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Digitally distracted professor. Researcher/author on Islam, Muslims and the internet. Emoji-free zone. Reposting does not imply endorsement, etc. #HashtagIslam #Islam virtuallyislamic.com
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Malaysia AI Regulation
Thu 18 Jumada Al Akhira 1446AH 19-12-2024AD -
AI Chatbot
Wed 17 Jumada Al Akhira 1446AH 18-12-2024AD -
Anonymity and Digital Islamic Authority
Mon 15 Jumada Al Akhira 1446AH 16-12-2024AD -
Social Media and Online Coverage: Israel-Hamas Conflict (Month…
Thu 4 Jumada Al Akhira 1446AH 5-12-2024AD -
From Sheikh Google to ImamAI?
Thu 4 Jumada Al Akhira 1446AH 5-12-2024AD -
Indigenous AI
Sat 28 Jumada Al Oula 1446AH 30-11-2024AD -
Lebanon-Israel Crisis (updated)
Sat 28 Jumada Al Oula 1446AH 30-11-2024AD -
AI Research
Sat 28 Jumada Al Oula 1446AH 30-11-2024AD -
Abu Dhabi AI Event
Wed 25 Jumada Al Oula 1446AH 27-11-2024AD -
AI Far-right Content
Wed 25 Jumada Al Oula 1446AH 27-11-2024AD -
West African AI Models
Tue 24 Jumada Al Oula 1446AH 26-11-2024AD -
AI Chips
Mon 23 Jumada Al Oula 1446AH 25-11-2024AD -
AI MENA Security
Mon 23 Jumada Al Oula 1446AH 25-11-2024AD -
AI School Indonesia
Fri 20 Jumada Al Oula 1446AH 22-11-2024AD -
“AI Powered ‘Jesus‘”
Thu 19 Jumada Al Oula 1446AH 21-11-2024AD -
Gulf AI Chips
Thu 19 Jumada Al Oula 1446AH 21-11-2024AD -
Qat/cat AI
Thu 19 Jumada Al Oula 1446AH 21-11-2024AD -
AI ‘terrorist clones‘
Sat 14 Jumada Al Oula 1446AH 16-11-2024AD -
Fatwa Overload?
Sat 14 Jumada Al Oula 1446AH 16-11-2024AD -
The Future of Artificial Intelligence in/and of Islam
Sat 14 Jumada Al Oula 1446AH 16-11-2024AD -
AI (Lost in) Translation
Tue 10 Jumada Al Oula 1446AH 12-11-2024AD -
Morocco Sermon Issues
Sun 8 Jumada Al Oula 1446AH 10-11-2024AD -
AI + Religious Freedom
Fri 6 Jumada Al Oula 1446AH 8-11-2024AD -
KSA AI
Thu 5 Jumada Al Oula 1446AH 7-11-2024AD -
Arabic LLMs
Sat 30 Rabi Al Thani 1446AH 2-11-2024AD -
African AI Issues
Wed 20 Rabi Al Thani 1446AH 23-10-2024AD -
Discussion on Algorithms
Tue 12 Rabi Al Thani 1446AH 15-10-2024AD -
AI ‘News’
Fri 8 Rabi Al Thani 1446AH 11-10-2024AD -
New and noted: Islamic preachers in contemporary Indonesia
Thu 7 Rabi Al Thani 1446AH 10-10-2024AD -
Arabic AI ++
Fri 24 Rabi Al Awwal 1446AH 27-9-2024AD -
Podcast on pagers
Thu 23 Rabi Al Awwal 1446AH 26-9-2024AD -
Wales
Fri 10 Rabi Al Awwal 1446AH 13-9-2024AD -
Indonesia AI Model
Wed 1 Rabi Al Awwal 1446AH 4-9-2024AD -
APIs for IDV Iran and Pakistan
Thu 18 Safar 1446AH 22-8-2024AD -
AI Overviews Indonesia ++
Fri 12 Safar 1446AH 16-8-2024AD -
UK Riots and Aftermath (updated)
Mon 8 Safar 1446AH 12-8-2024AD -
Eisteddfod Mosque
Sat 6 Safar 1446AH 10-8-2024AD -
Southport Tragedy Responses – Timeline
Sun 29 Muharram 1446AH 4-8-2024AD -
Gary R. Bunt in Indonesia
Thu 26 Muharram 1446AH 1-8-2024AD -
Southeast Asia Language AI
Tue 24 Muharram 1446AH 30-7-2024AD -
AI/Islamic Thought
Mon 23 Muharram 1446AH 29-7-2024AD -
‘Hisad‘ and IA-Media
Mon 23 Muharram 1446AH 29-7-2024AD -
Istaqlal Mosque, Jakarta
Mon 2 Muharram 1446AH 8-7-2024AD -
1446AH
Mon 2 Muharram 1446AH 8-7-2024AD -
Keynote IIUI
Wed 27 Dhul Hijjah 1445AH 3-7-2024AD -
‘The AI Tightrope‘
Tue 26 Dhul Hijjah 1445AH 2-7-2024AD -
Spot the Deepfake
Tue 26 Dhul Hijjah 1445AH 2-7-2024AD -
AI Influencers
Tue 26 Dhul Hijjah 1445AH 2-7-2024AD -
IIIU
Tue 26 Dhul Hijjah 1445AH 2-7-2024AD -
Hajj 1445 AH
Mon 18 Dhul Hijjah 1445AH 24-6-2024AD -
AI Radicalisation
Thu 14 Dhul Hijjah 1445AH 20-6-2024AD -
Malaysia AI Influence
Mon 11 Dhul Hijjah 1445AH 17-6-2024AD -
Eid Mubarak
Mon 11 Dhul Hijjah 1445AH 17-6-2024AD -
Lausanne ENIS Spring School
Thu 7 Dhul Hijjah 1445AH 13-6-2024AD -
‘Hallucinations‘
Wed 6 Dhul Hijjah 1445AH 12-6-2024AD -
‘All Eyes on Rafah’
Wed 6 Dhul Hijjah 1445AH 12-6-2024AD -
’Illegal’ Hajj (update)
Wed 6 Dhul Hijjah 1445AH 12-6-2024AD -
Cross-border sharing
Fri 1 Dhul Hijjah 1445AH 7-6-2024AD -
Moonsighting (again)
Fri 1 Dhul Hijjah 1445AH 7-6-2024AD -
Future Self AI
Wed 28 Dhul Qidah 1445AH 5-6-2024AD -
Afterlife AI
Wed 28 Dhul Qidah 1445AH 5-6-2024AD -
Madinah is Mapped
Thu 22 Dhul Qidah 1445AH 30-5-2024AD -
Hajj 1445 AH
Tue 20 Dhul Qidah 1445AH 28-5-2024AD -
Bahasa Indonesia LLM
Thu 15 Dhul Qidah 1445AH 23-5-2024AD -
LLMs in Swahili
Thu 15 Dhul Qidah 1445AH 23-5-2024AD -
Integrated AI
Wed 14 Dhul Qidah 1445AH 22-5-2024AD -
Flying Taxi to Mecca
Wed 14 Dhul Qidah 1445AH 22-5-2024AD -
Deep Fake 101
Sun 11 Dhul Qidah 1445AH 19-5-2024AD -
Generative AI
Thu 8 Dhul Qidah 1445AH 16-5-2024AD -
UAE AI
Tue 28 Shawwal 1445AH 7-5-2024AD -
AI Arabic
Sun 26 Shawwal 1445AH 5-5-2024AD -
Malaysia AI
Fri 24 Shawwal 1445AH 3-5-2024AD -
ChatGPT ‘Hallucinations‘
Mon 20 Shawwal 1445AH 29-4-2024AD -
Crypto Indonesia
Wed 15 Shawwal 1445AH 24-4-2024AD -
Conference Activities
Mon 13 Shawwal 1445AH 22-4-2024AD -
AI UAE
Thu 9 Shawwal 1445AH 18-4-2024AD -
Hysbysiad am Lyfr Newydd
Thu 9 Shawwal 1445AH 18-4-2024AD -
We are the Robots
Thu 9 Shawwal 1445AH 18-4-2024AD -
Qur’an Recitation App
Thu 9 Shawwal 1445AH 18-4-2024AD -
‘IS‘ + AI
Thu 25 Ramadan 1445AH 4-4-2024AD -
AI Ethics Issues
Sat 20 Ramadan 1445AH 30-3-2024AD -
KSA Robots
Wed 17 Ramadan 1445AH 27-3-2024AD -
Coding Issues
Wed 3 Ramadan 1445AH 13-3-2024AD -
AI News Anchor
Tue 2 Ramadan 1445AH 12-3-2024AD -
DeepLcom
Thu 26 Shaban 1445AH 7-3-2024AD -
Imams in demand
Thu 26 Shaban 1445AH 7-3-2024AD -
Zakat GPT
Thu 12 Shaban 1445AH 22-2-2024AD -
Imam Deportation
Mon 9 Shaban 1445AH 19-2-2024AD -
Deepfake Suharto
Tue 3 Shaban 1445AH 13-2-2024AD -
Pakistan Election
Sat 29 Rajab 1445AH 10-2-2024AD -
Googleyat
Fri 28 Rajab 1445AH 9-2-2024AD -
AI & Religion
Wed 26 Rajab 1445AH 7-2-2024AD -
Millennial Muslims and Use of Cyber-Islam
Thu 13 Rajab 1445AH 25-1-2024AD -
Islamic Religious Authority in a Modern Age
Thu 13 Rajab 1445AH 25-1-2024AD -
KSA AI
Fri 7 Rajab 1445AH 19-1-2024AD -
Reading List: Making Islam Work
Fri 7 Rajab 1445AH 19-1-2024AD -
AI Dubbing
Fri 7 Rajab 1445AH 19-1-2024AD -
AI in Islam
Tue 4 Rajab 1445AH 16-1-2024AD -
Shifting Dimensions: The Evolution of Religious Authority in…
Tue 4 Rajab 1445AH 16-1-2024AD -
AI and Islam
Thu 29 Jumada Al Akhira 1445AH 11-1-2024AD -
OpenAI Apps
Wed 28 Jumada Al Akhira 1445AH 10-1-2024AD -
AI Fake News
Wed 28 Jumada Al Akhira 1445AH 10-1-2024AD -
KSA AI Mecca
Thu 22 Jumada Al Akhira 1445AH 4-1-2024AD -
Imam Shot in Newark
Thu 22 Jumada Al Akhira 1445AH 4-1-2024AD -
Malaysia Qur’an AI
Sat 10 Jumada Al Akhira 1445AH 23-12-2023AD -
AI Imran Khan Voice Clone
Mon 5 Jumada Al Akhira 1445AH 18-12-2023AD -
Ministry of Digital
Fri 2 Jumada Al Akhira 1445AH 15-12-2023AD -
Alternative Browsers
Sat 25 Jumada Al Oula 1445AH 9-12-2023AD -
Deepfake Issues
Mon 20 Jumada Al Oula 1445AH 4-12-2023AD -
Israel ‘AI‘
Sat 18 Jumada Al Oula 1445AH 2-12-2023AD -
‘Chatbot Honeypot‘
Tue 14 Jumada Al Oula 1445AH 28-11-2023AD -
Tawaaf on a Scooter
Sun 5 Jumada Al Oula 1445AH 19-11-2023AD -
‘Hallucinations‘
Thu 2 Jumada Al Oula 1445AH 16-11-2023AD -
Machine Unlearning
Wed 24 Rabi Al Thani 1445AH 8-11-2023AD -
AI Stereotypes
Wed 10 Rabi Al Thani 1445AH 25-10-2023AD -
AI and Fatwas
Mon 8 Rabi Al Thani 1445AH 23-10-2023AD -
Iran Facial Recognition Tech.
Mon 24 Rabi Al Awwal 1445AH 9-10-2023AD -
Spouting Chatbots
Fri 21 Rabi Al Awwal 1445AH 6-10-2023AD -
AI al-Bashir
Fri 21 Rabi Al Awwal 1445AH 6-10-2023AD -
AI Fatwas
Thu 20 Rabi Al Awwal 1445AH 5-10-2023AD -
Arabic AI
Wed 19 Rabi Al Awwal 1445AH 4-10-2023AD -
Robot Fatwas
Wed 12 Rabi Al Awwal 1445AH 27-9-2023AD -
Iran AI Fatwa
Tue 11 Rabi Al Awwal 1445AH 26-9-2023AD -
‘Proxy Pilgrimage’
Wed 21 Safar 1445AH 6-9-2023AD -
JAIS Arabic Language Model
Mon 19 Safar 1445AH 4-9-2023AD -
MENA AI Biometric Concerns
Wed 7 Safar 1445AH 23-8-2023AD -
AI MSA Translations
Tue 6 Safar 1445AH 22-8-2023AD -
Recent Research: HTI and FPI in West Java…
Fri 2 Safar 1445AH 18-8-2023AD -
New and noted: Religious Authority in Da’wah Activity
Fri 2 Safar 1445AH 18-8-2023AD -
Research: Muslims in Canada
Thu 1 Safar 1445AH 17-8-2023AD -
Iraq AI News
Tue 28 Muharram 1445AH 15-8-2023AD -
Haramain Railway
Sat 25 Muharram 1445AH 12-8-2023AD -
Fatwa Robot in Mecca
Fri 24 Muharram 1445AH 11-8-2023AD -
Cats and Imams
Wed 22 Muharram 1445AH 9-8-2023AD -
Egypt and Animal Welfare
Mon 20 Muharram 1445AH 7-8-2023AD -
Islamic Centre England
Mon 13 Muharram 1445AH 31-7-2023AD -
Seyyed Javad Alavi Boroujerdi
Sun 12 Muharram 1445AH 30-7-2023AD -
Minaret Demolition
Fri 3 Muharram 1445AH 21-7-2023AD -
Cloned Voices
Thu 2 Muharram 1445AH 20-7-2023AD -
AI: Automating Islamophobia
Thu 2 Muharram 1445AH 20-7-2023AD -
‘Iran’s Hijab-Industrial Complex’
Wed 1 Muharram 1445AH 19-7-2023AD -
Arabic Bard
Thu 25 Dhul Hijjah 1444AH 13-7-2023AD -
Reading the digital Qur’an
Mon 22 Dhul Hijjah 1444AH 10-7-2023AD -
Rushd App
Mon 1 Dhul Hijjah 1444AH 19-6-2023AD -
Molavi Abdolhamid
Wed 25 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 14-6-2023AD -
AI & War crimes evidence
Wed 11 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 31-5-2023AD -
Najiaying Mosque
Tue 10 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 30-5-2023AD -
Training AI in Arabic Content
Mon 9 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 29-5-2023AD -
AI Arabic
Sun 8 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 28-5-2023AD -
‘Navigating Differences’
Fri 6 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 26-5-2023AD -
‘Digital Colonialism’
Fri 6 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 26-5-2023AD -
Indonesian Influencer Issue
Fri 29 Shawwal 1444AH 19-5-2023AD -
Hajj booking chaos
Wed 27 Shawwal 1444AH 17-5-2023AD -
AI Elaph
Wed 20 Shawwal 1444AH 10-5-2023AD -
AI on Palestine and Israel
Tue 19 Shawwal 1444AH 9-5-2023AD -
Surveillance and AI
Tue 5 Shawwal 1444AH 25-4-2023AD -
Moonsighting Advice (cont/d)
Sun 3 Shawwal 1444AH 23-4-2023AD -
Eid Mubarak
Fri 1 Shawwal 1444AH 21-4-2023AD -
Informing AI
Thu 29 Ramadan 1444AH 20-4-2023AD -
AI Qur’an
Wed 28 Ramadan 1444AH 19-4-2023AD -
Haramain
Tue 27 Ramadan 1444AH 18-4-2023AD -
ChatGPT Legal
Tue 27 Ramadan 1444AH 18-4-2023AD -
Mosque Digital Bracelets
Thu 22 Ramadan 1444AH 13-4-2023AD -
Al-Aqsa
Tue 20 Ramadan 1444AH 11-4-2023AD -
Ramadan 2023 – updated
Thu 15 Ramadan 1444AH 6-4-2023AD -
Cats in Mosques
Wed 14 Ramadan 1444AH 5-4-2023AD -
A Unique Adhan
Tue 6 Ramadan 1444AH 28-3-2023AD -
Not Even Water
Sun 4 Ramadan 1444AH 26-3-2023AD -
Copenhagen All-Female Mosque
Thu 1 Ramadan 1444AH 23-3-2023AD -
‘Islamic Authority and Centres of Knowledge Production in…
Mon 28 Shaban 1444AH 20-3-2023AD -
‘Digital Islam and Muslim Millennials’
Mon 28 Shaban 1444AH 20-3-2023AD -
Motawiff
Sat 26 Shaban 1444AH 18-3-2023AD -
GPT-4
Wed 23 Shaban 1444AH 15-3-2023AD -
AI MENA Education
Wed 23 Shaban 1444AH 15-3-2023AD -
Building ChatGPT
Mon 21 Shaban 1444AH 13-3-2023AD -
Rebooting ‘digital persona’
Mon 21 Shaban 1444AH 13-3-2023AD -
Al-Moubayed
Sat 19 Shaban 1444AH 11-3-2023AD -
AI Fatwa
Fri 4 Shaban 1444AH 24-2-2023AD -
Towards AI Khutbah
Mon 29 Rajab 1444AH 20-2-2023AD -
AI Architecture
Fri 26 Rajab 1444AH 17-2-2023AD -
AI/ChatGPT
Fri 26 Rajab 1444AH 17-2-2023AD -
Imam pay
Mon 8 Rajab 1444AH 30-1-2023AD -
‘Smart Haram’
Thu 19 Jumada Al Akhira 1444AH 12-1-2023AD -
‘Dirty Da’wah
Wed 22 Rabi Al Thani 1444AH 16-11-2022AD -
Qaradawi Profile
Tue 29 Rabi Al Awwal 1444AH 25-10-2022AD -
‘Sharia in Transition’
Wed 9 Rabi Al Awwal 1444AH 5-10-2022AD -
Yusuf al-Qaradawi
Mon 30 Safar 1444AH 26-9-2022AD -
Iran Tech Surveillance
Mon 9 Safar 1444AH 5-9-2022AD -
Uzbekistan Net
Fri 28 Muharram 1444AH 26-8-2022AD -
Hajj Infographic
Wed 30 Dhul Qidah 1443AH 29-6-2022AD -
Hajj portal
Tue 29 Dhul Qidah 1443AH 28-6-2022AD -
Motawif
Sat 26 Dhul Qidah 1443AH 25-6-2022AD -
AI Voices
Thu 24 Dhul Qidah 1443AH 23-6-2022AD -
Digital Imam
Fri 12 Shawwal 1443AH 13-5-2022AD