Zezen Zaenal MutaqinTelman, Ulzhan2025-08-152025-08-152025-08-012025-08-12https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14576/548This thesis challenges the dominant humanitarian narrative that exclusively centres “women and children” as the primary victims of conflict, thereby rendering male victimhood structurally invisible. Focusing on the intersection of Islamic law and humanitarian practice, the research interrogates how cultural, legal, and theological frameworks have contributed to the marginalization of male survivors, particularly those subjected to sexual violence, forced recruitment, and psychological trauma. Through critical engagement with Qur’anic ethics, Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah (the higher objectives of Islamic law), and classical jurisprudential tools such as taʿzīr (discretionary punishment) and ṣulḥ (reconciliation), this study reimagines a more inclusive, survivor-centered paradigm rooted in Islamic tradition. The central research question guiding this study is: How can Islamic law be effectively integrated into humanitarian efforts to address the needs of male victims of conflict? To explore this, the research employs a qualitative methodology grounded in doctrinal analysis and multi-sited case studies. It draws on examples from Afghanistan, Somalia, and post-ISIS Iraq to explore how Islamic ethical principles have been variously weaponized or operationalized in humanitarian interventions. It also addresses key barriers to implementation cultural stigma, institutional illiteracy, and legal tensions between Sharia and international humanitarian law, and proposes a three-stage framework for culturally responsive humanitarian programming: Islamic needs assessment, intervention design, and participatory evaluation. Findings reveal that while Islamic law is often misused to justify exclusion, it also contains powerful ethical resources that, when reclaimed and contextualized, offer the possibility of holistic, trauma-sensitive, and gender-inclusive care. The research demonstrates that interventions grounded in Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah, rather than rigid fiqh literalism, can align Islamic humanitarian ethics with contemporary protection needs. Overall, this thesis argues that integrating Islamic legal ethics into humanitarian practice is not only possible but necessary for achieving gender-inclusive justice. Rather than rejecting tradition, it calls for reclaiming Islamic law as a dynamic, ethical system capable of restoring dignity (karāmah) and protection for all victims of war, regardless of gender. In doing so, the study contributes to both humanitarian reform and Islamic legal renewal, offering practical and theological pathways toward a more just response to suffering in Muslim conflict zones.enAll Rights ReservedCase studiesGender-inclusive justiceHumanitarian responseIslamic ethicsIslamic lawMaqāṣid al-SharīʿahMale victimhoodPost-conflict traumaSexual violenceShariaArticleNIM01212320008