Virtually Islamic Blog

Research, Information and Speculation on Islam in the Digital Age

March 2019
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Cyber-muftis

27/03/19 18:10
Alexandre Caeiro, Daily Sabah, Cyber-muftis, digital fatwas - the ongoing transformation of religious authority
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'IS' Activity Profile

27/03/19 17:13
Mina al-Lami, BBC Monitoring, Where is the Islamic State group still active around the world?
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Hands-free hijab

27/03/19 17:09
The New Arab, US state says it's legal to use a hijab to drive hands free Read More…

al-Baghdadi

27/03/19 17:03
Time, Islamic State Leader Still at Large After IS Loses Its Territory in Iraq and Syria Read More…

Monitoring online content

27/03/19 17:01
Morgan Meaker, Prospect, How the authorities are failing to tackle far-right terror online

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Religious Authority Online

27/03/19 16:58
Alexandre Caeiro, Daily Sabah, Cyber-muftis, digital fatwas - the ongoing transformation of religious authority Read More…

'Hashtag Islam' & MCW Interfaith

27/03/19 12:59

I had the privilege to attend the Muslim Council of Wales Annual Interfaith Dinner on 26 March 2019. I presented Dr Rowan Williams (102nd Archbishop of Canterbury) and Prof. Saleem Kidwai (Muslim Council of Wales Secretary General) with copies of 'Hashtag Islam'.

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Tara Fares

27/03/19 11:15
Alma Hassoun, BBC News, Tara Fares, The Murder of an Instagram Star Read More…

LGBTQ Issues

27/03/19 10:18
Guardian, 'I feel caught in the middle': queer Muslims on the LGBTQ lessons row

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Muzmatch profile

25/03/19 18:15
BBC News, 'Muslims don't date, we marry'. Read More…

'HajjB&B'

25/03/19 18:10
Mustafa El Bouabi, The New Arab, HajjBnB? Riyadh looks to profit from pilgrims with new Umrah hosting scheme Read More…

Little Mix(!) LGBTQIA Flag

25/03/19 18:09
Huffington Post, Little Mix Win Praise For Performing In Front Of Rainbow Flag During Dubai Show Read More…

French Muslims sue FB

25/03/19 18:06
Reuters, French Muslim group sues Facebook, YouTube over Christchurch footage



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Christchurch

25/03/19 18:00
Coverage of the Christchurch attacks and their aftermath (updated) Read More…

Mali Massacre

25/03/19 12:53
France24, More than 130 Fulani massacred as ethnic and jihadist violence escalates in Mali
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'IS' profile

23/03/19 17:05
AFP, Islamic State: pioneers of the 'digital caliphate'

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IS 'caliphate' 'ended'

23/03/19 14:01
Guardian, Isis defeated, US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces announce
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Tech Censorship

21/03/19 12:20
Ryan Broderick & Ellie Hall, Buzzfeed, Tech Platforms Obliterated ISIS Online. They Could Use The Same Tools On White Nationalism.
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Australia Far-Right

21/03/19 12:18
SMH, Ex-head of Australian right-wing group posted anti-Islamic material online in breach of court order
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IS 'e-jihad'

21/03/19 12:04
Washington Post, She seemed like a normal Web-savvy teen. She was actually waging ‘e-jihad’ with ISIS hackers.
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Dagestan

21/03/19 12:00
BBC News, Russia's IS families: 'Why are the children being punished?'
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Erdogan Video Use

20/03/19 16:39
BBC News, Christchurch shootings: Why Turkey's Erdogan uses attack video
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Pakistan book

20/03/19 12:49
New book on Pakistan's Shi'a population: Read More…

Morsi Documentary

20/03/19 12:46
Al Jazeera, Egypt's Morsi: The Final Hours

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Hate Groups Online

20/03/19 12:42
Joan Donovan, Director of the Technology and Social Change Research Project, The Atlantic, How Hate Groups’ Secret Sound System Works Read More…

Naz Legacy Foundation

20/03/19 12:30
Interfaith video from Naz Legacy Foundation Read More…

Utrecht

18/03/19 17:29
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Cambridge Mosque

18/03/19 10:50

Cambridge Mosque is now open for prayer.

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IS and Aftermath

17/03/19 16:43
Arab Weekly, After Baghouz, what do you do with ISIS families? Read More…

'Cassette Tap Revolution'

15/03/19 10:21
New and noted article: Simon, Andrew. “CENSURING SOUNDS: TAPES, TASTE, AND THE CREATION OF EGYPTIAN CULTURE.” International Journal of Middle East Studies, n.d., 1–24. doi:10.1017/S0020743819000035. Read More…

Khatt: Egypt's Calligraphic Landscape

14/03/19 11:18
SceneArabia, A Visual Diary of Arabic Calligraphy on the Streets of Egypt

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Bellingcat Podcast

13/03/19 16:03
Guardian, Syria, Skripal and MH17: how Bellingcat broke the news

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KSA Prosecutions

13/03/19 16:00
Guardian, Saudi women's rights activists go on trial in Riyadh

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'A New Wave of the Arab Spring'?

13/03/19 12:16
David Hearst, Middle East Eye, Are we witnessing a new wave of the Arab Spring?

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Trapped in Gaza

12/03/19 17:14
Guardian, Trapped in Gaza: a day in the life of a rapper who has never left the strip …

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Online Manipulation

12/03/19 11:59
Clint Watts, FPRI, Five Generations of Online Manipulation: The Evolution of Advanced Persistent Manipulators Read More…

'IS' "Passport to Paradise"

12/03/19 11:53
Middle East Eye, Former captive Iraqi doctor tells of dissent and despair within Islamic State's ranks
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Iranian Viral Proposal

12/03/19 11:47
legit.ng, Iranian couple arrested after public marriage proposal goes viral Read More…

Web @30

12/03/19 11:42
Reuters/The Star, Berners-Lee says World Wide Web, at 30, must emerge from ‘adolescence’

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Indonesia Terminology Debate

11/03/19 11:22
PRI's The World, The world’s largest Islamic group wants Muslims to stop saying 'infidel' Read More…

Hijabi Influencers

11/03/19 11:18
CNET, At home in my hijab: How the internet helped me embrace modest clothing Read More…

Malaysia Net Prosecution

11/03/19 11:17
SCMP, Malaysian jailed for more than 10 years for insulting Islam on social media Read More…

Istanbul photos

11/03/19 11:13
Middle East Eye, In pictures: The taxi driver capturing raw life in Istanbul Read More…

Mullah Omar

11/03/19 11:11
Guardian, Fugitive Taliban leader lived short walk from US base, book reveals
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aQ on 'International Women's Day':

09/03/19 23:26
al-Qaeda on 'International Women's Day': Read More…

Iraqi Women Online

09/03/19 18:05
Lara Fatah, Middle East Eye, In ‘virtual civil society’, Iraqi women are the leaders, 8 Mar 2019

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New Muslim Public Digital Spheres

09/03/19 14:52
Bibliographical information for researchers on Islam and Muslims online: Read More…

Gaming Intelligence

08/03/19 15:08
al-Monitor, Cyberization means it's not your daddy's war anymore

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Religious Opinion

08/03/19 15:07
Stepfeed, Saudi cleric says bribery is OK sometimes, but Muslims don't agree
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Aleppo's "Cat Man"

08/03/19 14:58
BBC News, Return of the cat man of Aleppo
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Denmark Prosecution

08/03/19 14:55
CNN, Denmark prosecutes 14 people who shared murder video
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IS reconfiguration

08/03/19 14:53
Washington Post, As the ‘caliphate crumbles,’ the Islamic State is seeding a new insurgency Read More…

'Positive' Judgement

08/03/19 14:49
Stepfeed, Young Saudi woman goes viral after heartwarming exchange with U.S. judge
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Hand gestures (!)

08/03/19 14:02
Stepfeed, This hand gesture is all over the internet, and Arabs get it
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International Women's Day

08/03/19 10:32
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Yemen blood app

07/03/19 15:01
Al Jazeera, Phone app links patients to blood donors in war-torn Yemen This is a fantastic idea: Read More…

'Somali Night Fever'

07/03/19 14:41
Guardian, Somali Night Fever: the little-known story of Somalia's disco era

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UK IS Case

07/03/19 14:37
BBC News, Lewis Ludlow: How the Oxford Street terror plotter was caught
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KSA Viral Video

07/03/19 14:32
al-Bawaba, Saudi Woman Goes Shopping Without Her Abaya Challenging Mandatory Dress Code
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Tunisia rap music

07/03/19 14:29
'Feeling so Hood. Rap, lifestyles and the neighbourhood imaginary in Tunisia' by Stefano Barone

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Saudi Show Stopped

05/03/19 16:12
al-Jazeera, Saudi Arabia suspends TV show that aired critical views, 5 Mar 2019 Read More…

Cairo Train Protests

05/03/19 16:05
Independent, Egypt protests: Dozens arrested over anti-government demonstrations sparked by deadly train crash

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Yannis Behrakis

04/03/19 16:40
Middle East Eye, Yannis Behrakis, photographer who captured key moments in Middle East, dies at 58 Read More…

KSA Music Academy

04/03/19 16:39
StepFeed, Curtain Call: Is Saudi Arabia about to open its first music academy? Read More…

Cairo Crash Tweets

04/03/19 16:33
Al-Monitor, Deadly Cairo train crash brings to surface anger, discontent in Egypt
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Bitcoin Iran

04/03/19 16:29
Coindesk, Bitcoin’s Lightning Torch Enters Iran as Payment Experiment Blazes On Read More…

IS Returnees

04/03/19 13:04
A couple of pieces about IS Returnees to Europe (with tech elements): Read More…

IS - Analysis

04/03/19 13:01
Eurasia Review, Assessment Of Islamic State Ideological Threat – Analysis
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Ahmed al-Tayeb on Polygamy

03/03/19 16:08
AP/Independent, Egypt’s grand imam calls polygamy an ‘injustice’ for women, 3 March 2019
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KSA Lens Fatwa

01/03/19 16:41
StepFeed, Saudi cleric says 'colored lenses are haram' ... and what? Read More…

'The Dark Side of Social Media'

01/03/19 13:40
Neil Johnson, Physics World, The Dark Side of Social Media, 1 March 2019 Read More…

Iran Net Influencers

01/03/19 13:39
NHK, Changes in Iran 40 years after the revolution
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Anti-Semitic Bots

01/03/19 13:34
i24News, Popular translation app gives example 'Hitler nicer to Jews than they deserved' Read More…

Bangadesh censorship

01/03/19 13:27
UCA News, Bangladesh's moral police turn the screw
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Kashmir web

01/03/19 13:26
Free Press Kashmir, GoI bans Jama’at-e-Islami, authorities restrict mobile internet speed across Kashmir Read More…

Miami prosecution

01/03/19 13:24
Miami Herald, Broward man pleads guilty to distributing bomb-making instructions over the web Read More…

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