{"id":5068,"date":"2024-05-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=5068"},"modified":"2024-05-29T22:26:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T14:26:15","slug":"daily-markup-998-thenoor-appoints-new-chairman-to-expand-the-app-to-the-middle-east-to-build-ai-system-to-answer-users-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=5068","title":{"rendered":"Daily Markup #998: TheNoor appoints new Chairman to expand the app to the Middle East; to build AI system to answer users\u2019 questions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-us.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXdi3s1t7wNxFY925SrvVZ4E7uL_G8yrrKTUgX7MLBOMjAJUotKpmWskF9mll42HcV80INOi9ykpFIgvwp1NMMiRQ2519ibwBgEPUrDfprLI-4OxTRgJ2M6R5m7aiyEm1oUTxOn8H9Bb5Si1CN4U2p7EuMZf?key=oOl8D4HnxOSgNEIbUTo1_g\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo credit: Digital News Asia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Spirituality and technology meet<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>500-backed Muslim lifestyle app <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenoor.co\/en\">TheNoor<\/a> will soon be on mobile phones across the Middle East!\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The company appointed former Malaysian Minister of Islamic Affairs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/drzulkiflialbakri\/\">Dr. Zulkifli al-Bakri<\/a> as their new Chairman, who will guide TheNoor into its next phase of growth and expansion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. Zulkifli\u2019s extensive network and influence in the Islamic world will be instrumental in building strategic partnerships and navigating regulatory frameworks in the Middle East.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>TheNoor also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Maktabah al-Bakri to collaborate on developing an artificial intelligence (AI) system for religious questions and answers in the Malay language.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Both companies shared that this is the first initiative of its kind in Malaysia and around the world.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The collaboration symbolizes the commitment of both parties to combine religion with technological excellence in expanding access and understanding of Islam.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/xyiry\/\">Mohd Izzairi Yamin<\/a>, CEO of TheNoor added, &#8220;The opportunity to collaborate with Maktabah al-Bakri is a recognition by prominent figures such as Zulkifli for TheNoor\u2019s efforts for the community.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Read the full story on <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4awFajb\">Digital News Asia<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spirituality and technology meet<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5069,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[322],"tags":[589],"class_list":["post-5068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily","tag-thenoor"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Daily Markup #998: TheNoor appoints new Chairman to expand the app to the Middle East; 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