How Should Muslims Think About AI? - Free Webinar

Artificial intelligence is advancing at extraordinary speed-from today's generative AI to the pursuit of AGI and potentially superintelligent systems. What do these developments mean for Muslims, and how should we respond?

This webinar brings together Muslim scholars and AI experts to explore the opportunities and risks of advanced AI through both technological and Islamic ethical perspectives.

The conversation will go beyond how Muslims can use today's AI tools. It will examine deeper questions:

• What happens when we surrender human judgment and agency to machines?
• What limits should guide the pursuit of increasingly powerful AI?
• How can Muslim scholars, technologists, policymakers, educators, students, and communities help shape a future in which AI serves humanity rather than disempowers it?

Date: Thursday September 24th, 2026

Time: 9 am PST USA | 5 pm British ST | 9:30 pm India ST

Duration: 90 Minutes

Moderator:

Dr. Munir Jiwa is Director of Academic Initiatives & Partnerships, and Associate Professor at Zaytuna College, and on the Religious Diversity Cluster Faculty at UC Berkeley, specializing in anthropology, religious studies, and interreligious dialogue.

Speakers:

Dr. Mohamed AbuTaleb is a Yaqeen Institute scholar, educator, and technologist whose work bridges Islamic scholarship, engineering, and contemporary issues, including the ethical implications of AI.

Dr Yaqub Chaudhary is an interdisciplinary scholar who has been working on the philosophy and metaphysics of AI and digital technologies since 2017. He is currently co-authoring a work based on original research on the Intention Economy. He was a Visiting Scholar at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence at the University of Cambridge between 2023-25.

Dr. Amana Raquib is Assistant Professor of Religion and Philosophy at IBA Karachi and author of Islamic Ethics of Technology, specializing in Islamic ethics, technology, AI, and Maqasid al-Shariah.

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