Republika launches Qur'an-based AI platform 'Aiman & Aisha'

Republika has launched ‘Aiman & Aisha’, an artificial intelligence platform anchored on religious values and based on the Qur’an, unveiled at the National Library Auditorium in Jakarta on Wednesday. Deputy Minister for Communications and Digital Economy Nezar Patria praised the initiative, describing it as a progressive adaptation by Indonesia’s media industry to the digital transformation wave. ‘The presence of Aiman & Aisha must be understood as an effort to safeguard our digital sovereignty, where artificial intelligence is built on references strong enough to educate the life of the nation,’ Patria said at the platform’s launch. Beyond mere innovation, he added, Aiman & Aisha represents a tangible AI that can be designed specifically to support a curated ecosystem of Islamic content. He reminded that while AI offers extraordinary efficiency, the human role in curation and maintaining empathy remains indispensable. He hopes Aiman & Aisha can become a conduit for digital learning that fuses cutting-edge technology with Islamic wisdom. Rangga Danu, Director of Republika, explained that the launch is rooted in the real need of the community for fast, trustworthy, and Sharia-compliant religious answers. ‘Aiman & Aisha is a learning partner for Islam based on AI that refers only to the Qur’an and is designed to provide fast, structured answers and aligned with Sharia principles to a range of everyday Islamic questions. We are presenting a new standard, an AI with moral architecture that prioritises caution, clear references, and ethical responsibility,’ Rangga said. In welcoming Ramadan, he continued, Republika is offering free access to the public to use Aiman & Aisha during Ramadan as a worship and homecoming companion for all. The policy is expected to broaden the platform’s benefits as a digital spiritual companion, especially during Ramadan, a period when needs for worship literacy, Sharia consultation, and ethical guidance during mudik increase. Going forward, the public will be able to ask unlimited questions of Aiman & Aisha while also supporting Republika’s Dakwah Sosial movement from as little as Rp8,000. The platform’s peculiarity, he added, lies in its deliberate boundaries as an epistemic responsibility. Aiman & Aisha does not aim to answer everything, but focuses on matters that can be accounted for Qur’ani and Sharia.