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<p>This study presents a bibliometric and thematic review of global scholarship on Islamic family law and Muslim family practices between 2014 and 2024. Adopting a science-mapping approach, the article systematically analyses indexed academic publications rather than primary empirical fieldwork to identify intellectual structures, thematic evolution, and regional research patterns. A dataset of 1,057 publications retrieved from Scopus and Web of Science was analysed using ScientoPy, VOSviewer, and Biblioshiny to uncover publication trends, collaboration networks, and conceptual clusters. In this study, “Muslim family practices” are examined analytically through patterns in scholarly discourse, including thematic clustering, keyword co-occurrence, and citation structures, rather than through direct observation of lived social behaviour. The findings reveal five main clusters of scholarship: gender and marital dissolution, legal institutionalisation of Syariah courts, procedural reform and mediation, pluralism and Muslim-minority family contexts, and inheritance and intergenerational ethics. The results indicate a gradual structural shift in the literature from predominantly doctrinal analysis toward more interdisciplinary and socio-legal approaches, with increasing emphasis on institutional processes, gender-related issues, and legal pluralism. Southeast Asia, particularly Malaysia and Indonesia, emerges as a highly visible region within indexed publications, reflecting strong representation in Scopus and Web of Science rather than the entirety of global scholarly production. Western contributions primarily focus on Muslim minorities, highlighting tensions between secular and religious norms in areas such as interfaith marriage and custody. Overall, the study provides a structured overview of the intellectual development, thematic transformation, and geographic distribution of Islamic family law scholarship, offering a data-driven basis for understanding the evolution of research in this field.</p>

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Mapping global scholarship on Islamic family law through analysis of marriage divorce and family relations in Muslim societies

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    2026年5月25日

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  • Abdul Hayy Haziq Mohamad,
  • Hairunnizam Wahid,
  • Nik Airin Aqmar Nik Azhar,
  • Mohd Suffian Mohamed Esa

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This study presents a bibliometric and thematic review of global scholarship on Islamic family law and Muslim family practices between 2014 and 2024. Adopting a science-mapping approach, the article systematically analyses indexed academic publications rather than primary empirical fieldwork to identify intellectual structures, thematic evolution, and regional research patterns. A dataset of 1,057 publications retrieved from Scopus and Web of Science was analysed using ScientoPy, VOSviewer, and Biblioshiny to uncover publication trends, collaboration networks, and conceptual clusters. In this study, “Muslim family practices” are examined analytically through patterns in scholarly discourse, including thematic clustering, keyword co-occurrence, and citation structures, rather than through direct observation of lived social behaviour. The findings reveal five main clusters of scholarship: gender and marital dissolution, legal institutionalisation of Syariah courts, procedural reform and mediation, pluralism and Muslim-minority family contexts, and inheritance and intergenerational ethics. The results indicate a gradual structural shift in the literature from predominantly doctrinal analysis toward more interdisciplinary and socio-legal approaches, with increasing emphasis on institutional processes, gender-related issues, and legal pluralism. Southeast Asia, particularly Malaysia and Indonesia, emerges as a highly visible region within indexed publications, reflecting strong representation in Scopus and Web of Science rather than the entirety of global scholarly production. Western contributions primarily focus on Muslim minorities, highlighting tensions between secular and religious norms in areas such as interfaith marriage and custody. Overall, the study provides a structured overview of the intellectual development, thematic transformation, and geographic distribution of Islamic family law scholarship, offering a data-driven basis for understanding the evolution of research in this field.