DINIKA : Academic Journal of Islamic Studies aims to serve as an exchange idea of various topics relating to Islamic Studies in broader sense, not only Islam as religion per se, but also Islam and Muslims related to its historical, social, cultural, and political context. Just like the term used by Marshall Hodgson, Islamicate as something that would refer not directly to the religion, Islam, itself, but to the social and cultural complex historically associated with Islam and Muslims, both among Muslims themselves and even when found among non-Muslims (Venture of Islam, V.1, p.59)