Islam and Data Science Roundup

In “Digital transformation: an empirical analysis of operational efficiency, customer experience, and competitive advantage in Jordanian Islamic banks” (Growing Science 12, no. 2 (2024)), Maha Shehadeh (Applied Science Private University, Amman, Jordan) and others, “collecting primary data from a survey of 68 employees across four Islamic banks[,]” “investigate the impact of digital transformation on the… CONTINUE READING

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In “Religiosity-based behavioral study, Islamic finance users’ approach and selection standard: empirical evidence from Pakistan” (Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research, April 3, 2024), Muhammad Nazir (Department of Economics, Govt. Postgraduate College Nowshera KP, Nowshera, Pakistan) and Shahab E. Saqib (Higher Education Archives and Libraries Department, Directorate of Commerce Education and Management Sciences, Peshawar, Pakistan) find “that religiosity influence customer behavior positively in… CONTINUE READING

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In “Bank ownership and credit risk: an empirical study of Indonesian Islamic local banks” (Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research, April 26, 2024), Heri Sudarsono, Mahfud Sholihin, and Akhmad Akbar Susamto (Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia), studying 155 Islamic local banks, empirically demonstrate that “government ownership (D.GOW), the Sharia supervisory board (D.SOW) and the director board (D.DOW) do not… CONTINUE READING

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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.”

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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