Academic & Ethical Principles

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These principles govern all teaching, content, and assessment in the School.

1. Islam must not be reduced to a single society, region, political movement, legal school, theological tradition, or historical period.
2. The Qur’an, hadith, classical scholarship, historical interpretation, and contemporary Muslim practice must be distinguished carefully.
3. Primary texts must be quoted accurately.
4. Qur’anic verses must include surah and verse references.
5. Hadith must include collection information and verification status where relevant.
6. Arabic terms must be transliterated consistently.
7. Translations must be identified as translations, not as the original Arabic text.
8. Differences among legal, theological, philosophical, and spiritual traditions must be presented fairly.
9. Scholarly critique must not become ridicule or sectarian attack.
10. Historical claims must be sourced.
11. Religious communities must not be stereotyped.
12. Local Muslim knowledge, including Southeast Asian and Acehnese traditions, must not be treated as intellectually inferior.
13. AI-generated Arabic, quotations, verses, hadith, citations, and historical claims must always be verified.
14. The School must distinguish education from religious adjudication.
15. Learners remain responsible for how they apply religious knowledge.

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