Virtually Islamic Blog

Research, Information and Speculation on Islam in the Digital Age

July 2019
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Iranian VPN Use

26/07/19 11:50
AP/Arab Weekly, Iranians manage to surf the web despite tide of censorship
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Aceh and Religious Authority

24/07/19 13:54
Ana Salvá, The Diplomat, Aceh, Indonesia: When Dating Meets Sharia Law
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Trinidad & Tobago Radicalisation Issues

24/07/19 13:52
Nation News, Region warned not to be lured into a false sense of security regarding terrorist attacks
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Xinjiang Under Surveillance

24/07/19 13:45
mindmatters, The Internet Doesn’t Free Anyone by Itself
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Johnson and Islam

22/07/19 20:26
Jerry Brotton, Guardian, Boris Johnson’s take on Islam is historically illiterate Read More…

Instagram Murder

21/07/19 20:17
al Bawaba, Gruesome Insta Murder Reignites Concern Over Spread of Graphic Images Online
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KSA Gender Agenda

20/07/19 20:18
Guardian, An 'oasis' for women? Inside Saudi Arabia’s vast new female-only workspaces useful read Read More…

Streaming Nusrat

19/07/19 16:59
Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's Voice Offers A Sonic Refuge Read More…

Hashem Abedi

18/07/19 17:46
The Guardian, Manchester Arena bomber’s brother held in UK after extradition

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Amaliah Profile

18/07/19 16:50
Stylist, How I created a platform to amplify the voices of Muslim women Read More…

When is a 'like' a 'like'?

18/07/19 16:47
Hussein Kesvani, Mel Magazine, Teens ‘Like’ Everything On Social Media Now
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#فتاة_العياط Fatat al-Ayat

18/07/19 16:40
Al Bawaba, Egyptians Defend Young Girl Who Killed Her Rapist In Face of The Law significant story on social media #فتاة_العياط

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Eco-Friendly Mosques

18/07/19 16:39
MCB, Best Practices for an Eco-Friendly Mosque Read More…

Mosul Photography

18/07/19 16:37
Mosulgraphy | Ali Al-Baroodi | TEDxAUIS
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Indonesian blogger

18/07/19 16:32
Guardian, Garuda Indonesia bans in-flight photos after being mocked for handwritten menu

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Kelantan Royal Talaq

17/07/19 23:17
Mail Online, Russian beauty queen is 'holed up with her baby in a country house' provided by the ex-Malaysian king following 'triple talak divorce' as friends say she remains 'forever in love' with the royal
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Voice in the Machine

15/07/19 18:46
BBC, Archive on Four, Voice in the Machine Read More…

Operation Jihadi Bride

15/07/19 18:37
John Carney, Stuff, Operation Jihadi Bride: The truth about sex and Islamic State Read More…

Qur'an Recitation

15/07/19 18:36
Bill Gent & Abdullah Muhammad, Memorising and Reciting a Text without Understanding Its Meaning: A Multi-Faceted Consideration of This Practice with Particular Reference to the Qur’an, Religions 2019, 10(7), 425
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Alaa Salah Profile

15/07/19 18:36
Times, Alaa Salah: Sudan’s ‘woman in white’ on why she’s prepared to die [paywalled article]
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Hodan Nalayeh

13/07/19 18:34
BBC News, Hodan Nalayeh: Somalia's 'inspirational' journalist, killed in Kismayo
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Muslim Women in Contemporary Indonesia

12/07/19 11:48
New and noted: Eva F. Nisa, Muslim Women in Contemporary Indonesia: Online Conflicting Narratives behind the Women Ulama Congress, Asian Studies Review Read More…

IS Infowar

11/07/19 18:41
Metro, Inside the Islamic State Infowar: Ex-jihadi reveals secrets of his battle to wipe ISIS off the internet forever Read More…

Qandeel Baloch Profile

11/07/19 13:32
Sanam Maher , Guardian, ‘You’ll miss me when I’m gone’: the murder of social media star Qandeel Baloch Read More…

Twitter hate-speech rules

11/07/19 13:30
BBC News, Twitter bans religious insults calling groups rats or maggots
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Boko Haram

11/07/19 13:25
Sky News, Bleeding borders Fighters from the brutal Islamist group Boko Haram are infiltrating Cameroon from Nigeria significant article Read More…

Algorithms unpacked

11/07/19 13:21
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CIE Mindmap

10/07/19 15:33

I've just updated the mind map first used in iMuslims. It's a work in progress … you'll also find it on the Mindmap tab.

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Digitising Islamic Banks

08/07/19 14:53
Malaysian Reserve, Digitising to drive growth of Islamic banks
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“Great Replacement” Theory

08/07/19 14:49
Guardian, Christchurch mosque killer’s theories seeping into mainstream, report warns
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'Wahhabism Confronted'

08/07/19 14:40
Reuters, Wahhabism confronted: Sri Lanka curbs Saudi influence after bombings
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MENA Unicorns

08/07/19 14:30
Al Jazeera, From start-up to unicorn in the Middle East
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Content Removal

05/07/19 15:40
Isabelle van der Vegt, Paul Gill, Stuart Macdonald and Bennett Kleinberg, Shedding Light on Terrorist and Extremist Content Removal, RUSI, 3 July 2019 Read More…

Irish Radicalisation Issue

05/07/19 15:39
BBC News, IS bride Lisa Smith denies training girls to become fighters Read More…

Uighur Children

05/07/19 15:37
BBC News, China Muslims: Xinjiang schools used to separate children from families
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US Sanctions Bite Iran

04/07/19 15:30
Mahsa Alimardani, Motherboard, Vice, Stuxnet, American Sanctions, and Cyberwar Are Legitimizing Iranian Internet Controls
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Reality check

04/07/19 15:28
Oscar Schwartz, Guardian, Could ‘fake text’ be the next global political threat?
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Iran: Joss Stone

04/07/19 15:24
BBC News, Joss Stone deported from Iran on last stop of world tour
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KSA: Nicki Minaj

04/07/19 15:20
BBC News, Nicki Minaj Saudi gig prompts confusion online
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Sudan: Special Report

04/07/19 15:12
Khalid Abdelaziz, Michael Georgy and Maha El Dahan, Reuters, Special Report, Abandoned by the UAE, Sudan’s Bashir was destined to fall Read More…

Walkman @40

03/07/19 16:50
endgadget, Sony's 230-Walkman exhibit celebrates 40 years of a music icon' Read More…

Princess in Hiding

03/07/19 16:44
BBC News, Princess Haya Bint al-Hussein: The Dubai royal 'hiding in London'
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China Surveillance App

03/07/19 16:42
Raymond Zhong, NYT, China Snares Tourists’ Phones in Surveillance Dragnet by Adding Secret App Read More…

Indonesia Gen z

02/07/19 13:37
PRI The World, Indonesia’s newest Gen Z craze? Marrying someone you’ve never even dated. Read More…

Rakhine Rohingya Net Cut

02/07/19 12:53
NYT, The Government Cut Their Internet. Will Abuses Now Remain Hidden? Read More…

Terrorism and Social Media (TASMConf)

02/07/19 12:46
Small Wars Journal, Terrorism and Social Media (TASMConf) Read More…

Podcast British Muslims Online

01/07/19 17:42
Chatham House, Undercurrents, Episode 36: The Online World of British Muslims
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Content Removal Issues

01/07/19 17:31
Joe Whittaker, Lawfare, How Content Removal Might Help Terrorists (analysis/opinion)
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Bangladesh radicalisation

01/07/19 17:28
Deutsche Welle, Bangladesh's mainstream pupils more radical than Islamic school graduates
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Report on 'IS'

01/07/19 17:22
BBC Monitoring, IS embraces 'attrition' tactics as it marks fifth anniversary
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Gary R. Bunt




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