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 ## Institutional Standards & SOPs
 * [Iqra Times & Falah Research Institute — Author Style Guide & Editorial SOP](iqra-author-style-guide-and-editorial-sop.md): Mandatory author reference standard ("Real Life, Real Faith, Real People", Kitchen Table Test, Dan Brown pacing × Buya Hamka moral soul, serialized fiction architecture for Shahrukh & Siti at Kota Karang, Scheherazade cryptographic storytelling engine, desk voice calibrations).
 * [Iqra Times & Falah Research Institute — Editorial Visual Data & Credibility Standard (SOP)](iqra-editorial-visual-standards.md): Mandatory 4-tier visual specification (KPI Stat Strips, Vector SVG Charts, Workflow Diagrams, Analytical Matrices), Heavy Topic Multi-Part Protocol, and Heritage & Open-Access Image Sourcing Protocol (Beyond Unsplash: The Met, Wellcome, LOC, Smithsonian, zero-hotlinking policy).
+* [Iqra Times & Falah Research Institute — Fact-Checking & Empirical Verification SOP (Tahqiq Protocol)](iqra-tahqiq-fact-checking-sop.md): Institutional verification standard synthesizing The New Yorker red-pencil audit, Financial Times data room rigor, and classical Islamic Tahqiq/Isnad discipline. Defines 4 verification firewalls (Scriptural/Hadith, Macro/FinTech, Biomedical/Shifa, and Historical/Polymath), pre-flight automated scoring, and the public Tahqiq Integrity Seal.
 * [October 2026 Editorial Content Plan](october-2026-content-plan.md): Multi-author content calendar and topic tracks.
 * [Notion AI Agent Delegation](notion-ai-agent-delegation.md): Agent task routing and orchestration workflows.
 * [Gumroad File Hosting & Delivery](gumroad-file-hosting-gotcha.md): Digital asset distribution notes.