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Using AI to Extract Structured Insights from Seerah Texts
Published: 20 September 2024 Author: Mohammad Galib Shams, Nabil Mosharraf Hossain At Greentech Apps Foundation (GTAF), one of our research initiatives involves applying cutting-edge AI models to classical Islamic texts, including the Seerah (biography of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ). Our recent project focused on automatically extracting structured insights—such as people, places, events, and dates—from raw…
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Automating User Feedback Analysis for Al-Quran App
Published: 05 March 2024 Author: Mohammad Galib Shams, Nabil Mosharraf Hossain At Greentech Apps Foundation, we constantly strive to connect with our users, understand their needs, and improve our products based on their feedback. One of our key projects toward this goal is the Comment Analysis Pipeline—a backend automation tool that helps us monitor, classify,…
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Bridging the Gap Between App Users and Donors: Why Cross-Platform Tracking Matters (and How to Do It Right)
Introduction One of the biggest challenges for Islamic and charity-based mobile apps is tracking the full journey of users—from interacting within the app to making a donation on the website. Without clear visibility into this journey, it becomes difficult to measure ROI, optimise fundraising campaigns, or understand which platforms are truly driving donations. This is…
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How We Hire for R&D at GTAF
At Greentech Apps Foundation (GTAF), our Research & Development (R&D) team plays a critical role in shaping the future of Islamic tech. Over the past year, we’ve explored various approaches to hiring for this team—balancing transparency, speed, and alignment with our mission. Recent Hiring Journey When a key team member from our R&D unit, received…
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Interconnected Learning in Islamic Apps: Insights from User Interviews
Published: 25 March 2025 Author: Ishrat Jahan Easha, Dr Riasat Islam At Greentech Apps Foundation (GTAF), our mission is to create digital tools that help Muslims come closer to Allah ﷻ by engaging meaningfully with the Qur’an, Hadith, and Seerah. As part of our ongoing research efforts, we recently conducted a qualitative user study to…
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Active Learning for the Soul: Using Constructivist Learning Theory in Islamic Apps
Published: 27 April 2025 Author: Dr Riasat Islam بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم As Muslims strive to connect with the Qur’an, Hadith, and Seerah, many of us feel the desire to understand—not just read. At Greentech Apps Foundation (GTAF), our mission has always been to help Muslims come closer to Allah ﷻ through meaningful engagement with…
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Extracting Knowledge from Hadith Using Named Entity Recognition and LLMs
Published: 23 October 2024Author: Mohammad Galib Shams, Nabil Mosharraf Hossain, Riasat Islam Introduction At Greentech Apps Foundation (GTAF), we are always looking for new ways to enhance user engagement with Islamic content. In our latest research project, we focused on automating the extraction of structured information from hadith using Named Entity Recognition (NER) powered by…
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Enhancing Donor Engagement Through Automation and Personalised Milestone Messaging
Published Date: 13 November 2024Author: Mohammad Galib Shams, Nabil Mosharraf Hossain At Greentech Apps Foundation (GTAF), our donors are at the heart of everything we do. Their generosity helps us build tools that benefit millions of Muslims worldwide. But as our donor base grows, we wanted to do more to acknowledge their contributions, reconnect with…
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Enhancing Related Hadith Suggestions Using Sentence Transformers
Published Date: 24 May 2024Author: Mohammad Galib Shams, Nabil Mosharraf Hossain At Greentech Apps Foundation, we constantly look for ways to help users explore the Hadith literature more meaningfully. One of our goals is to connect users with related Hadiths—narrations that share similar meanings, themes, or wording—across various collections. However, the current system for identifying…
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🎓 Student Research Project Spotlight: Leveraging LLMs for Multilingual User Feedback in Islamic Apps
At Greentech Apps Foundation (GTAF), we believe the future of Islamic technology lies in collaboration—between professionals, researchers, students, and the global ummah. As part of this vision, we’re excited to share a new research project developed by students from the Systems and Software Lab, Department of CSE, Islamic University of Technology (IUT), under our ongoing…
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