Virtually Islamic Blog

Research, Information and Speculation on Islam in the Digital Age

Adhan Forms

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'Halal pickup lines'

Stepfeed, People are getting ready for Ramadan ... with halal pickup lines
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KSA Human rights

Middle East Eye, Executed by Saudi Arabia: A student, an academic, a protester, an imam
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Pew Twitter report

Pew, Sizing Up Twitter Users
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Online bomb-making tutorial

Reuters, Wisconsin woman taught bomb-making online for Islamic State: prosecutors
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Tajikstan Internet

Fighting Fire With Firefox: Imam Uses Internet To Urge Tajiks Not To Use Internet
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Imams Online Campaign

Imams Online, Islam and Forced Marriage
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aQ

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Bangladesh Sexual Harrassment Case

BBC News, Nusrat Jahan Rafi: Burned to death for reporting sexual harassment
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IRGC Banned on instagram

RFE, Instant Ban For Iran's IRGC On Instagram: Social-Media Giant Blocks Commanders' Sites Read More…

The Arab world's silent reproductive revolution

Al Jazeera, The Arab world's silent reproductive revolution
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Indonesia Elections 2019

I've been looking at the Indonesian elections, specifically coverage associated with social media issues:

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Ongoing Australia Case

ABC Australia, Man searched online for Islamic punishments for wife's infidelity before murder, court told
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Inji Aflatoun Google Doodle

The National, Who was Inji Aflatoun? Google Doodle honours Egyptian painter and feminist
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Uber KSA Gender Preferences

The National, Female Uber drivers in Saudi Arabia can now choose their passengers' gender
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Begum Legal Aid

BBC, Shamima Begum: IS bride set to be granted legal aid
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Iraq Gaming Bans(?)

Independent, Fortnite and PUBG to be banned in Iraq over links with violence and crime
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Gamer complaints

Stepfeed, Gamer in Dubai kept on losing ... so he filed a complaint to authorities
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Ilhan Omar

The current Ilhan Omar coverage provides a significant case study on how information can be taken out of context, applied irresponsibly, and used/abused by various parties, from 'imams' to the American president. This article provides a very good summary of the events. There is much more on my twitter feed. And of course Ilhan Omar's own social media.

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Muslim Celebrity Culture & 'Trauma Tourism'

Vanessa Taylor, Al Jazeera, Opinion piece, The problem with Muslim Celebrity Culture
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Uighurs & social media

Darren Byler, Guardian, China’s hi-tech war on its Muslim minority, 10 Apr 2019
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Shamima Begum Update

Richard Hall & Lizzie Dearden, Independent, Shamima Begum 'was member of feared Isis morality police' in Syria Read More…

Sadaf Khadem - Iranian boxer

Going viral this weekend - it's a great story


Le Parisien, Sadaf Khadem, première boxeuse iranienne de l’histoire, gagne son combat
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Click once for prison

Independent, New law where clicking on terrorist propaganda once could mean 15 years in prison comes into force Read More…

Al Hol camp, Syria

Quentin Sommerville, BBC News, The children no-one wants. Read More…

Weaponising Viking History

Time, White Supremacists Have Weaponized an Imaginary Viking Past. It's Time to Reclaim the Real History
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Jhang's NZ Tribute

Al Jazeera, Pakistanis form human image of Christchurch mosque
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KSA Guardianship

Mrriam Nabbout, Stepfeed, Saudi father criticizes the male guardianship system in viral tweet
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Dubai's Quranic Park

ABC Australia/Reuters, Dubai's Koranic Park is here to school you about Islam - religion as info-tainment? Read More…

'Cyber Sufis'

This week two important books about Islam and the Internet have appeared. Hussein Kesvani's book on UK Muslims and the net (previously blogged) and this new one from Robert Rozehnal on Sufis and the net. I was able to preview this, which is a really interesting read. It focuses on Inayat Sufism. Read More…

Selfie Danger

Stepfeed, Saudi man found dead in Uganda river after he slipped while taking selfie
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Belgian IS Fighter

Kurdistan24, Belgian ISIS fighter confesses to group's use of chemical weapons, chlorine

This article highlights the issues associated with radicalisation, providing a perspective on a Belgian recruit to "Islamic State".

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Morocco's Jewish heritage

This is an interesting article/opinion piece about Jewish history and heritage in Morocco, which highlights some online elements as well. Yaëlle Azagury and Anouar Majid, New York Times, The Moroccan Exception in the Arab World, 9 April 2019
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Halal hen-do

Faima Bakar, Metro, 'What goes down at a halal hen do' ? Read More…

Youth issues

Interview with Dr Sadek Hamid on youth issues (one for future viewing) Read More…

Islamic Fintech

NST, PM: Islamic banking players must invest in technologies

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UK Muslims in cyberspace

Hussein Kesvani, Follow Me, Akhi: The Online World of British Muslims (London: Hurst & Co)
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Welsh Muslims

This is an outstanding piece on Welsh Muslims: Wales Online, You Don't Know Us Read More…

Megaphones in Mosques

Stepfeed, Saudi cleric says megaphones should only be used for 'adhan' in mosques
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Documentary on Saudi Women

ABC News (Australia), Four Corners, Women are trying to escape Saudi Arabia, but not all of them make it

There's a significant online element to this programme, which also features prominent blogger and writer Mona Eltahawy.


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Qur'an Lessons Online

Ahmed Shaaban, Khaleej Times, Take Quran lessons online via UAE's new platform
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Racist tweets

Mail Online, Racist Tweets aimed at footballers are still online up to five years after being posted despite Twitter's pledge to take action
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Libya

Independent, Khalifa Haftar: Libya warlord’s march on Tripoli unites rivals against him Read More…

Saudi Trial

Reuters, Saudi women activists back in court as West watches Read More…

Uighur Transplant Allegations

CJ Werleman, Medium, New Horrors: China Harvesting Muslim Organs in Concentration Camps.

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aQ articles

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Qatar preacher opinion

Stepfeed, Muslim preacher thinks there is a 'right' way for men to beat their wives Read More…

Net Counter-terrorism

Brian Fishman, Counterterrorism - Crossroads: Counter-terrorism and the Internet, Texas National Security Review, Vol 2, Issue 2 April 2019, Read More…

Virtually Islamic Archive

Virtually Islamic Archive overview - 19 years and counting …

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Taliban Gender Stance

Global Village Space, Will Taliban soften their stance on women’s rights? Read More…

Defence Committee

Talkradio, 'Extreme neo-Nazis' viewed ISIS bomb manuals online Read More…

YouTube Neo-Nazi Content

Motherboard, YouTube Decides to Leave Neo-Nazi Propaganda Online

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Abu Hamza al-Britani

Washington Post/SCMP, Is there a McDonald’s here? Once-pudgy jihadi ‘Hungry Hamza’ asks about fast food after capture in Syria Read More…

Indonesian Instagram Preachers

PRI, Indonesia’s Muslim youth find new heroes in Instagram preachers Read More…

'IS' Fighters Interview

BBC, British IS fighters speak after defeat

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KSA Sunni-Shi'a Relations

The New Arab, Saudi ex-Imam of Mecca 'no longer considers Shia Muslims as heretics' Read More…

Egyptian Capital Building

The Times, Sisi’s vision of Egypt’s future rises from desert Read More…

'IS' recruit killed

Times, Baby-faced Coventry jihadist killed by Isis as western spy Read More…
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