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Friday, September 28, 2018

Malaysia Syariah-compliant browser

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I discuss Islam-friendly apps and browsers in 'Hashtag Islam', and here's a new option: The Star Online, Syariah compliant web b...

Afaq

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9News, The secretive IT unit helping Islamic State supporters hide in dark corners of Internet, 24 Sep 2018  "Afaq's purpose is to ...

Gender and jihad

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Nikita Malik, Forbes.com, Why Do We Underestimate The Role Of Women In Terrorist Organizations?, 26 Sep 2018 "It is important to remem...
Thursday, September 27, 2018

'One Day in the Haram'

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Review of 'One Day in the Haram': Leslie Felperin, Guardian, One Day in the Haram review – a fascinating glimpse inside Islam'...

Mosul Eye

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Guardian, Lucy Lamble, Small Changes, The Mosul historian who risked his life to blog about life under Isis – podcast, 26 Sep 2018 "Wh...
Friday, September 14, 2018

New home for blog

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I'm now blogging on the virtuallyislamic.com website, but will continue to place summarised posts here too. 

Recent posts

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Contesting identities within cultural insecurity 14/09/18 12:32 Filed in: Research | Gender Currently taking a look at this interesti...
Monday, September 03, 2018

Hashtag Islam

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Hashtag Islam - print version I'm very pleased to have received my first printed copy of 'Hashtag Islam'. It's been grea...
Sunday, September 02, 2018

New and Noted: Contesting Religion: The Media Dynamics of Cultural Conflicts in Scandinavia

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Knut Lundby (editor), Contesting Religion: The Media Dynamics of Cultural Conflicts in Scandinavia, De Gruyter Another one for the Reading...

Shahira Yusuf

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Observer, Shahira Yusuf: 'I have always felt beautiful', 2 Sep 2018 "It was just before the 2016 referendum, as she became aw...

Extremists exploiting small social media websites, experts warn

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BBC News, Extremists exploiting small social media websites, experts warn, 1 Sep 2018 "The likes of Facebook and Twitter have responde...
Thursday, August 30, 2018

Commercial Break: Hashtag Islam - Australia and New Zealand

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Hashtag Islam can be obtained through all the usual channels in Australia and New Zealand, including through Footprint Books. Their October ...
Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Publishers Weekly Review: Hashtag Islam

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Publishers Weekly, Nonfiction Review, Hashtag Islam: How Cyber- Islamic Environments Are Transforming Religious Authority " ... by in...

New and noted: Hello World: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine,

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Hannah Fry, Hello World: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine, Penguin Books Another one for the Reading list (helped by her TV docum...
Tuesday, August 28, 2018

CIC Saudi Arabia

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It's been interesting to review the output of CIC Saudi Arabia on Twitter during Hajj 2018, presenting human stories within the hajj.  S...

New and noted: LikeWar: How Social Media Became The Locus Of 21st Century War

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Interesting review of Peter W. Singer and Emerson T. Brooking's book 'LikeWar: How Social Media Became The Locus Of 21st Century Wa...

Tatar Muslims

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CJ Werleman, Middle East Eye, How Russia is trying to erase Tatar Muslims Analysis/opinion.
Sunday, August 26, 2018

Dina Torkia interview: the Muslim fashion blogger talks Boris Johnson and burkas

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The Times, Dina Torkia interview: the Muslim fashion blogger talks Boris Johnson and burkas Profile of Dina Torkia, high profile fashionis...

'Manufacturing Consent: Saudi and Amazon Deploy Twitter Bots to Insist They Are Virtuous'

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albawaba, Manufacturing Consent: Saudi and Amazon Deploy Twitter Bots to Insist They Are Virtuous Allegations.

Hajj: how globalisation transformed the market for pilgrimage to Mecca

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Seán McLoughlin, The Conversation, Hajj: how globalisation transformed the market for pilgrimage to Mecca, 15 Aug 2018
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