Academic Clusters — School of Islamic Civilization

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Cluster 1 — Revelation, Text, and Transmission

Qur’an, revelation, interpretation, hadith, transmission, scholarly authority, tafsir, textual traditions, manuscript culture, and chains of learning.

Cluster 2 — Knowledge and Intellectual Traditions

ʿilm, epistemology, theology, philosophy, logic, intellectual history, education, scholarly institutions, knowledge classification, and civilizational knowledge.

Cluster 3 — Law, Ethics, and Governance

Islamic law, legal schools, usul al-fiqh, maqasid, ethics, public responsibility, governance, social justice, contemporary legal reasoning, and institutions.

Cluster 4 — Sufism and Spiritual Traditions

Tasawwuf, spiritual ethics, self-knowledge, remembrance, sainthood, Sufi orders, metaphysics, gnosis, moral formation, and regional spiritual traditions.

Cluster 5 — History, Society, and Civilization

Early Islamic history, caliphates, empires, cities, trade, education, science, art, literature, social institutions, and Muslim diversity.

Cluster 6 — Islam in Southeast Asia and Aceh

Islamization, Nusantara, the Malay world, Aceh, ulama networks, manuscripts, Islamic kingdoms, colonialism, reform, local knowledge, and contemporary society.

Cluster 7 — Contemporary and Digital Islam

Contemporary Muslim societies, religious authority, media, social platforms, digital preaching, artificial intelligence, Islamic ethics of technology, politics, gender, family, globalization, and future Muslim societies.

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