Context of Islamic Sharia Enforcement Policy in North Aceh District

Abstract

The context of the policy of enforcing Islamic Law in North Aceh District is one of the mandates of Law Number 11 of 2006 concerning the Governance of Aceh. North Aceh District, through the Islamic Sharia Service and the Civil Service Police Unit, and Wilayatul Hisbah, implemented the policy of enforcing Islamic Sharia. The violations of Islamic Law in North Aceh district are sexual harassment, sexual abuse of children, and adultery. The purpose of this article is to analyze the Context of Islamic Sharia Enforcement Policies in North Aceh District. The research methodology is a qualitative descriptive analysis approach. Data collection techniques used by researchers are observation, interviews, and documentation. The results of the study show that the policy context for enforcing Islamic Shari’a in North Aceh District is seen from (1) The powers, interests, and strategies of the actors involved have been running with the commitment of Regional Officials to form agencies that carry out the implementation of Islamic Shari’a, namely the Islamic Shari’a Service and Civil Service Police Units. Meanwhile, the Islamic Shari’a policy strategy in North Aceh District is considered insufficient to address the problems of enforcing Islamic Shari’a. (2) The characteristics of the institutions and regimes in power in cases of violations of Islamic Law in North Aceh District have decreased every year. However, the category of violations of Islamic Law is increasingly worrying. The types of sharia violations most often committed in North Aceh are in the fields of aqidah, worship, Islamic symbols, khalwat or obscenity, and khamar (3) The level of compliance and responsiveness to the enforcement of Islamic Shari’a decreases by not increasing the knowledge, understanding, and awareness of the community about Islamic Law and Islamic Sharia. Weak supervision of the implementation of Islamic Sharia by not involving Tuha Peut, Tuha Lapan, and Wilayatul Hisbah