In “How Turkey Replaced the Ottoman Language” (New Lines Magazine, August 18, 2023), Sara Tor describes Akis: Ottoman Transcription Tool, an AI-based language tool that “aims to use AI to automatically transliterate any Ottoman text into modern Turkish in the space of a few seconds.”
In “The role of metaverse and blockchain in enhancing digital Islamic finance: empirical perspective” (Journal of Islamic Marketing, March 1, 2024), Manaf Al-Okaily (School of Business, Jadara University, Irbid, Jordan) and Ayman Abdalmajeed Alsmadi (Faculty of Business, Al Zaytoonah University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan), using data from 272 participants working at “Islamic banks in Jordan[,]” “investigate the connections between the adoption of technology,… CONTINUE READING
In “Empirical investigation of Islamic legal framework, crowd humanitarian funds and poverty reduction in selected Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)” (International Journal of Social Economics, March 21, 2024), Yusuff Jelili Amuda and Shafiqul Hassan (College of Law, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) report on “the results of the empirical investigation of the Shari’ah legal framework which serves as a… CONTINUE READING
In “Social criticism of Millennials in the democracy and Islamic Law perspectives” (KnowledgeE, January 11, 2024), Nadirsah Hawari (Universitas Islam Negeri Raden Intan Lampung, Indonesia) and others, relying on various statistics, explore “the ethics of social criticism on the virtual stage under legal and religious norms” using case studies from Indonesia.
In “The Convergence of Islamic Law and Technology in The Enforcement of Citizen’s Constitutional Rights in The Era Society 5.0” (KnowledgeE, January 11, 2024), Siti Fatimah (Universitas Sebelas Maret) and others “describe the convergence of Islamic law and technology in enforcing the constitutional rights of citizens in the era of Society 5.0 as an effort… CONTINUE READING
In “The case of WikiIslam: scientification of Islamophobia or legitimate critique of Islam?” (Ethnic and Racial Studies 47, no. 5 (2024)), Edin Kozaric (Oslo Metropolitan University) and Torkel Brekke (University of Oslo) “introduce and utilize the concept scientification of Islamophobia to analyze a website called WikiIslam, and the way that its contents are used by websites… CONTINUE READING
In “Shariah Supervisory Board and Shariah Compliance Risk: Empirical Evidence from Indonesia” (Iranian Economic Review, February 12, 2024), Hasan Mukhibad (Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Indonesia) and others examine “the effect of educational level, educational background shariah/Islamic law/Islamic law jurisprudence, cross-membership, and tenure of shariah supervisory board (SSB) members, as well as market… CONTINUE READING
In “What determines the adoption of Islamic finance products in a non-Islamic country? Empirical evidence from Cameroonian small- and medium-sized enterprises” (Journal of Islamic Marketing, February 6, 2024), Ali Haruna and others “examine the adoption of Islamic finance products (murabaha, musharakah, mudarabah, salam, ijara, istisna and Qard Hassan) by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in… CONTINUE READING
In “Legal Capacity and Legal Authority of Adult Age in Indonesia: Medical, Psychological and Islamic Law Perspectives” (Samarah: Jurnal Hukum Keluarga dan Hukum Islam 8, no. 1 (2024)), Isroqunnajah Isroqunnajah (Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang) and others, conducting a literature review and multiple interviews, determine that, in Indonesia, “it is necessary to standardize… CONTINUE READING
In “Tackling Gender Discriminatory Inheritance Law Privately: Lessons from a Survey Experiment in Tunisia” (World Bank Group – Policy Research Working Paper), Christina Sarah Hauser (European University Institute) “investigates to what extent gifting can represent an alternative to legal reform and for whom. Within a randomized experiment, this study tests whether providing information on public… CONTINUE READING
