Category: Research
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Sheikh Mustafa Al-Azami’s (رَحِمَهُ ٱللَّٰهُ) Vision: Making Hadith Accessible Everywhere
By Md. Ashraful Haque, R&D, gtaf.orgContributor: Md. Julhas Biswas, Marketing Executive @ gtaf.org Today, accessing authenticated Hadith narrations on your smartphone takes mere seconds. This seamless experience—now taken for granted by millions—was nearly impossible half a century ago. The technology behind it comes from Sheikh Muhammed Mustafa Al-Azami’s (may Allah have mercy on him) pioneering…
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Greentech R&D – Year-End Report — 2025
Islamic AI Research – “Building with ihsān, rigour, and responsibility” Overview In 2025, the Research & Development (R&D) function at Greentech Apps Foundation (GTAF) focused on strengthening the organisation’s Islamic AI Research, analytical foundations, learning science capabilities, Islamic knowledge infrastructure, and decision-making maturity, while remaining firmly anchored to its mission: helping Muslims understand Islam. This…
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ADAB: Culturally-Aligned AI for Responding to Islamic App Reviews
By Greentech Apps Foundation (GTAF) Research Team How should an Islamic app respond to user reviews at scale while maintaining adab, humility, and cultural authenticity? This question motivated our latest research work, ADAB: A Culturally-Aligned Automated Response Generation Framework for Islamic App Reviews, which has been accepted at the NeurIPS 2025 Workshop on Muslims in…
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Building Islamic Computing, One Conversation at a Time
Reflections from the Muslims in AI Event 2025 at Imperial College London Alhamdulillah. Recently, I had the honour of speaking at the Muslims in AI 2025 event hosted at Imperial College London, where I shared Greentech Apps Foundation’s journey and ongoing work in Islamic Computing — how we use AI, data, and human-centred design to…
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Evaluating the Performance of Our Narrator Chain Extraction System for Hadith Analysis
Author: Md. Ashraful Haque, GTAF R&DDate: 12/08/2025 At Greentech Apps Foundation (GTAF), we are continuously innovating to bridge classical Islamic scholarship with modern computational tools. As part of our ongoing mission to digitize and analyze Islamic texts, we recently completed a performance assessment of our narrator chain (isnād) extraction system—a key component of our AI-driven…
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Understanding Quran Memorization Patterns: Insights from User Data
Date: 29 July 2025 Md. Ashraful Haque | GTAF R&D At Greentech Apps Foundation (GTAF), our mission is to bring people closer to Allah ﷻ through technology that supports traditional Islamic learning. One of our most beloved tools, the Quran Memoriser app, helps users across the globe on their journey to memorise the Book of…
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Building the Future of Islamic Search: How We’re Benchmarking SearchDeen Against Sunnah.com
Published: 29 July 2025By: Mushfiqur Rahman Talha, Greentech Apps Foundation R&D Team At Greentech Apps Foundation, we believe that accessing authentic Islamic knowledge should be as easy as a Google search. That’s why we’re building SearchDeen — a dedicated Islamic search engine designed to help Muslims around the world find reliable answers from trusted sources…
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Making Islamic Scholarship Accessible with AI
Published by: Md. Ashraful Haque, Greentech Apps Foundation – R&DDate: 14 July 2025 What We Built We created an AI system that helps people understand hadith texts better. Islamic scholars like Imam Malik and Imam Bukhari (رحمهم الله) already did amazing work preserving the teachings of Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ). Our job is simply to make…
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Smarter Financial Forecasting with AI: How We Use FB Prophet for Charity Planning
At Greentech Apps Foundation (GTAF), we’ve always aimed to use technology to amplify our impact—whether that’s through building Islamic apps or running our charity operations efficiently. One area we’ve recently upgraded is financial forecasting—a critical component for any non-profit. From Guesswork to Intelligence Previously, our budgeting and forecasting efforts relied on basic percentage-based increases and…
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Streamlining Gift Aid Submissions with Python: Saving Time, Boosting Impact
By Greentech Apps Foundation (GTAF)بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Gift Aid is a vital tool for UK-based charities. For every £1 donated by a UK taxpayer, charities can claim an extra 25p from HMRC—effectively increasing the impact of each donation without costing the donor a penny more. For 100% donation policy charities, Gift Aid often covers…