SIMURGA: Journal of Islamic Studies and Muslim Societies is an interdisciplinary academic journal that provides a scholarly forum for the examination of Islam in its textual, intellectual, institutional, cultural, and social dimensions. The journal understands Islamic studies as a broad field that brings classical sources and traditions into conversation with the experiences, institutions, and challenges of contemporary societies.

The name SIMURGA is a stylized academic identity inspired by the Sīmurgh (Simorḡ), a prominent symbolic figure in Persian literary and intellectual traditions that later acquired particular significance in Sufi mystical literature. Within the identity of the journal, SIMURGA represents the pursuit of knowledge, intellectual reflection, plurality of perspectives, and the continuing search for deeper understanding. This philosophical orientation reflects the journal’s interdisciplinary character, in which different intellectual traditions, methodological approaches, and disciplinary perspectives are brought into scholarly dialogue to advance knowledge about Islam and the diverse realities of Muslim societies.

This philosophy is closely connected to the journal’s academic focus. SIMURGA understands Islamic Studies as a broad but coherent field encompassing the study of Islamic sources, intellectual traditions, religious thought, institutions, law, education, economics, communication, history, culture, politics, and other dimensions of Islamic knowledge. At the same time, the study of Muslim societies extends scholarly attention to the ways in which Muslim communities, institutions, identities, and practices interact with contemporary social transformation. The journal therefore seeks to connect the study of Islamic intellectual traditions with rigorous investigation of the historical and contemporary experiences of Muslim societies.

SIMURGA publishes original research in Qur’anic and Hadith Studies, Islamic Thought, Theology, Philosophy, Sufism, Islamic Law, Islamic Education, Islamic Economics, Islamic Communication and Media, Islamic History and Culture, Islam and Politics, Governance, and Muslim Social Life. The journal also welcomes interdisciplinary research concerning the relationship between Islam and contemporary issues such as citizenship, social justice, gender and family, technology and artificial intelligence, environmental sustainability, public health, migration, conflict, peacebuilding, governance, and global social transformation. Interdisciplinary studies are considered where Islam, Islamic knowledge, Islamic institutions, or Muslim societies constitute a substantive component of the research question and analysis.

SIMURGA is published quarterly with issues released in January, April, July, and October. Manuscripts may be submitted in English or Bahasa Indonesia. Every research article is subjected to preliminary editorial screening and double-blind peer review before a publication decision is made.