AFKAR: Jurnal Akidah & Pemikiran Islam (ISSN: 1511-8819, E-ISSN: 2550-1755) adalah jurnal dwi tahunan (Jun & Disember) antarabangsa yang dinilai, diterbitkan oleh Jabatan Akidah dan Pemikiran Islam, Akademi Pengajian Islam, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. Ia menerbitkan makalah dan kajian ilmiah berkaitan Akidah dan Pemikiran Islam merangkumi bidang kalam, falsafah, tasawwuf, perbandingan agama, mantik dan pemikiran Islam dalam Bahasa Melayu, Inggeris dan Arab. Jurnal ini diindeks di pengkalan data Scopus, Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI-WoS), American Theological Library Association (Atla) Religion Database, Asean Citation Index (ACI) dan MyCite.

AFKAR: Journal of 'Aqidah & Islamic Thought is an international peer reviewed journal published twice a year (June & December) by the Department of `Aqidah and Islamic Thought, Academy of Islamic Studies, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. It publishes articles and research papers concerning `aqidah and Islamic thought, particularly Kalam, philosophy, Sufism, comparative religions, logic and Islamic thought in Malay, English and Arabic. The journal is being indexed and abstracted by Elsevier's Scopus, Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI-WoS), American Theological Library Association (Atla) Religion Database, Asean Citation Index (ACI) and MyCite.

مجلة أفكار هي مجلة علمية عالمية محكمة سنوية يصدرها قسم العقيدة والفكر الإسلامي بأكاديمية الدراسات الإسلامية، جامعة ملايا بكوالا لمبور. تنشر المجلة المقالات والدراسات العلمية المتخصصة بالملايوية والإنجليزية والعربية في المجالات المتعلقة بالعقيدة والفكر الإسلامي خاصة في علم الكلام والفلسفة والتصوف ومقارنة الأديان والمنطق، كما أنها تهتم بالقضايا المتعلقة بالفكر الإسلامي

          

Special Issue Policy Announcement

2023-07-21

Dear Authors and Readers,

We would like to inform you about AFKAR Journal's policy regarding Special Issues. At AFKAR, we value scholarly contributions and welcome proposals for Special Issues that align with the scope of our publication.

The decision to publish a Special Issue is made by the Editorial Board, ensuring that it meets the journal's focus and thematic relevance. Special Issues are dedicated to exploring specific topics in-depth and providing a platform for in-depth research and discussions.

Please note that the submission process for Special Issues follows the same rigorous evaluation as our regular issues. Each submitted paper will be thoroughly reviewed by the editors to determine its suitability for publication. Acceptance for the Special Issue is not automatic, and only articles that meet the journal's standards for quality and significance will be included.

Maintaining the quality of AFKAR is of utmost importance to us. Hence, all articles, whether part of a Special Issue or regular issue, undergo a holistic review process. Regarding fees, AFKAR only charges publication fees. Any additional fees collected for a Special Issue are not in accordance with the policy set by the journal.

Our commitment to ethical publishing practices remains unwavering. We strictly adhere to our ethics and malpractice statement, ensuring the integrity of the research published in our journal.

Thank you for your continued support and contributions to AFKAR Journal.

Latest Publication Fees

2022-07-02

All submission will be subject to a publication fee of RM1000.00 for Malaysian Authors and USD400.00 for international authors upon acceptance for publication.

Vol. 25 No. 2 (2023): Afkar: Jurnal Akidah & Pemikiran Islam

Published: 2023-12-28

Exploring Opportunities and Risks of Artificial Intelligence Research for Islamic Ethical Guidelines

Aliff Nawi, Nor Yazi Khamis, Mohd Faiz Mohd Yaakob, Mohd Al Adib Samuri, Gamal Abdul Nasir Zakaria

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A Comparative Study on the Notion of Dialogue in Islam and Buddhism

Ahmad Faizuddin Ramli, Mohamed Ashath, Ahmad Moghri

67-110

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ABOUT THE JOURNAL

AFKAR - Jurnal Akidah & Pemikiran Islam (ISSN: 1511-8819, E-ISSN: 2550-1755) adalah jurnal dwi tahunan (Jun & Disember) antarabangsa yang dinilai, diterbitkan oleh Jabatan Akidah dan Pemikiran Islam, Akademi Pengajian Islam, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. Ia menerbitkan makalah dan kajian ilmiah berkaitan Akidah dan Pemikiran Islam merangkumi bidang kalam, falsafah, tasawwuf, perbandingan agama, mantik dan pemikiran Islam di Alam Melayu dalam bahasa Melayu, Inggeris dan Arab.

AFKAR - Journal of 'Aqidah & Islamic Thought is an international peer reviewed journal published twice a year (June & December) by the Department of `Aqidah and Islamic Thought, Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. It publishes articles and research papers concerning `aqidah and Islamic thought, particularly Kalam, philosophy, Tasawwuf, comparative religions, logic and Islamic thought in the Malay World in Malay, English and Arabic.

              

 

PEER REVIEW POLICY

AFKAR operates a double blind review process. All manuscripts submitted to AFKAR will be initially assessed by the editor for suitability for the journal. Papers deemed suitable are then sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers in the field. The reviewers' recommendations are taken into consideration by the Editors in arriving at publication and revision decisions. Comments from the external reviewers are sent to the authors and they are notified of the journal's decision (accept, accept with major/minor revisions, reject). This entire review process will take anywhere between 4 and 6 months after submission of the manuscript. The review process is treated confidentially at all times. The Editors' decision is final.

ETHICS AND MALPRACTICE STATEMENT

Journal of Aqidah and Islamic Thought (AFKAR) is peer reviewed international journal committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics. Therefore, the prevention of publication malpractice is one of the important responsibilities of the editorial board. To that purpose, all the actors of AFKAR publication, authors, reviewers and members of the editorial team, are expected to fully adhere to our policy regarding publication ethics and malpractice, and respect the following statements:


EDITOR'S RESPONSIBILITIES 

1. Editors should evaluate manuscripts exclusively on the basis of their academic merit. An editor must not use unpublished information in the editor's own research without the express written consent of the author.
2. Editors must ensure that each manuscript received by the journal is reviewed for its intellectual content without regard to sex, gender, race, religion, citizenship, etc. of the authors.
3. Editors should ensure the integrity of the publication review process. As such, editors should not reveal either the identity of authors of manuscripts to the reviewers, or the identity of reviewers to authors.
4. Editors must ensure that all the information related to submitted manuscripts is kept as confidential before publishing.


EDITORIAL BOARD RESPONSIBILITIES 

1. The Editorial Board is responsible for deciding which of the submitted articles should be published.
2. The Editorial Board must ensure that information regarding manuscripts submitted by the authors is kept confidential.
3. The Editorial Board is accountable for everything published in the journal, thus he/she has complete responsibility and authority to reject/accept an article. However, the published manuscript would not represent the stand or opinion of the Editorial Board and the Management Team of AFKAR, or the Department of Aqidah and Islamic Thought, Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya.
4. The Editorial Board should take reasonably responsive measures when ethical complaints have been presented concerning a submitted manuscript or published paper. They shall conduct proper and fair investigation into ethical complaints.


REVIEWER'S RESPONSIBILITIES 

1. Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.
2. Reviewers must not have conflicts of interest with respect to the research, the authors or the research funding.
3. Judgments by the reviewers should be as objective as possible. There shall be no personal criticism of the author. They should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.
4. In the event that a reviewer feels it is not possible for him/her to complete review of manuscript within stipulated time then this information must be communicated to the editor, so that the manuscript could be sent to another reviewer.

 

AUTHOR'S RESPONSIBILITIES 

1. The authors should ensure that their work is entirely original works, and if the work and/or words of others have been used, this has been appropriately acknowledged. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.
2. They must ensure that the manuscript has not been issued elsewhere. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.
3. Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.
4. If at any point of time, author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in submitted manuscript, then the error or inaccuracy must be reported to the editor. If the editor or the publisher learns from a third party that a published work contains a significant error, it is the obligation of the author to promptly retract or correct the paper or provide evidence to the editor of the correctness of the original paper.

The ethics statements for our journal are based on the Ethical Code of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).


TRANSFER OF COPYRIGHT 

AFKAR accepts manuscripts that have not been published elsewhere and are not under consideration for publication by other print or electronic media. The authors agree to transfer the copyright to AFKAR editorial office. However, it can be reprinted with a proper acknowledgement that it was published in AFKAR.

 

PUBLICATION FEES

With effect from 1st July 2022 onwards, all new submission will be subjected to RM1000 (Malaysian Authors) and USD400 (International Authors) publication fee once the paper is accepted for publication