The articles submitted to Al-Kawakib will be considered for publication if they meet the following criteria:

1. Articles must be:

• On the scope of Islamic studies, It promotes multidisciplinary approaches to Islam and Islamicate societies and focuses on seven main topics: Islamic Education, The Qur’an and Hadits, Islamic Law, Islamic Theology (Kalam), Islamic Philosophy, Islamic Mysticism (Tasawwuf), Islamic Communication and Propogation (Dakwah)
• Maximum Plagiarism 20%
• Never and not being published in the other journals, 
• Written in Indonesia or English or Arabic (using Calisto MT 12, 1  space, A 4, 10-20 pages)
• Submit to: http://kawakib.ppj.unp.ac.id/index.php/kwkib/about/submissions

2. The identity of papers requires; title, full name(s) of the author(s), affiliation, email, abstract (150 words in one paragraph, at least it includes: purpose, method, results of research, conclusion, impact), and keywords (3-5 words).

3. Title consists of no more than 15 words, written in Calisto MT 15 Bold.

4. The contents of papers consist of Introduction, Method, Results and Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgments and Reference.

5. Introduction consists of background, literature review (showing the state of the art), purpose, and problem formulation.

6. Method explains the methods used in the research.

7. Result and Discussion informs many important data (original) field which obtained from the questionnaires, surveys, documents, interviews, observations, and other data collection techniques. It can be completed with table or graphics to clarify the result. All figures and tables should be centered and numbered consecutively. Tables (refer to Table 1, Table 2,…) should be presented above the table contain center alignment. A descriptive title should be placed after the table title (refer to Table 1, Table 2,…) above each table. The source of the table should be placed on the table in the right alignment. Figures and tables should be mentioned in the related text and identify any previously published material by giving the original source in the form of a reference at the end of the table caption.

8. Conclusion:  write succinctly and clearly the result of research then describes the logical consequence in developing science and praxis of Islamic Studies.

9. Acknowledgments of people, grants, funds, etc. should be placed in a separate section on the title page. The names of funding organizations should be written in full.

10. Reference consists of updated sources (no more than 10 years) from journal articles, books, research report, magazines, and newspaper. Citations uses the APA style sixth edition and uses reference manager of Mendeley.

11. Citation

Cite references in the text by name and year in parentheses. Some examples:

• Negotiation research spans many disciplines (Thompson, 1990).
• This effect has been widely studied (Abbott 1991; Barakat et al. 1995; Kelso and Smith 1998; Medvec et al. 1999).

12. Reference List   

The list of references should only include works that are cited in the text and that have been published or accepted for publication. Personal communications and unpublished works should only be mentioned in the text. Do not use footnotes or endnotes as a substitute for a reference list.Reference list entries should be alphabetized by the last names of the first author of each work.

• Journal article Harris, M., Karper, E., Stacks, G., Hoffman, D., DeNiro, R., Cruz, P., et al. (2001). Writing labs and the Hollywood connection. Journal of Film Writing, 44(3), 213–245.
• Article by DOI Slifka, M. K., & Whitton, J. L. (2000) Clinical implications of dysregulated cytokine production. Journal of Molecular Medicine, doi:10.1007/s001090000086
• BookCalfee, R. C., & Valencia, R. R. (1991). APA guide to preparing manuscripts for journal publication. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
• Book chapter O’Neil, J. M., & Egan, J. (1992). Men’s and women’s gender role journeys: Metaphor for healing, transition, and transformation. In B. R. Wainrib (Ed.), Gender issues across the life cycle (pp. 107–123). New York: Springer.
• Online document Abou-Allaban, Y., Dell, M. L., Greenberg, W., Lomax, J., Peteet, J., Torres, M., & Cowell, V. (2006). Religious/spiritual commitments and psychiatric practice. Resource document. American Psychiatric Association. http://www.psych.org/edu/other_res/lib_archives/archives/200604.pdf. Accessed 25 June 2007.
• Journal names and book titles should be italicized.

We suggest all of you using software MENDELEY for easily citation. References should be the most recent and pertinent literature available (about 5-10 years ago). Authors must also carefully follow APA6th Publication Manual guidelines for nondiscriminatory language regarding gender, sexual orientation, racial and ethnic identity, disabilities, and age. In addition, the terms counseling, counselor, and client are preferred, rather than their many synonyms.

10. Transliteration of Arabic to Latin refers to ALA-LC Romanization Tables.

11. For detailed information, see the Al-Kawakib journal template (click here).