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Adat and Sharia in the Ammatoa Community: Family Law, Gender, and Environmental Ethics as Arenas for Educational Negotiations

Samarah: Jurnal Hukum Keluarga dan Hukum Islam · Vol. 10 No. 2 (2026) · pp. 860–884

DOI
10.22373/y3gvmj75
ISSN
2549-3167, 2549-3132
Published
2026-07-18
Publisher
Islamic Family Law Department, Sharia and Law Faculty, Universitas Islam Negeri Ar-Raniry
Language
eng
License
creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0

Abstract

This study examines the negotiation between custom and sharia in the realm of family law as a central arena for educational, ethical, and cultural transformation in the Ammatoa Kajang indigenous community in Bulukumba, South Sulawesi. The study uses qualitative methods, with a framework of educational anthropology and legal anthropology. Data were collected through in-depth interviews, literature studies, and participant observation. In-depth interviews with Ammatoa, academics, community elders, married couples, and family members, while the literature reviewed included journal articles, books, and Islamic law texts. The findings indicate that the Ammatoa Kajang community formally recognizes the normative authority of Islamic law, although it is interpreted selectively through customary-based cultural mechanisms. The principles of Islamic law regarding marriage, inheritance, family obligations, women's roles and gender relations, and social ethics are adapted into symbolic and ritual forms that align with the local cosmology and moral teachings of Pasang ri Kajang. In this context, family law becomes a pedagogical space where Islamic values ​​are not only taught normatively but also realized collectively through rituals, symbolic communication, communal sanctions, and patterns of social interaction. Furthermore, environmental ethics and ecological education in the Ammatoa community are also very prominent, evidenced by their harmony with nature and commitment to preserving it. This study shows that anthropologically, there is an interaction between custom and sharia in the Ammatoa Kajang traditional community in education and law, reflecting a model of Islamic legal education rooted in culture and religion through a process of negotiation, adaptation, and reinterpretation.

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  • Universitas Islam Negeri Alauddin Makassar
  • Universitas Halu Oleo
  • Universitas Muslim Indonesia
  • Universitas Gadjah Mada
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La Ode Ismail AhmadUniversitas Islam Negeri Alauddin Makassar3
Zulfahmi AlwiUniversitas Islam Negeri Alauddin Makassar1
Masriwaty MalikUniversitas Islam Negeri Alauddin Makassar1
Abustani IlyasUniversitas Islam Negeri Alauddin Makassar1
Andi Muhammad Ali AmiruddinUniversitas Islam Negeri Alauddin Makassar1
Dian HandayaniUniversitas Muslim Indonesia1
Muhammad AliUniversitas Islam Negeri Alauddin Makassar1
Risna MosibahUniversitas Islam Negeri Alauddin Makassar1
Abdul Rahman SakkaUniversitas Islam Negeri Alauddin Makassar1
Muh. Taufan DjafriUniversitas Islam Negeri Alauddin Makassar1
Alimin AliminUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Ahmad ZaeniUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Alwahab AlwahabAffiliation unknown1
Pratitis Tri MaharaniUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Wa Ode Miranda Nur K.Universitas Halu Oleo1
Fitri Handayani HamidUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Mashuni MashuniUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Emiliana SandalayukUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Muh. JahidingUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Andi Muhammad Naufal KhaeriUniversitas Gadjah Mada1

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