Islam and ICT

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Islam and ICT

• A viewpoint of a Muslim Researcher

Dr Abdulmajid Hissen Mohamed Department of
Computer Scienece Faculty of ICT IIUM
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Sayings of the Prophet (s) "Acquisition of
knowledge is compulsory for every Muslim, whether
male or female." "The ink of the scholar is more
sacred than the blood of the martyr." "Seek
knowledge from the cradle to the grave." "The
best form of worship is the pursuit of
knowledge." "To listen to the words of the
learned and to instill unto others the lessons of
science is better than religious exercises."
"Thinking deep for one hour (with sincerity) is
better than 70 years of (mechanical) worship."
"Scholars should endeavour to speak knowledge
and provide education to people who have been
deprived of it. For where knowledge is hidden it
disappears."
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"And Allah brought you out of your mother's wombs
devoid of all knowledge, but He has endowed you
with hearing, and sights, and minds-hearts, so
that you may be grateful." (Quran, 1678) "And
never concern yourself with anything of which you
have no knowledge Surely (your) hearing and
sight and mind-heart, all of them, will be called
to account for it (on Judgement Day)!" (Quran,
1736) "O Men! Pay heed to the messages of Allah,
for it is He who had endowed you with hearing,
and sight, and minds-hearts (Yet) how seldom are
you grateful." (Quran, 2378) "(The Mighty One,
the Merciful is) He who makes most excellent
everything that He Creates. Thus He begins the
creation of man out of clay then He causes him
to be begotten out of the essence of a humble
fluid and then He forms him in accordance with
what he is meant to be, and breathes into him of
His spirit and (thus O men!) He endows you with
hearing and sight, and minds-hearts (yet) how
seldom are you grateful." (Quran, 329) "Say
'(Allah is) He who has brought you (all) into
being, and has endowed you with hearing, and
sight and minds-hearts (yet) how seldom are you
grateful'." (Quran, 6723)
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ICT as the backbone for Dakwah

• In verse (4913) of Quran, God addresses all
  humanity (Muslims and non Muslims) by saying O
  mankind! We created you from a single (pair) of a
  male and a female, and made you into nations and
  tribes, that ye may know each other (not that ye
  may despise (each other).

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The massage and the carriers
God
Our Universe
Messenger
Us
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Strategies for ICT and Islam

• Integration strategy
• Isolation strategy
• The way forward the leadership

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The role of education

• Holistic vs. monolithic education
• The role of Islamic educational institutions
  (e.g. IIUM)
• The role of ICT students
• Islam-oriented ICT studies

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Islam-Oriented ICT topics

• 1- Islamic-knowledge Management
• Maintaining the memory of Islamic Fiqh
• Learning tools for Islamic studies departments
• Learning tools for Muslim kids

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Islam-Oriented ICT topics

• 2- Image processing Recognition and Restoration
  old deteriorating historical Islamic Manuscripts.

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Islam-Oriented ICT topics

• 3-The use of CSCW and ICT for Fatwa issuance.

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Islam-Oriented ICT topics

• 4-Data Mining Rediscovering patterns and
  connections in the revealed and historical
  Islamic knowledge.

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Islam-Oriented ICT topics

• 5-Knowledge Engineering Knowledge representation
  form Islamic perspective
• study the Islamic knowledge representation based
  on revealed knowledge and proposing new models
  for IS representation

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Islam-Oriented ICT topics

• 6- Islamic e-commerce
• proposing e-commerce scenarios that doesnt
  violate Islamic principles in the form of
  payment, goods verification, etc

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Conclusions

• Muslim ICT researchers should take the lead in
  proposing ethical ICT applications
• Be a Muslim before you consider yourself as ICT
  professional
• They dont know your needs they wont provide you
  Islamic solutions

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Islam and ICT
A viewpoint of a Muslim Researcher
Dr Abdulmajid Hissen Mohamed
Thanking you
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