Contemporary Issues on Interfaith Law and Society Volume 1 Issue 1 (January-June 2022), pp. 23-38 ISSN XXXX-XXXX (Print) XXXX-XXXX (Online) https://doi.org/10.15294/ciils.v1i1.xxxx Published biannually by the Faculty of Law, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Indonesia and managed by Moslem and Christian Student Community (KIFH and KMKFH), Faculty of Law Universitas Negeri Semarang, INDONESIA Available online since January 31, 2022 * Corresponding author’s email: danisetiawan318@yahoo.com Submitted: 02/12/2021 Reviewed: 19/01/2022 Revised: 26/01/2022 Accepted: 28/01/2022 Inter-Religious Marriage: A Controversial Issue in Indonesia Dani Setiawan* Center for Religious Justice and Law Semarang, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia ABSTRACT: Different religious marriages we often encounter during society especially among the affluent and celebrities. This kind of marriage has been done by Muslim men married to non-Muslim women or otherwise Muslim women married to non-Muslim men. Sometimes in response we only follow the understanding of some people who greatly glorify freedom in all fields (Liberal), although it is in terms of a very private as well as religion. In a liberal sense the beliefs of religious differences in marriage are not a problem. Liberalism is a notion that requires the freedom of individuals in all fields. This study is intended to analyze the legal basis of inter- religious marriage or mixed marriage in Indonesia. This study highlighted and found that inter-religious marriage is become complicate problem when trying to determine some basic rights, including the property, child, and the others. KEYWORDS: Inter-religious marriage, Family law, Controversial issue, Legal Discourse, Legal Basis Copyright © 2022 by Author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Common Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. All writings published in this journal are personal views of the authors and do not represent the views of this journal and the author's affiliated institutions. How to cite: Setiawan, Dani. "Inter-Religious Marriage: A Controversial Issue in Indonesia". Contemporary Issues on Interfaith Law and Society 1, No. 1 (January-June, 2022): 23-38. https://doi.org/10.15294/ciils.v1i1.xxxx