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Gary R. Bunt

Defining 'tazawama'

Do you know what tazawama means in Arabic? Discover More…

Ishak Mostefaoui

'IS' British prisoner dies in custody Discover More…

Srebrenica Khutbah

Online khutbah marking the 25th anniversary of the Srebrenica Massacre Discover More…

Mohiussunnath Chowdhury

Mohiussunnath Chowdhury conviction Discover More…

Bella Hadid update

Instagram climb-down Discover More…

'IS' Camp

Vera Mironova, Middle East Institute, Life inside Syria’s al-Hol camp, 9 Jul 2020
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Uighur Emojis

Filip Noubel, Global Voices Online, Uyghur emojis help spread message of cultural resistance over social media
uighur sticker emoji happy meal! Discover More…

'IS'/COVID-19 Narratives

Chelsea Daymon, Meili Criezis, CTC Sentinel, Pandemic Narratives: Pro-Islamic State Media and the Coronavirus, June 2020, Vol. 13, Issue 6 [PDF] (one for the reading list - I haven't read it yet)

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'IS' Facebook

Update from Wired on IS activities in Facebook zones … Discover More…

Iran Female Gamers

BBC report on the issues associated with female gamers in Iran. Discover More…

Husham al Hashimi

Independent, Husham al Hashimi: Renowned Iraqi scholar assassinated outside his home in Baghdad Discover More…

#FreeTox

Details of a social media campaign relating to Tauqir Sharif, a kidnapped British aid worker. CAGE details are here too Discover More…

7/7

7/7 15th Anniversary: coverage on my blog from July 2005 can be found here (scroll down to 7th July). Discover More…

Indonesian Cyber Islam

New and Noted: Moch. Syarif Hidayatullah, Mohammad Syairozi Dimyathi, Abdullah, Zubair, Rizqi Handayani. 'The Cyber Islam Contestation In Indonesia'. International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology. Vol. 29, No. 7, (2020), pp. 34-44. Available as a PDF. I have yet to read this, but it looks interesting. Discover More…

Shi’a Minorities in the Contemporary World

An important (and exorbitantly priced) new book on Shi'ism, including a chapter on religious authority and the internet. Look forward to reading it when it makes it to paperback … Discover More…
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