diff --git a/iqra-tahqiq-fact-checking-sop.md b/iqra-tahqiq-fact-checking-sop.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f2dfb6f --- /dev/null +++ b/iqra-tahqiq-fact-checking-sop.md @@ -0,0 +1,114 @@ +# Iqra Times & Falah Research Institute +## Fact-Checking & Empirical Verification Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) +*Document Reference: FRI-SOP-2026-TAHQIQ-01* +*Classification: Mandatory Institutional Standard for All Newsroom Desks, Fellows, and AI Personas* +*Effective Date: October 2026* +*Companion Standards: FRI-SOP-2026-AUTHOR-01 (Author Style Guide) & FRI-SOP-2026-VISUAL-01 (Visual Standards)* + +--- + +## 1. Executive Mandate: The Tahqiq Protocol + +*Iqra Times* publishes deep-horizon intelligence across five high-consequence intellectual desks: **Sovereign FinTech & Rails, The Shifa Desk (Integrative Somatics & Neurobiology), Wealth & Succession, The Classical Polymath, and The Jauhari Column**. + +To safeguard institutional trust, eliminate algorithmic hallucinations, and establish peerless credibility, **no article, dispatch, or serialized fiction installment may transition to `status: "published"` without passing the Tahqiq Verification Protocol.** + +> [!IMPORTANT] +> **The Golden Law of Tahqiq:** +> A claim stated without primary provenance is a liability. Every statistical data point, theological attribution, clinical biological assertion, and historical quote must be verifiable against authoritative primary source documents. + +--- + +## 2. The Four Verification Firewalls + +Every dispatch is subjected to four mandatory domain-specific firewalls: + +``` ++---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| THE 4 TAHQIQ VERIFICATION FIREWALLS | ++---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 1. SCRIPTURAL & HADITH FIREWALL | Must verify against primary Hadith corpus | +| | (Bukhari, Muslim, Sunan). Zero fabricated | +| | or unverified Da'if traditions allowed. | ++-----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+ +| 2. MACROECONOMIC & DATA FIREWALL | Statistical telemetry must trace to raw | +| | regulatory filings, central banks, or DOSM. | ++-----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+ +| 3. BIOMEDICAL & SHIFA FIREWALL | Clinical & somatic claims must index to | +| | peer-reviewed PubMed (PMID) or DOI studies. | ++-----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+ +| 4. HISTORICAL TEXT ATTRIBUTION | Classical citations (Ghazali, Ibn Sina, | +| | Ibn Khaldun) must name the specific treatise| ++-----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+ +``` + +### 2.1 Firewall 1: Scriptural & Hadith Integrity +1. **Quranic Citations:** Must state the Surah name and exact verse numbering `[Surah:Ayah]` (e.g., *Surah Ali 'Imran [3:97]*). +2. **Hadith Grading & Provenance:** + * Primary references must come from the six canonical books (*Kutub al-Sittah*) or the *Muwatta*. + * Prioritize *Sahih al-Bukhari* and *Sahih Muslim*. + * Traditions with weak (*Da'if*) grading must never be used to establish doctrinal, ethical, or juridical claims. + * Apocryphal sayings circulating on social media (e.g., "Seek knowledge even in China" or fabricated dietary sayings) are strictly prohibited. + +### 2.2 Firewall 2: Macroeconomic & Financial Telemetry +1. **Monetary Figures & Currency Values:** Must reflect contemporary verified market exchange rates or official gazettes (e.g., Tabung Haji official rates, Bank Negara Malaysia statistics, BIS triennial data). +2. **Economic Comparisons:** When contrasting median household incomes with service costs (e.g., median wages of RM 3,500 vs RM 40,000 Hajj packages), the originating statistical agency (e.g., Department of Statistics Malaysia - DOSM) must be cited. + +### 2.3 Firewall 3: Biomedical & Somatic Integrity (The Shifa Desk) +1. **Clinical Rigor:** Dr. Hakim Zainur Rahman's desk must distinguish between *speculative wellness theories* and *empirically demonstrated human physiology*. +2. **PubMed / DOI Grounding:** Any discussion of vagal nerve stimulation, heart-rate variability (HRV), gut microbiome metabolomics, or chronobiology must be rooted in peer-reviewed journals (e.g., *Nature*, *Frontiers in Neuroscience*, *The Lancet*). +3. **Non-Medical Caveat:** Every Shifa dispatch must carry the standard non-clinical disclosure directing acute health concerns to licensed physicians. + +### 2.4 Firewall 4: Classical Manuscript & Polymath Provenance +1. **Direct Work Citation:** When citing classical scholars, authors must cite the specific historical treatise: + * *Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali:* Specify *Tahafut al-Falasifa*, *Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din*, *Al-Munqidh min al-Dalal*, or *Al-Mustasfa*. + * *Ibn Sina (Avicenna):* Specify *Kitab al-Shifa* or *Al-Qanun fi al-Tibb*. + * *Ibn Khaldun:* Specify the *Muqaddimah*. +2. **Zero Second-Hand Misattribution:** Quotes commonly misattributed to Muslim polymaths on popular blogs must be traced back to the primary Arabic/Persian edition before inclusion. + +--- + +## 3. The Tahqiq Pre-Flight Audit Process + +Prior to publication, every draft must run through the automated verification auditor (`tahqiq_audit.py`): + +1. **Claim Deconstruction:** The text is parsed to extract all numbers, currency units, percentages, named scholars, Hadith narrations, and medical claims. +2. **Cross-Referencing:** Numerical and scriptural entities are cross-checked against authoritative repositories. +3. **Adversarial Scoring:** The article receives a **Truth Confidence Score (0–100%)**: + * **Score ≥ 90%:** Approved for broadsheet publication. + * **Score < 90%:** Publishing is hard-blocked; an editorial Red-Pencil audit log is generated detailing the dubious or unverified assertions. + +--- + +## 4. The Public Tahqiq Integrity Seal + +Every verified article published on *Iqra Times* incorporates the broadsheet **Tahqiq Transparency Card** at the bottom of the article prose: + +```html +
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+ 🛡️ Falah Research Tahqiq Verification Protocol • Certified +
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+ This dispatch has undergone forensic fact-checking under institutional standard FRI-SOP-2026-TAHQIQ-01. Scriptural references cross-checked against primary Hadith archives; macroeconomic metrics verified against official gazettes; clinical claims reviewed for peer-reviewed literature alignment. +
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+``` + +--- + +## 5. Pre-Publication Verification Checklist + +Before toggling any Ghost post status to `published`: + +- [ ] **1. Scripture / Ayah Check:** Are all Quranic verses cited with exact Surah and Ayah numbers? +- [ ] **2. Hadith Grading Check:** Are all Hadith sourced from recognized collections with authentic grading? Zero unverified social-media Hadith? +- [ ] **3. Statistical Traceability:** Do all numerical percentages and monetary figures cite a recognizable institutional entity (e.g., DOSM, Tabung Haji, central bank)? +- [ ] **4. Biomedical Grounding:** Does any somatic or health advice cite verified physiology and carry the non-medical disclaimer? +- [ ] **5. Classical Attribution:** Are polymath quotes tied to an authentic named treatise? +- [ ] **6. Tahqiq Audit Score:** Did the automated audit tool return a passing score (≥90%)? +- [ ] **7. Seal Injected:** Is the Tahqiq Transparency Card embedded before publication? + +--- +*Maintained by the Research Directorate & Academic Council, Falah Research Institute.* +*Distributed across the agent network via `agent-playbooks`.*