University of Islamic Studies

تتناول هذه الدّراسة مظاهر الارتقاء السّلوكي في شخصيّتي سليمان ويونس -عليهما السّلام-، كما عرضها القرآن الكريم. وقد اعتمد الباحث في بيان ذلك ثلاثة مناهج: الاستقرائيّ والوصفيّ والتّحليليّ. ففي حالة سليمان عليه السّلام، تظهر أبعاد هذا الارتقاء من خلال تفاعله مع مخلوقات دقيقة كالنّملة، إذ يتجاوز موقف الهيبة والسّلطة إلى التّواضع والاعتبار، مستجيباً بضحك متأمّل ثمّ بدعاء فيه شكر وتوسّل للعمل الصّالح، كما برز ارتقاؤه السّلوكي مع الهدهد، حين لم يتعجّل الحكم عليه، بل أتاح له فرصة التّبرير، ثمّ استثمر ما قدّمه الهدهد من معلومات في توجيه رسالة دعويّة حكيمة انتهت بإسلام الملكة بلقيس. ويتجلّى في ذلك الحرص على العدل، وسعة الأفق القيادي. أمّا يونس -عليه السّلام-، فبدأ سلوكه الأوّلي بمغاضبة قومه ومغادرتهم دون إذن إلهي، إلّا أن ابتلاءه في بطن الحوت مثّل نقطة تحوّل ارتقائيّة؛ إذ لجأ إلى الله بتوحيد واعتراف بالتّقصير، فاستُجيب له ونجّاه الله. ويُبرز هذا التّحوّل أهمّيّة النّدم الصّادق والدّعاء المخلص في لحظات الشّدّة. تختم الدّراسة بجملة من القيم التّربويّة المستفادة، منها: التّواضع، حسن الخلق، إنصاف الآخرين، تقبّل النّصيحة حتّى من الأضعف، والصّبر في مواجهة المصاعب. كما تؤكّد على قيمة العمل الصّالح المخزون وأثره في الأزمات، والاقتداء بسلوك الأنبياء في التّوازن بين الحزم والرّحمة.

Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires a fundamental transformation of prevailing development and governance paradigms, moving beyond fragmented, capital-driven approaches toward inclusive, collaborative, and sustainability-oriented models. This study examines the strategic role of Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships (MSPs) and Cross-Sector Collaboration (CSC) in advancing the SDGs, with a particular focus on the integration of climate finance as a catalytic mechanism for systemic change. The paper highlights the importance of transformational stakeholder engagement, equitable governance structures, and meta-governance arrangements in ensuring the effectiveness and scalability of partnerships. By integrating global climate finance flows with locally embedded, context-sensitive implementation, MSPs and CSC facilitate the translation of global sustainability commitments into measurable development outcomes.

هدفت الدراسة إلى معرفة تأثير المحددات الداخلية لكفاية رأس المال في المصارف الإسلامية الكويتية خلال الفترة (2015- 2024)، وعبّرت الدراسة عن كفاية رأس المال كمتغير تابع، وتَمثلت المُتغيرات المُستقلة في؛ نسبة العائد على الأصول، ونسبة العائد على حقوق الملكية ونسبة التمويل إلى الودائع، ونسبة حقوق الملكية إلى الأصول، ونسبة الكفاءة التشغيلية، وحجم المصرف. واستخدمت الدراسة المنهج الوصفي التحليلي، حَيثُ تمَّ لتحق استخدام الإحصاءات الوصفية، والارتباط بين المُتغيرات، واختبارات التشخيص، ونماذج الانحدار المتعدد، واختبار الفرضيات للوصول إلى نتائج الدراسة. وتَوصلت الدراسة إلى وجود أثر معنوي ذو دلالة إحصائية للمتغيرات المستقلة مجتمعة على نسبة كفاية رأس المال. وهذا يعكس أن النموذج ككل يتمتع بقدرة تفسيرية جيدة، وأن المتغيرات المختارة مناسبة لتفسير التغيرات في نسبة كفاية رأس المال لدى البنوك في العينة. وتُوصي الدراسة بضرورة العمل على تعزيز سياسات الأرباح المستدامة وربطها بمستويات رأس المال على المدى الطويل، وبالشكل الذي يضمن قدرة البنوك على مواجهة المخاطر غير المتوقعة.

This study examines the convergence of food and energy security in the Sulawesi, Maluku, and Papua (SULAMPUA) region as a key element of national resilience. Using a dynamic panel model with the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) on data from 10 provinces (2018–2023), the analysis reveals that food security is strongly supported by agricultural technology assistance, which boosts productivity despite shrinking farmland. Equitable fertilizer subsidies are also critical, while natural disasters require targeted adaptation strategies. On the energy side, declining crude oil production weakens stability, but renewable energy development offers significant potential. However, infrastructure limitations and global oil price fluctuations remain significant challenges. Policy implications underscore the need to integrate food and energy strategies, combining agricultural technology, fertilizer subsidies, and accelerating renewable energy development. Green infrastructure, including clean-energy irrigation systems, can enhance resilience while reducing carbon emissions. Strengthening disaster risk management through early warning systems and local crop diversification is also vital. Additionally, energy price-stabilization policies, such as buffer stocks and fiscal incentives for renewables, are necessary to reduce dependence on global markets. Overall, the findings underscore the importance of a multisectoral, evidence-based approach to building sustainable resilience in the SULAMPUA region.

AI systems are increasingly mediating how Islamic communities access, study, and apply Islamic sources; still, research on Islamic-knowledge capabilities remains fragmented across NLP, information retrieval, speech, multimodal learning, educational technology, and recent LLM alignment work. This survey presents a critical systematic review of 160 papers from the past decade that incorporate Islamic knowledge in Machine Learning/AI. We propose a layered taxonomy that separates an epistemic view of Islamic knowledge (authority-bearing foundations and established disciplines) from an instrumental AI task layer (data and corpora, retrieval and grounding, understanding, reasoning support, evaluation and governance, and multimodal methods), while treating normative concerns as cross-cutting constraints. Using this framework, we synthesize trends in datasets, benchmarks, and system architectures, highlighting the shift toward retrievalgrounded LLM pipelines, verification and deferral mechanisms, and emerging multimodal recitation and manuscript-processing systems. We also consolidate evaluation practices for trustworthiness, including provenance and faithfulness, disagreement-aware and school of thought-sensitive framing, calibrated abstention under underspecified queries, and safety and bias assessment for Islamic contexts. Finally, we identify deployment-critical gaps and engineering priorities for building auditable, pluralism-aware, and risk-sensitive Islamic-knowledge AI. Project webpage: https://gagan3012.github.io/islamic-knowledge-survey/

Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted tourist behavior and changed how loyalty to travel destinations is built. This study aims to explore the factors influencing destination loyalty in a post-pandemic context, considering tourists' changing expectations and satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on Expectation Disconfirmation Theory (EDT), the research develops a conceptual model to explore the relationship among perceived value, destination image, experience quality, destination satisfaction and destination loyalty. A convenience sampling strategy was employed to collect data through 264 tourist questionnaires. Partial least squares structural equation modeling was utilized in analyzing data gathered to support hypothesized associations. Findings Results indicate that experience quality, destination image and perceived value contribute significantly to destination satisfaction, which, in turn, has a strong and positive influence on destination loyalty. Results also highlight the mediating influence of satisfaction in post-pandemic travel environments on developing loyalty. Research limitations/implications This study is limited by the application of a cross-sectional design and non-probability sampling, which will probably affect the generalizability of the findings. Future research should employ longitudinal methods and large samples to confirm and generalize the proposed model. Practical implications The study provides policymakers and destination marketers with practical insights into the importance of experience quality and perceived value in achieving ultimate tourist satisfaction and loyalty. As a post-pandemic context, these attributes must be a priority to maintain and regain competitive tourism destinations. Originality/value This research contributes to the body of tourism literature through the application of EDT in a post-pandemic setting, giving a new perspective on how tourist loyalty is reclaimed through satisfaction driven by shifting perceptions and experiences.

This research aims to deconstruct the phenomenon of hyper-independence that massively affects Generation Z within the contemporary digital ecosystem. As digital natives, Generation Z often falls into the trap of extreme self-reliance, which is regarded as a personal achievement but sociologically triggers the disintegration of social capital and societal atomization. The primary issue raised is how technological independence paradoxically creates emotional distance and social apathy toward real-world suffering. Utilizing a qualitative method based on library research and a Social Interpretation (al-tafsir al-ijtima’i) approach, this study positions Surah Al-Ma’un as a theological framework to address this solidarity crisis. The analysis is conducted by creating a dialogue between the Quranic text and digital sociological theories regarding social ties and atomization. The results show that Surah Al-Ma’un offers a radical critique of "religious individualism" by categorizing those who separate prayer rituals from social sensitivity as deniers of the faith. This study finds novelty in the reinterpretation of the term al-ma'un, which in the digital era is no longer limited to simple material aid but has transformed into "collaborative assets" encompassing information literacy, emotional support, and digital resource accessibility for marginalized groups. The research formulates the Inclusive Social Piety model, which integrates three main pillars: spiritual interconnection awareness, digital altruism, and empowering independence. This model functions as a solution to transform the narcissistic "I" paradigm into a collaborative "We" paradigm. In conclusion, the internalization of Al-Ma’un's values acts as a bridge between the personal advancement of Generation Z and their collective responsibility, serving as a basis for character strengthening in Islamic higher education to remain functional and responsive to human problems in the era of disruption.

This study examines the complex dynamics of religious identity representation among hijab-wearing Muslim female TikTokers in Aceh, focusing on how Islamic symbols, personal narratives, and platform algorithms shape public perceptions of piety in digital spaces. The research aims to identify the strategies used by creators to negotiate between local Islamic norms and the expressive culture of TikTok, as well as to analyze how audiences interpret these representations. Using a qualitative descriptive method, the study collected data through in-depth interviews with content creators, observation of TikTok videos, and documentation of public responses. The findings reveal three dominant patterns: the aestheticization of Islamic identity, the commodification of piety, and the negotiation of moral boundaries within digital performance. These results contribute to broader discussions on digital religion and Muslim women’s agency in online media, while also highlighting the impact of algorithm-driven visibility.

International sanctions against countries, by restricting access to medicines and medical equipment, violate public health and fundamental human rights. Using a descriptive–analytical method and relying on international legal instruments (such as the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) and Islamic sources (the Qur'an, hadiths, and jurisprudence), this study examines the comparative impact of pharmaceutical sanctions on health systems and their conflict with legal and ethical principles. The findings indicate that sanctions not only contradict the right to health under international law but also oppose Islamic norms such as preserving human dignity and the obligation of treatment in emergencies. Empirical cases in Iran, Iraq, and Syria confirm the increase in mortality among patients with specific conditions, shortages of essential medicines, and price inflation. This study, by offering solutions such as humanitarian exemptions and strengthening regional cooperation, emphasizes the necessity of revising sanction mechanisms to reduce human harm.

Malaysia is one of the countries known for its Islamic finance and banking sector but the usage rate of Islamic credit cards is still weak compared to the usage of conventional credit cards among Muslim consumers in Malaysia. This study aims to study the factors that contribute to the selection of credit cards among Muslim workers, especially in Selangor, which is also one of the states with the highest state of employment rate in Malaysia. This study uses a quantitative method with an online survey on the purpose sampling technique by respondents among Muslim workers who is experience in credit card usage. Through these findings, the researcher has also formulated several hypotheses related to the level of knowledge, behavior, intention to use, selection factors and customer satisfaction levels towards Islamic and conventional credit cards that they use. The data was analyzed through descriptive and inferential analysis using Excel and SPSS. The main results of the study showed that the level of knowledge and belief in sharia compliance among Islamic credit card users had a higher level of knowledge compared to conventional credit card users. However, the annual charge rate, rewards, attractive promotions and customer satisfaction encouraged Muslim users to continue choosing conventional credit cards. Therefore, more precise and convincing efforts need to be expanded to strengthen Islamic financial education among Muslim users in addition to providing more attractive promotions and service charges that are more profitable for both parties.