Virtually Islamic: Mohammad Ali Abtahi

Tuesday, September 01, 2009

Mohammad Ali Abtahi

New Yorker, The Iran Show, 31 Aug 09 "This month, a number of the accused have made videotaped confessions. But the spectacle has found a subversive afterlife on the Internet. One image that has gone viral is a split frame showing two photographs of former Vice-President Mohammad Ali Abtahi. Before his arrest, on June 16th, he is a rotund, smiling cleric; in court on August 1st, he is drawn and sweat-soaked, his face a mask of apprehension. The juxtaposition belies the courtroom video, making the point that the only genuine thing about Abtahi’s confession is that it was coerced through torture."

Research

Hashtag Islam

Gary R. Bunt's latest book 'Hashtag Islam: How Cyber Islamic Environments are Transforming Religious Authority' was published by the University of North Carolina Press in October 2018. See the University of North Carolina Catalogue page for more information

OUP University Scholarship Online edition 2019 (subscription)

New Delhi: Pentagon Press edition (Indian Subcontinent market)

Visit the Hashtag Islam page on VirtuallyIslamic.com for more information.

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Publishers Weekly, Understanding Islam...With Books includes reference to 'Hashtag Islam

"For contemporary Islam, the internet has become an empowering tool for religious teaching, mobilization, and networking. Hashtag Islam provides a clear and well-written focus on the impact of cyber-technologies on issues of faith and authority, offering insights into the ways in which the internet has become integrated into the dissemination of Islamic knowledge within global and local contexts. A key contribution that will attract students from an array of disciplines, including Islamic studies, Middle Eastern studies, and political science." Vahideh Golzard, University of Leeds

"Hashtag Islam--the newest work by one of the pioneers in reporting on Islam in cyberspace--reflects an incredible range of materials, views, and counterviews. It provides a valuable corrective to the tendency to focus on the negative and political uses of the internet and social media by jihadists without due consideration of the more everyday uses by all kinds of Muslims." Daniel Varisco, Qatar University."

“ … the sociological underpinnings of this work make for a touchstone for further investigation.” James Wetherbee, Library Journal, 'Spirituality and Religion', August 2018

“If you're interested in how Islamic identity is changing across the world as social media grows, pre-order @garybunt's excellent new volume.” Hussein Kesvani @HKesvani, 23 July 2018

""...by investigating how Muslim communities are utilizing (and being transformed by) the ongoing worldwide digital revolution, this work proves to be an important addition to literature on contemporary Islam." Publishers Weekly

Chapters in-press include a chapter on Islamic spirituality and the internet, and a chapter on the Qur'an and the internet. Details will be posted when the books are published.

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