Foreword
Abstract
By the grace of Allah, it is a great pleasure to introduce this issue of The International Journal on Islamic Applications in Computer Science and Technology
The success and the welcome of this Journal by researchers from many countries, gave us great encouragement for continuing issuing in the due time.
This Journal is aimed at publishing original research papers in the field of Islamic Applications in computer science and technology. This field is catching a momentum in the recent years. As a Journal interested in this field, it is the first International Journal of its specific field. As research is growing in this field, we hope that this Journal will be a platform for researchers working in the field to publish their research.
This issue contains three papers. The first one is entitled: Proposing and Developing Qaf Online System for Quranic Contests. This paper will highlight the importance of using IT in Quranic education. With that, it is observed that many Quranic institutions are using IT in their daily work, but there is still a lack in integrating IT systems into some Quranic programs that require utilizing IT for better efficiency. Qaf system has been proposed and developed to realize this objective for the whole processes of Quranic contests, which is built upon an experience of 10 years in conducting Quranic contests. The system encompasses 5 main modules – User Management Module, Applications Module, Seasons & Sessions Module, Questions & Evaluations Module, and Result Module. For smooth operation of the system, it has been tested with 700 users. With the use of this system in Quranic contests, efficiency and effectiveness are attained in terms of time, flow of processes, and effort.
The second paper is entitled: Tawafuq of Word Allah in Quran. This paper demonstrates a miraculousness of word Allah SWT in Quran based on the ideas from Risale-i Nur, pioneer by Bediuzaman Saeed Nursi, a famous religion scholar from Turkey. Few examples are given to support the ideas on how word Allah SWT shows wonderful shape in text of Quran such, how every surah and its total verses can form an illustration pattern in graph of word Allah SWT, how word Allah SWT portray a numerical link with the total number of verses in Quran, how unique positions of word Allah are patterned in Quran and also tawafuq or coincidence that happens within first few surah’s in Quran that relate with word Allah. This study hopefully can boost the confidence of the readers of the majesty of Allah SWT contained in the Quran and increase the faith of the readers about the greatness of Quran itself.
The third paper is entitled: IslamTAM: Revising Technology Acceptance Model from the Islamic Perspective. This conceptual paper aims to revise the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) from the Islamic perspective and develop a framework called “Islamic Technology Acceptance Model” (IslamTAM). The framework focuses on "Thoughts and Ideas" as the origin of all the optional doings according to Ibn al-Qayyim's view. In addition, the model also focuses on the importance of the “Ability”, as Ibn Taymiyyah’s view, to moderate the relationship between “Intention to Use” and “Actual Usage”.
