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QuranLab is an open incubator for quranic ideas and experiments

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QuranLab is an open incubator for quranic ideas and experiments

  1. There is no limit to Quranic exploration. You are encouraged to suggest and be a part of these efforts to deep dive Quranic studies, unravel timeless treasures through data mining, text analysis, visualiszations and much more.
  2. We have two main initiatives QuranStudio and QuranLab.
  3. However, we would like to keep ideas for incubation in QuranLab (https://github.com/quranstudio) and once ideas reach beta stage (as decided by community) then they be moved to the QuranStudio (https://github.com/quranstudio).

QuranLab ideas

  1. Atlas of Quran (AoQ) - an interactive map of people and places. A knowledge representation of quranic anthropology & geography on a visuo-spacial medium.

  2. Quranic Data Science
    2.1 Quranic topics maps - interactive topic/concept maps of Quranic topics.
    2.2 Quranic data visualization - interactive vizualizations using d3.js; R etecetera.
    2.3 Quranic cartography.

  3. Furqanic Lense

  4. Quran of the oppressed
    4.1 Collate ayats that talk about oppression, the oppressed and the oppressors.
    4.2 Collate episodes from seerat and history that give reference to Quranic teachings on oppression.

  5. Immersive Quran 5.1 Graphic feature that give 3D/+ experience of deep dive which a topic of Quran is searched.
    5.2 Provide rich-media/video etc aides while reading experiential ayats such as when there is mention about Jannat, when there is ask to ponder over how sky, earth, birds and mountains have been created etc.
    5.3 Provide Augmented Reality (AR) like experience for ayats.

  6. Active learning of Quran
    6.1 Activity based learning of Quran - create activities around key concepts and ideas. for school children. 6.2 Project based learning of Quran - tasks bigger than activities can be designed as projects.

You can volunteer to contribute as below and more

  1. Technology development life cycle (code, test, deploy, maintain)
  2. Quality Assurance(QA) & Quality Check (QC)
  3. Documentation
  4. Community moderation
  5. Dissemination
  6. Ideation
  7. And more

We believe Quran is an epitome of OPEN-ness. It was revealed to be open for all (2:185). Keeping the spirit, we are committed to keep this initiative as free/libre open source and follow open standards in knowledge, technology, data and content