Focus and Scope
The journal welcomes original research articles, case studies, comparative legal analyses, and conceptual papers. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
● Islamic legal rulings (fiqh) and ethical principles governing AI and autonomous systems, including maqasid al-shariah approaches;
● AI applications in Islamic jurisprudence, Qur'anic exegesis, and Hadith studies, including NLP for classical manuscripts;
● Data protection, digital privacy, and cybersecurity from Islamic legal perspectives;
● Algorithmic governance, bias, and fairness through the lens of Islamic ethics;
● Regulation of AI in Muslim-majority countries and comparative legal frameworks (civil, common, and Islamic law);
● Ethical implications of AI in Islamic finance, zakat, waqf, and halal industry;
● Digital transformation of Sharia courts and online dispute resolution mechanisms;
● AI and Islamic bioethics, including issues of human dignity and medical AI;
● Blockchain, smart contracts, and decentralized autonomous organizations in Islamic commercial jurisprudence;
● Digital religion, cyber-Islam, and the transformation of religious authority in the age of AI;
● International humanitarian law and Islamic ethics of autonomous weapons systems.
Keywords: artificial intelligence, Islamic law, Islamic ethics, fiqh, maqasid al-shariah, digital privacy, algorithmic bias, AI governance, Islamic finance, smart contracts, digital religion, cyber-Islam, data protection, Sharia-compliant AI