Title                            : State Marriage and civil marriagae: The Role of State policy on                            Interreligious Marriage in  Central Java

Journal                       : Al-Ihkam Law and Social Institutions

Pages                          : 30 Pages

Year                            : 2020

Author                        : Anthin Lathifah

Reviewer                    : Rois Mahfud Syahrul Falah (1902016117)

Date                            : 17 Desember 2020

Research subject       : law of marriage from different religions

Research subject       : local government policies regarding interfaith marriage especiali in jepara area and its surroundings.

Research purposes    : to know and understand how the law of interfaith marriage, especially in the area around me.

 

Research methods     : To explore the phenomenon of cases of interfaith marriage in Central Java, the author uses the interview method to the residence of the parties concerned with this case such as interviews with the initials ST, SR, MS (the party conducting the interfaith marriage), Ms. EST (officer in charge of Interfaith Marriage Registration at the Department of Population and Civil Registry of Surakarta City), Mr. Pramono (Civil Registry employee), judge Abdul Rohim from the Surakarta District Court, judge Ely from the Surakarta District Court, ST (Civil Code judge at the Semarang District Court), SRI (Head of the Marriage and Divorce Section of the Semarang City Population and Civil Registry Service), Mr. Uto (Clerk of the Jepara District Court).

Research result                      : In this research it has been seen that interfaith marriage in Indonesia has been regulated by many laws and various other regulations. However, there is a deficiency in this, namely interfaith marriages in Indonesia, namely that there is an understanding between central and regional regulations. Its application starts when an interfaith marriage application occurs in the registration application for interfaith marriage registration to the Civil Registry after which an examination is carried out, the applicant will receive a letter of approval due to the prohibition of interfaith marriage based on the provisions of Article 21 of the Marriage Law Number 1 of 1974.

Then, the couple submitted an interfaith marriage certificate to the District Court. After the Court gives permission to get married, the Civil Registry Office will record the interfaith marriage.

Meanwhile, the implementation of interfaith marriage in Surakarta is different from the implementation of marriage in Semarang and Jepara because legal interfaith marriages do not have the opportunity to do so and this shows that the Jepara and Semarang District Courts only interpret the validity of marriage based on the provisions of the Marriage Law Number 1 of 1974 that it must be between couples who are of the same religion. As a result, this understanding advised them not to accept applications for interfaith marriage permits. In Semarang, interfaith couples cannot complete any marriage and this forces one partner to temporarily submit to the religion of the partner to legalize the marriage. Jepara is also experiencing a similar situation, there is even a model of interfaith marriage which is carried out in two religious rituas, even though it only registers one religious marriage with the government. There is also a model of marriage that does not follow the religion of the husband or wife  they choose other religions (beyond what they believe) and the rituals they find most comfortable. Conclusively, regardless of different interpretations of the rules of interfaith marriage in Indonesia

Research advantages          : with the method of interviewing and analyzing it will be clear the purity of this phenomenon. and make us sure and know how the laws and procedures for interfaith marriage, especially in the areas of Jepara and Semarang       

Research drawbacks             : by conducting research in interviews, many must be considered. including the constraints in adjusting the resource's time with our time to be able to meet and several other things

Conclusion                            : so,It can be concluded that each region has a different law of interfaith marriage, because it can be seen that each region uses a different law as in Surakarta using Article 21 of the Marriage Law No. 1 of 1974 as the law of interfaith marriage and in Semarang and Jepara using the Marriage Law No. 1 of 1974 so that in that area. therefore, inter-religious marriages cannot be carried out except by changing religions in order to fulfill the requirements or not violate regional laws

Source                                    : http://ejournal.iainmadura.ac.id/index.php/alihkam/article/view/2689/1866