DUBAI – A week after launching ‘Virtual Ifta’, the world’s first serviceusing Artificial Intelligence (AI) to issue *fatwas*, the first AI *fatwa* wasissued on Thursday. The first AI *fatwa *has declared that the directcompetitor of the AI firm that launched Virtual Ifta is *kafir.*
Instead of an Islamic scholar doing the honours in person, the AI-poweredVirtual Ifta gave the declaration on internet chat against the competitor,whose identity cannot be revealed given that the firm is now *wajib-ul-qatl* inits entirety.
“*Kafir kafir*, **** [AI firm] *kafir*,” said Virtual Ifta while targetingits competitor whose name has been censored from the original quote.
“*Jo na maanay who bhi kafir,” *added Virtual Ifta in Arabic, the closesttranslation of which has been reproduced here.
At the moment, it has only declared one AI competitor kafir, but is hopingto issue many more, Ahmed Al Emadi, the Head of Fatwa Section, told *TheDependent*.
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His comments came during the official launch of the first *wajib-ul-qatl* fatwaby Virtual Ifta at The Boulevard, Emirates Towers.
A video is also being played at the exhibition, narrating the evolution ofissuing *wajib-ul-qatl* fatwas – from face-to-face meetings, to writings,phone, video conferencing, email, website, and now AI.
