Islamic Value-Sensitive Design (I-VSD)

The living framework is the current working source for I-VSD. The bachelor thesis is an archived academic snapshot from 2026; it is preserved for citation and historical context. The agentic skill operationalizes the framework for software-provider design reasoning.

I-VSD translates selected Sunni Islamic ethical principles into provider-responsibility questions, evidence expectations, workflows, and technical design guidance for provider-mediated software.

Where to Start

Path	Purpose
Framework/	Living I-VSD framework draft; use this for current framework work
2026 Bachelor Thesis/	Archived 2026 bachelor thesis, presentation, and exports; cite this for the academic work
i-vsd/	Agent-consumable I-VSD workflow and resources
LICENSE.md	Path-based copyright and license map
TRADEMARKS.md	Trademark, naming, self-assessment, and certification-claim policy
docs/governance/I-VSD-LICENSING-TRADEMARK-CERTIFICATION-MODEL.md	Ownership and certification governance model
CONTRIBUTING.md	Contribution ownership and licensing requirements

Ownership and Licensing

This repository uses explicit path-based licensing:

• Thesis: 2026 Bachelor Thesis/** is copyright © 2026 Amir Akrari and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.
• I-VSD framework implementation and agentic skill: i-vsd/** is property of ISLAMU (ASBL en formation) and licensed under the MIT License.
• Repository governance and repository-owned tooling outside 2026 Bachelor Thesis/**: copyright © 2026 ISLAMU (ASBL en formation), licensed under MIT.

The thesis-derived draft in Framework/ does not yet have an explicit entry in the path-based license map; its publication terms need to be stated separately.

The skill operationalizes the framework developed in the thesis. The thesis is an archived academic work; framework changes belong in Framework/ and skill changes belong in i-vsd/.

See LICENSE.md and REUSE.toml for the canonical mapping.

Citation

Please cite the thesis as:

Amir Akrari. “Islamic Value-Sensitive Design (I-VSD): A Moral Framework for Provider-Mediated Software Services.” 2026.

The archived thesis source is 2026 Bachelor Thesis/Thesis_Islamic-Value-Sensitive-Design.md. For the current working framework, start at Framework/.

Open Use and Official Identity

The copyright licenses permit learning, reuse, adaptation, implementation, and commercial use under their respective terms.

People may truthfully state that a product:

• uses I-VSD;
• is based on I-VSD;
• was self-assessed against a stated I-VSD version and scope; or
• was independently assessed by a clearly named third party.

Those claims must not imply that ISLAMU (ASBL en formation) performed an assessment, approved a product, endorsed an organization, or granted official certification.

Only an authorized ISLAMU (ASBL en formation) process may grant the designation:

ISLAMU I-VSD Certified

No official certification program is represented as operational merely because the framework or MIT-licensed skill is available.

Trademarks

The ISLAMU name and associated marks are owned trademarks. Associated logos, official badges, and certification identity are controlled by ISLAMU (ASBL en formation).

The I-VSD name identifies the framework and skill owned by ISLAMU (ASBL en formation), but must not be represented as a registered trademark unless and until registration is completed in the relevant jurisdiction.

Copyright licenses do not grant trademark, affiliation, endorsement, or certification rights. Truthful nominative, descriptive, comparative, and other lawful references remain governed by applicable law.

See TRADEMARKS.md.

Claim Boundary

I-VSD supports provider-responsibility design reasoning and evidence traceability. It is not:

• a fatwa or religious ruling;
• Sharia certification;
• product certification by itself;
• legislation or regulation;
• an accredited standard;
• legal-compliance certification;
• security certification;
• proof that an implementation produces ethical outcomes.

Use alignment for scoped or qualitative claims and conformance for evidence-backed claims against versioned requirements. Avoid unqualified compliance language that could imply legal, regulatory, or official authority.

Contributing

Contributions must follow CONTRIBUTING.md. Pull requests do not automatically transfer copyright. Contributions to the thesis or I-VSD skill require an explicit rights arrangement appropriate to the destination path.