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The Impact of Cross-Cultural Learning on Islamic Religious Identity among Muslim Students Abroad Khaled Abdelhay Elsayed; Sabri Mohamad; Kafieh Khojasteh Mah Sayeh
Jurnal Pendidikan Agama Islam Indonesia (JPAII) Vol. 6 No. 3 (2025): September
Publisher : Cahaya Ilmu Cendekia Publisher

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.37251/jpaii.v6i3.2210

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Purpose of the study: This study aims to analyze the impact of cross-cultural learning experiences on the formation and transformation of Islamic religious identity among Muslim students studying abroad. It explores how exposure to multicultural educational settings influences their faith, behavior, and understanding of Islam. Methodology: This research employed a qualitative descriptive approach with a phenomenological design to examine the lived experiences of 15 Muslim students from Indonesia, Malaysia, and Pakistan studying in Turkey and Malaysia. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews, observations, and reflective journals, and analyzed thematically using Braun and Clarke’s six-step framework. Main Findings: The results show that cross-cultural learning strengthens students’ religious identity through five main processes: reflective faith development, adaptive worship practices, intercultural dialogue, community-based support, and the emergence of a global Muslim identity. Students demonstrated spiritual resilience, deeper religious understanding, and intercultural competence while maintaining Islamic values in pluralistic environments. Novelty/Originality of this study: This study introduces a holistic framework linking cross-cultural learning with Islamic religious identity formation. It highlights the role of intercultural engagement as a form of reflective religiosity that strengthens faith through dialogue and adaptation. The findings advance the field of Islamic education by positioning cross-cultural experience as a pedagogical model for fostering wasatiyyah, resilience, and global Muslim consciousness.
What the Qur’an Rules Out: Mā Kāna Constructions and the Rhetoric of Restriction in The Qur’an Muhammad Shohib; Muhammad Azizan Fitriana; Ade Naelul Huda; Sabri Mohamad
Jurnal Studi Ilmu-ilmu Al-Qur'an dan Hadis Vol. 27 No. 2 (2026): Juli
Publisher : UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.14421/qh.v27i1.7638

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A translation that treats every Qur’anic mā kāna clause as a report that something “did not happen” misses the work performed by many of these passages. Some rule out conduct, others deny a right or autonomous power, and still others reject claims about God or the course of divine action. This article examines these differences across the Qur’an. A search of a verse-indexed Arabic text identified 213 candidate sequences; morphological and syntactic screening narrowed them to 127 negative clauses and a core of 37 instances in 36 verses. Close reading of clause structure, subject, complement, exceptions, local argument, classical grammar, iʿrāb, and tafsīr reveals no single meaning of prohibition or impossibility. Instead, the clauses restrict propositions on different grounds: communal norm, prophetic office, legitimate standing, created agency, divine permission, doctrinal propriety, divine justice, and a narrated history of refusal. Grammatical form guides these readings but does not determine them apart from context. Repeated mā kāna clauses therefore form a rhetoric of restriction: they mark what may not properly be done, claimed, attributed, or expected within Qur’anic discourse.