- 2002, The journal was first published in print by the name of Afkaruna: Jurnal Ilmu-Ilmu Keislaman.
- January 2007, Received Print ISSN: 1693-4040 from the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (Center for Data and Scientific Documentation) by the name Jurnal Afkaruna.
- 2012, The journal was renamed Afkaruna: Indonesian Interdisciplinary Journal of Islamic Studies. Afkaruna used OJS (Online Journal System) for the editorial and publishing management and published the articles online in addition to the printed version.
- 2015, The Afkaruna journal was nationally accredited “B” by SINTA Kemenristek Dikti. Number : 1/E/KPT/2015.
- 2017, Received Print ISSN: 2599-0551 and Online ISSN: 2599-0586 from the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (Center for Data and Scientific Documentation) by the name of Afkaruna: Indonesian Interdisciplinary Journal of Islamic Studies.
- 2019, The journal was published in full English to reach an international readership.
- December 2019, The Afkaruna journal received reaccreditation SINTA 2 by Ministry of Research Technology and Higher Education, the Republic of Indonesia. Number : 36/E/KPT/2019.
- February 2022, Afkaruna: Indonesian Interdisciplinary Journal of Islamic Studies indexed by DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals).
- Starting from December 2022, there is a change in article layout in issues Vol 18 No 2 December 2022, namely the addition of article history to the PDF layout of each article.