STRENGTHENING CRITICAL RELIGIOUS LITERACY IN THE AGE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: THE ROLE OF ISLAMIC EDUCATION

Edi Junaidi Ds, Dian Annisa, Ghozali Ghozali, Sholihah Fatimatuz Zahro

Abstract


The rapid development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has reshaped the production and dissemination of religious knowledge in Islamic education. While AI enhances access to religious learning, it also raises challenges such as misinformation, methodological reductionism, and the shift from scholarly sanad to algorithmic authority. This study aims to formulate a conceptual framework for strengthening critical religious literacy in the AI era. Employing a qualitative library research design with thematic analysis of recent studies on AI, digital literacy, and Islamic epistemology, the findings reveal that the core challenge lies not in the technology itself, but in students’ limited capacity to critically verify and contextualize digital religious content. Islamic epistemological principles offer a normative basis for cultivating critical religious reasoning. The study concludes that integrating digital literacy with Islamic epistemology in curriculum and pedagogy is crucial for fostering intellectually mature and epistemically resilient learners.


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3059/insis.v0i0.29528

DOI (PDF): https://doi.org/10.3059/insis.v0i0.29528.g15091

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