Islam and Data Science Roundup

In “The Disruption of Islamic Religious Education Curricula in the Artificial Intelligence Era and the Problem of Intolerance Among Modern Multicultural Students” (Jurnal Hasil Penelitian dan Pengabdian Masyarakat), Robiatul Adawiyah (University of Indonesia) and others conclude that, “AI disruption has transformed the PAI [Islamic Religious Education] learning paradigm into a more digital, flexible, and interactive… CONTINUE READING

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In Digital Humanities for Arabic and Islamic Studies (Brill Academic Publishers), Maxim Romanov (University of Hamburg) “demonstrates how computational tools can illuminate long-term cultural and linguistic developments across the Islamic world. Through accessible case studies on terminology tracing, genre modeling, and linguistic change, the book shows how digital methods expand rather than replace traditional scholarship.”

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In “Machines Referencing the Qurʾan: Citation Patterns in LLM-Generated Islam” (Journal of Digital Islamicate Research), Jonas Svensson (Linnaeus University) concludes that,  “LLM s produce theologically differentiated citation patterns broadly consistent with known positions in Islamic discourse… [and] that non-human Islam, while mechanistically novel, exhibits structure, patterns, and theological coherence warranting sustained academic attention.”

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In “Beyond Automation: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Islamic Education in Higher Education” (Jurnal Ilmu Pendidikan dan Sains Islam Interdisipliner), Muhammad Hazmi Firdaus (Institut Agama Islam Hamzanwadi Pancor) analyzes “how AI is reconfiguring Islamic higher education and what this transformation means for the classical Islamic distinction between ta’lim (instruction or knowledge transfer) and ta’dib… CONTINUE READING

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In “Artificial Intelligence in Qur’anic Interpretation: A Theological and Ethical Analysis” (Journal of Islamic Thought and Philosophy), Nehru Millat Ahmad (Sekolah Tinggi Islam Kendal) argues that “the development of Artificial Intelligence in the modern era has significantly transformed various aspects of human life, including Qur’anic studies and interpretation. Although AI enhances accessibility and efficiency in… CONTINUE READING

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In “Can Islam Be Renewed In The Twenty-First Century? Revisiting Tajdīd, Ijtihād, And The Future Of Islamic Civilization” (Eurasia Review), Mohamed Chtatou (Mohammed V University) argues that “authentic 21st-century renewal requires combining reformist creativity (especially through the higher objectives of the Sharīʿah / maqāṣid) with traditionalist safeguards of scholarly rigor and continuity, enabling Muslims to… CONTINUE READING

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In “Islamic Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence” (Islam Online), Musa A. Mosiudi (Islam Online) writes, “As autonomous algorithms begin to mimic human cognition and tools like CRISPR-Cas9 afford scientists the ability to rewrite the biological code of living organisms, humanity is forced to confront existential questions regarding identity, agency, and responsibility. For Muslims, these rapid shifts… CONTINUE READING

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In “Technical vs Cultural: Evaluating LLMs in Arabic” (Open Review), Ahmad A. Rushdi (Stanford University) “pilot evaluation framework for language models in Arabic, revealing nuanced performance patterns across technical and cultural dimensions. We evaluate five prominent models—Arabic-specialized systems (Fanar, Falcon 3) and frontier models (Claude Opus, GPT-5, Llama)—across a small set of 45 prompts spanning… CONTINUE READING

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In “Comparative Analysis of the Risk of Hadith Errors in Question-Answering Systems Based on Large Language Models” (International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation), Hakkun Elmunsyah (Universitas Negeri Malang) conducts a “comparative analysis of the risk of errors generated by Large Language Model-based Question-Answering systems in answering hadith-related questions. Four LLM models, namely GPT, Gemini,… CONTINUE READING

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In “Reimagining Islamic Civilization in the Age of AI: Digital Humanities, Ethical Challenges, and Knowledge Production in the Muslim World” (Islamic Civilization and History), Muhammad Yusuf (Institut Agama Islam Negeri Syekh Nurjati) observes that “the convergence of artificial intelligence with Islamic civilization presents unprecedented challenges to knowledge production, ethical frameworks, and educational practices. Despite producing… CONTINUE READING