@darkskinnedhijabis

Ikran Dahir, Buzzfeed, This Woman Created An Instagram Page To Empower Dark-Skinned Muslim Women "Liaden said she has experienced colourism first hand. "As a dark black skin Muslim women myself, I know what it feels like to speak up and be ignored," she said."

For Russian ‘Trolls,’ Instagram’s Pictures Can Spread Wider Than Words

NYT, For Russian ‘Trolls,’ Instagram’s Pictures Can Spread Wider Than Words "The photograph in the post, of a smiling woman wearing a black hijab, seems innocent. But the text around it was crafted to push buttons. This is a woman, readers are warned, who hates everything from Jews and Christians to lesbians and wine — yet she “complains about Islamophobia.”"

Hackers Fought ISIS With Porn

Gareth Browne, The Daily Beast, Hackers Fought ISIS With Porn, 21 Nov 2017 "Given the dangers they face, the six people who make up the little group calling itself, with conscious irony, “Daeshgram”—its name melding the Arabic acronym for ISIS and Instagram—are forced to live something resembling double lives." Recommended

Hijabistas

Harmeet Kaur, CNN, Hijabistas: Young Muslim women meld fashion and faith "To Mariam Moufid, another hijabista, being able to choose what she wears is freedom. Showcasing her fashion sense to the more than 630,000 followers on her @hijabmuslim account is a way of staking out her own space."

'Hijab Barbie'

Rachel Lubitz, mic.com, This "Hijab Barbie" May Be the Cutest Style Star on Instagram "Adam, who lives in Nigeria, uses her Instagram account Hijarbie to showcase "mini hijab fashion." That means photo after photo of the Barbie-style doll we know — tall, thin, long-legged, probably blonde — wearing clothes we're less used to: Instead of princess gowns or hot pants, it's all hijabs and abayas."

Instagram imams

BBC News, Instagram imams are unlikely online hit, 1 Feb 2016 " They shoot hoops with schoolgirls, pose with Christmas trees to wish seasons greetings to Christians and even make the tea. These are not images of Iranian clerics which the world is so used to seeing.

"But an Instagram account that posts pictures of Islamic scholars in everyday situations has become a social media success in Iran and has more than 12,000 followers."

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'Virtual Jihad: Chechnya's Instagram Insurgency'

Neal Ungerleider, fastcompany.com, Virtual Jihad: Chechnya's Instagram Insurgency "Pictures of Chechnyan fighters and casualties have become an unexpected hot currency on Instagram's jihadist underground, where Al-Qaeda and Taliban sympathizers eagerly swap pictures and propaganda."