All articles submitted to Ahlana: Journal of Islamic Law and Family Law will be screened for plagiarism using a plagiarism detection tool (Turnitin). Ahlana Journal will immediately reject articles that point to plagiarism or self-plagiarism.
Before submitting articles to reviewers, they are first checked for similarity/plagiarism tools, by members of the editorial team. Submitted papers should have a similarity rate of less than 30%.
Plagiarism is the act of taking someone else's ideas, thoughts, or text and presenting it as one's own work without giving proper credit to the original source. It is not only limited to word-for-word copying, but also includes the use of another person's ideas or thought structure without proper acknowledgment. Plagiarism can take many forms, including copying content completely, paraphrasing without changing the essence of the original idea, or even using data or research findings without crediting the source.
If an author is found to have committed plagiarism when submitting a paper to a journal, the consequences can be severe. The article can be rejected outright by the journal editor, and the author's academic reputation can be tarnished. In addition, if the plagiarism is revealed after the article has been published, the journal will be withdrawn from publication, and the author will be banned from submitting any further work to Ahlana journals.