on Islamic Studies (AICIS) serves as a strategic venue for academicians and practitioners whose interest is Islamic studies to get interconnected with other academicians and other fields of study. It is also intended to be a venue for scholars from various backgrounds to connect and initiate collaborative and interdisciplinary studies. The papers presented at the AICIS provide research findings and recommendations that are both directly and indirectly beneficial for public needs, especially policy makers and practitioners in the Islamic world. The 19th AICIS 2019 was held in the capital city of Jakarta, Indonesia, bringing up a theme of “Digital Islam, Education and Youth: Changing Landscape of Indonesian Islam” as a response to the current dynamics of Islam in this millennial era. This theme aims at looking more closely on how the relations between Islam in this region and that of the global world is, especially on the shifting discourses from Islam as a social fact to the newly emerging Islamic digital landscape. It is indeed an emerging situation and a robust area for research. Some compelling sub-themes were offered and participated by a great number of presenters and participants including, among others are: Islam, Youth and Social Media, Religious Authority and Fatwa in the Digital Age, Islamic Literatures of Millennial Generation and Hijrah, Representation and Identity. They share their insights, study results, or literature studies on those topics in a very dynamic discussion.