Virtually Islamic Blog

Research, Information and Speculation on Islam in the Digital Age

August 2019
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Crypto Saudi

22/08/19 09:59
CoinTelegraph, Saudi Arabia Warns of Crypto Scammers Posing as Gov’t Projects Read More…

Home Office Net

22/08/19 09:54
5Pillars, EXCLUSIVE: Why I left Breakthrough Media, the Home Office’s secretive propaganda agency
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Bdood Bike App Iran

22/08/19 09:52
Independent, Iranian bike-sharing app sparks outrage after refusing women service
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China FB Strategy

20/08/19 22:02
Buzzfeed, These New Facebook Ads From Chinese State Media Want You To Believe Xinjiang’s Muslim Internment Camps Are Just Great
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Omar Ibn Said & Rhiannon Giddens

20/08/19 14:58
Library of Congress, The Omar Ibn Said Collection Read More…

Archive Research

20/08/19 14:55
Ian Milligan, The Conversation, Historians’ archival research looks quite different in the digital age Read More…

Bassem Youssef

20/08/19 14:52
BBC World Service, Outlook, Bassem Youssef: Egypt’s revolutionary comedian
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Uighur TikTok

20/08/19 09:57
Guardian, Uighur Muslims using TikTok to expose plight of relatives detained by China Read More…

Abdul Somad

19/08/19 15:24
Jakarta Globe, Genie in a Cross: Popular Cleric Abdul Somad Reported to Police for Mocking Christian Symbol
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'Woke' Campaign

15/08/19 14:41
Middle East Eye, REVEALED: The 'woke' media outfit that's actually a UK counterterror programme Read More…

How To Be Right… in a world gone wrong (Penguin)

13/08/19 17:28
James O'Brien, How To Be Right… in a world gone wrong (Penguin)

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Pakistan child workers

13/08/19 17:10
Guardian, 'It has altered me forever': trauma of child domestic workers in Pakistan
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Balkan Radicalisation Issues

13/08/19 17:03
Emina Dizdarevic and Lamija Grebo, Balkan Insight, Bosnia Failing in Fight against Extremism Online
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Kashmir crisis

13/08/19 16:59
AP, Kashmir Enters Another Day Of India-Imposed Lockdown And Internet Blackout

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Digital Forensics

13/08/19 16:42
FBI, The Modern Evidence Trail: The FBI’s Regional Computer Forensics Laboratories Are Vital in the Digital Age Read More…

Yazidi Survival

13/08/19 16:39
BBC Outlook, Secret SMS texts saved my family from IS
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UAE-Saudi 'Twitter War'

12/08/19 17:17
The New Arab, 'Aden coup' sparks angry Twitter war between Saudi and UAE supporters Read More…

Hajj 2019/1440

12/08/19 12:49
A collection of links and resources associated with Hajj 2019/1440 Read More…

Radicalisation in Indonesia

08/08/19 16:49
ASEAN Today, Social media is facilitating Islamic radicalisation in Indonesia
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International Cyber Terrorism Regulation Project

07/08/19 11:31
David Fidler, Council on Foreign Relations, Terrorism, Social Media, and the El Paso Tragedy Read More…

UN on 'IS'

07/08/19 11:22
Ben Makuch, Vice, ISIS Is Using Internet Propaganda to Maintain a 'Virtual Caliphate,' UN Report Says
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8chan

07/08/19 11:20
Joseph Cox, Vice, 8chan Forced to Move to Obscure Dark Web Service
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New book: 'Tweeted Heresies'

06/08/19 17:31
New and noted: Abdullah Hamidaddin, Tweeted Heresies Read More…

Doroob Navigator

06/08/19 15:45
Reuters, Palestinian app helps drivers avoid Israeli checkpoint bottlenecks
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Shi'ism in Nigeria

06/08/19 15:43
Haruna Shehu Tangaza BBC Africa, Islamic Movement in Nigeria: The Iranian-inspired Shia group
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Crypto-Iran

06/08/19 15:40
Al Jazeera, Iran's government recognises cryptocurrency mining with caveat Read More…

Amina Wadud

06/08/19 15:38
Amina Wadud, The Divine Feminine in Islam: An Introduction - new and noted. Read More…

TripAdvisor Palestine

06/08/19 15:35
Amnesty International, Tell TripAdvisor to pull out of illegal Israeli settlements in occupied Palestine
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H-u-T

06/08/19 15:32
Peter Pomerantsev, GQ Magazine, Meet the ex-Islamist using his experience to de-radicalise Isis fighters

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Documentary on IS female followers

06/08/19 15:29
BBC, Panorama, Stacey Meets the IS Brides Read More…

Triple talaq ban divides Muslims

06/08/19 15:26
Murali Krishnan, qantara.de., Triple talaq ban divides Muslims Read More…

8chan

06/08/19 15:20
Guardian, 8chan: far-right site linked to shootings resurfaces – and is kicked offline again
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The British Black Panthers

04/08/19 13:02
Radio 4, Archive on 4, The British Black Panthers
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Iraq Violinist in Karbala

03/08/19 13:07
Aufeminin.com, "Une enquête urgente" après la prestation d'une violoniste cheveux au vent en Irak
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Hamza bin Laden

01/08/19 13:09
Jason Burke, Hamza bin Laden: the end of a dynasty, but not al-Qaida
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