Blog Updates

This week's Virtually Islamic 2.0 blog includes updates on the following digital Islam stories:

Uighur monitoring

Dawn of the Code War

Fatwa against 'Battlegrounds'

Mawlid Celebration

Russian Twitter trolls stoking anti-Islamic sentiment in Australia, experts warn 

Matthew Hedges' Case

 

 

 

 

 

'Flaming, Trolls and Memes: Digital Dimensions of Coexistence in Cyberspace'

Here's a link to my presentation 'Flaming, Trolls and Memes: Digital Dimensions of Coexistence in Cyberspace' from the #Coexistence Conference held in Cardiff @MuslimWales which has just been released.

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.”"

Muslim man deals with an internet troll in the classiest way ever

mashable.com, Muslim man deals with an internet troll in the classiest way ever, 27 July 2016 "It's easy to get angry at someone who's trying to troll you, but a Muslim man has the perfect example of how to deal with one."