Monday, March 30, 2009

'Strings of Freedom' controversy

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AP, Palestinian orchestra shut after Holocaust concert, 29 Mar 09 includes a reference to Yad Vashem's Arabic website . Expect the orch...

Google Street View: mosques (Bristol)

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Islam in Britain, Google Street View: mosques (Bristol) pix have been added. I decided to keep the images on Islam in Britain's blog fr...

Mohammed Al-Aoufi

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Habib Trabelsi, Middle East Online, Saudi Jihadist accuses Iran of sponsoring Qaeda, 30 Mar 09, "A repentant member of Al-Qaeda, the S...

Hacking

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CSM, Cyber spy network with global reach raises alarms, 29 Mar 09 "A group of hackers based almost exclusively in China has hacked int...

'Saudi's Most Wanted'

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Waq al-Waq, al-Qahtani in Sada al-Malahim , 29 Mar 09 "Nayf Muhammad al-Qahtani's article in Sada al-Malahim on Saudi's most w...

Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi (+ generation gap?)

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Caryle Murphy, CSM/ABC News, Jihadi Dispute Points to Deeper Radicalism Among Youths: A Leading Jihadi Theologian Is Under Fire for 'Mod...
Saturday, March 28, 2009

Google Street View: mosques (Swansea)

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A further part of this ongoing series of images of mosques from Street View (also posted on the Islam in Britain blog): View Larger Map Swan...
Friday, March 27, 2009

Google Street View: mosques (Glasgow)

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Today, in my street view tour, takes me briefly to Glasgow: View Larger Map Glasgow Central Mosque (not the best view) View Larger Map al-F...

Egypt blogging crackdown

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The Guardian Weekly, Egypt cracks down on bloggers, 27 Mar 2009 "In Egypt, victims of a repressive society are daring to find their voi...

Bangladesh

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The Statesman, ‘Arrest’ after UK charity’s terror turn, 27 Mar 09 "Bangladesh authorities today arrested the UK-based financer of an I...

Nik Aziz on Kelantan's Digital Divide

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Bernama, Only 10 Per Cent Of Kelantan Population Are Internet Users, 26 Mar 09 , "Only 100,000 of the 1.5 million people in Kelantan ar...

DAM

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Palestinian rap group DAM have a new video, Alef to Ya seen on hawgblawg More on MySpace . Interesting to note that they are touring US in A...

Iraq

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AFP, Iraq kidnappers claim deal to free Britons: report, 27 Mar 09 "A group that kidnapped five British men in Baghdad nearly two year...

Facebook Arabic

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The National, Arabic language finds a friend, 20 Mar 09, "A version of a popular networking website in Arabic is being hailed by media...

Jihadica

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Proving that, alas, it is impossible to take a break in this field of study, here's Thomas Hegghammer Jihadica, Back . A succinct title,...

Malaysia: Nik Aziz - "No Smoking"

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alarabiyya, Muslim smokers worse than cows: Malaysia cleric, 27 Mar 09 , "Muslims who smoke and try to portray themselves as religious ...

Radio 1: Istanbul

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iPlayer, Gilles Peterson takes us on a guided tour of Istanbul, Turkey. BBC Radio 1, 9:00pm Tuesday 24th March 2009 Duration: 60 minutes Av...
Thursday, March 26, 2009

Princeton Digital Library

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princeton.edu, New digital library of Islamic manuscripts online, 16 Mar 09 "Princeton University has placed a new digital library of ...

Google Street View: mosques (Manchester)

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I've chosen a few from Manchester today. Clearly, it would be possible - given time and endurance - to build up a complete picture. I ma...

'Conversion narratives' ++

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publicservice.co.uk, Monitoring online chat is essential to disrupt terror recruitment, 26 Mar 09 "Despite a large opposition to gover...