Virtually Islamic Blog

Research, Information and Speculation on Islam in the Digital Age

Northern Syria Situation

Rolling coverage of key stories on the Northern Syria situation, which I will keep updated:

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#whereisesraa


Read Jen Pedersen's tweet about the 'disappearance' of activist Esraa Abdel Fattah

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'Conflict Without End' series

Kim Sengupta, Independent, For a former Taliban commander, the quiet life is a distant prospect Read More…

Iraq Net Blackout

CNN, Iraqi protesters say they have videos of government atrocities. An internet blackout is stopping the world from seeing them Read More…

KSA al-Awda Case

Al Jazeera, Verdict delayed in trial of Saudi dissident: family Read More…

Indonesia Digital Economy

Techwire Asia, How technology will drive Indonesia’s digital economy to new highs in 2020
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KSA Influencers

Eden Gillespie, Guardian, The Instagram influencers hired to rehabilitate Saudi Arabia's image
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China's destruction of Uighur burial grounds

Guardian, Then and now: China's destruction of Uighur burial grounds Read More…

Page update

Due to technical issues, this is a copy of the previously published blog. There remain some problems with the tags, which have disappeared or been changed. I will continue to work on a fix for this. Read More…

KSA censors university books

The New Arab, Saudi Arabia purges university books containing 'Muslim Brotherhood ideologies'
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Arabic Internet

Guardian, Spread the word: the Iraqis translating the internet into Arabic  Read More…

AICIS2019 Round-up

Conclusion of an interesting week in Jakarta at AICIS2019:

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'Inside the Fatwa Machine'

Diagrams used in my presentation 'Inside the Fatwa Machine' are here:

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