Sudan Protests - CrowdVoice

Sudan Protests - CrowdVoice

links to Sudan blogger protests.

Sudan detains blogger

The Lede, NYT, Sudan Deports Egyptian Journalist and Detains Bloggers as Protests Continue Sudan deported an Egyptian journalist and briefly detained another prominent blogger on Tuesday, as the authorities attempted to stifle a protest movement that started last week."

Sudan

AFP/alarabiya.net, Spurred by Arab uprisings youth call for protests, 20 Mar 2011

South Sudan - Twitter reaction

Amira Al Hussaini, Global Voices, Arab World: Tears Spilled on the Break Up of Sudan, 9 Jan 2011: "South Sudan's independence referendum and the likelihood of its separation today has hit a raw nerve with some Arab netizens. Many worry this could be the first step towards carving up the Middle East. Here's a snapshot of their reactions on microblogging site, Twitter."

Iran and technology

Jillian C. York, Comment is Free, Guardian, US gives Iran more net freedom – but what about Syria?, 16 June 2010 "Iranian web users recently received some good news: following the media frenzy over last year's elections, the US has chosen to relax export controls related to technology, giving users access to previously unavailable communications tools. The changes will affect not only Iran, but Sudan and Cuba as well, countries where free internet use has long been stifled by US restrictions."

Sudan 'complaint' against ITU

sudantribune.com, Sudan to lodge complaint against ITU over blocked internet sites, 26 Apr 2010 "The Sudanese Commission for Telecommunication (SCT) announced today that it has filed a formal complaint to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) on sites that have been blocked in the Sudan.

"The government sponsored Sudanese Media Center (SMC) quoted Mustafa Abdel-Hafiz Technical Director of SCT as saying that the commission wants to find out the "real reasons" behind the blocking of several sites including Google chrome, Google open code, MSN messenger, Oracle "creating account", Source forge."

US web export

AFP, US to allow web service exports to strict nations.7 Mar 2010 "Washington will allow technology companies to export Internet services to Iran, Cuba and Sudan in a bid to exploit their libertarian potential, The New York Times reported late Sunday."

Sudan: media censorship 'lifted'

meedan.com, Sudan lifts media censorship, 28 Sep 09 "Sudan President Omar Hassan al-Bashir has today lifted restrictions that had left the media in Sudan under state censorship over recent years." Let's see how far this goes.

Ayman al-Zawahiri

AFP, Al-Qaeda deputy tells Sudan's Beshir to 'repent': SITE, 25 Mar 09 "Al-Qaeda number two Ayman Zawahiri urged the people of Sudan to prepare for guerrilla war and for President Omar al-Beshir to "repent," in an Internet video message released on Tuesday.

"Zawahiri said Beshir's regime is "reaping what it sowed," in reference to the International Criminal Court arrest warrant against the veteran Sudanese president this month on charges of war crimes over the conflict in Darfur."

Sudan

CBS, Sudani Islamist Militant Urge Bashir To Repent, Give Bin Laden U.S. $ 200 Million, 9 Mar 09 "Abu Khabab al Sudani, the leader of Sudanese group called Jamaat al Tawhiid Wal Sunna, addressed Sudanese President Omar al Bashir released an Internet statement. He told him that the ICC arrest warrant against him was a well-deserved result for his violations of the Islamic law, his acceptance of the man-made laws, his adherence to international organizations, treaties and agreements, but most importantly for throwing al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and his followers out of Sudan on the orders of the leaders of “the Zionist-Crusader front.” "

Sudan: al-Bashir warrant

alJazeera, Al-Bashir warrant sparks US unease, 5 Mar 09 "Barack Obama, the US president, has called for stronger international action to press Sudan to end the conflict in Darfur." Plenty of online discussion on this topic. See:



Human Rights Watch/Huffington Post, ICC: Bashir Warrant Is Warning to Abusive Leaders (VIDEO), 4 Mar 09 "The International Criminal Court's (ICC) issuance of an arrest warrant for President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan signals that even those at the top may be held to account for mass murder, rape and torture, Human Rights Watch said today. ICC judges granted the warrant for Bashir, its first for a sitting head of state, on charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes for his role in orchestrating Sudan's abusive counterinsurgency campaign in Darfur."

ISIM Review

ISIM Review 21, Spring 2008 (pdf) I am still working my way through the latest edition, which has several articles containing Islam and the net associated content. Here are some which caught my attention (links go through to individual articles, alternatively the entire Review can be downloaded above).

• Al-Albani’s Revolutionary Approach to Hadith / Stéphane Lacroix
• The Local and the Global in Saudi Salafism / Madawi Al-Rasheed
• The Development of British Salafism / Sadek Hamid
• Purist Salafism in France / Mohamed-Ali Adraoui
• Mujahidin in Bosnia: From Ally to Challenger / Onder Cetin
• From Local Insurgency to Al-Qaida Franchise / Sami Zemni

Madawi Al-Rasheed's article is taken from her book Contesting the Saudi State: Islamic Voices from a New Generation, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007), and includes a discussion on Lewis Atiyat Allah. The book is well-worth reading in full. Professor Al-Rasheed now has a blog.

The other articles incude ongoing research. They show variations in the 'salafi' concept, both in terms of the content of the articles and the distinctions made by actors between different approaches to 'salafi', and in the outlooks of the writers.

For different reasons, I found these ones useful too:

• Imams in the Netherlands: Expectations and Realities / Welmoet Boender
• Resisting “Blackness”: Muslim Arab Sudanese in the Diaspora / Anita Fabos

Facebook



BBC News, Facebook to track Darfur suspects, 25 Apr 08 "A group hunting war crime suspects has turned to the social networking site Facebook to try to find two Sudanese men sought for crimes in Darfur."

Article includes links to several related sites, including Facebook, War Crimes Wanted List, Wanted for War Crimes, and the associated GoogleMaps, Wanted for War Crimes page.

Time, The Teddy Bear Tumult's Legacy, 3 Dec 07, "The reaction by most Sudanese to Gibbons' lenient sentence was mostly benign; still, the government's fears of a larger backlash bordered on paranoia. Riot police were deployed, and Internet access to some stories was denied."

Times Online, British teacher pardoned by Sudan president, 2 Dec 07 "Sudan has granted a full pardon to the British teacher jailed for blasphemy after two British Muslim peers met the Sudanese President this morning to plea for the release of Gillian Gibbons."

BBC News, Bloggers condemn Sudan for arrest, 29 Nov 07 summary of opinions. Also see The Arabist, The teddy bear scandal

ekklesia.co.uk, British Muslims join protests at Sudan 'teddy' conviction, 30 Nov 07 for example, see Muslim Council of Britain, Gross Overreaction from Sudanese Authorities, 29 Nov 07

BBC News, Sudan teddy insult teacher: Readers' views, 27 Nov 07 "BBC News website readers, as well as readers of BBCArabic.com, have been sending their reaction to this story."