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Halal Dating Advice

13 October 2018 19:41 Filed in: Matchmaking | Sex and Sexuality

Halal dating advice on YouTube explained … Discover More…

KSA tech investments under scrutiny

12 October 2018 12:54 Filed in: Saudi Arabia | Saudi Internet | finance | Silicon Valley | Jamal Khashoggi

Opinion piece: Anand Giridharadas, NYT, Silicon Valley’s Saudi Arabia Problem, 12 Oct 2018 "As Saudi Arabia establishes its new role as one of Silicon Valley’s most prominent investors, the risk grows that its investments will purchase silence. Companies that pride themselves on openness and freedom may find themselves unable to speak ill of one of their largest investors." Discover More…

Tags: Saudi Arabia, Saudi Internet, Jamal Khashoggi

Google Scholar issues

12 October 2018 12:15 Filed in: Research | academia

Benefits of Google scholar, and their implications Discover More…

Tags: Research, Google

M&S Hijab

12 October 2018 12:13 Filed in: dress code

Online discussions about the sale of hijabs in Marks & Spencer, as represented here on Twitter.

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Tags: dress-codes

Jamal Khashoggi

11 October 2018 14:57 Filed in: Jamal Khashoggi | Turkey Internet | Saudi Internet

Middle East Eye, Jamal Khashoggi: Amateur sleuths scour web for details of 15 Saudi men "Late on Tuesday night, pro-government Turkish outlets published the names and photos of 15 people they claim were involved in Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi's disappearance, setting off a frantic search among social media users for any publicly available information about the mysterious list."

Extensive coverage of this case on my twitter feed @garybunt

Tags: Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi Arabia

Yes, I'm Hot in This.

11 October 2018 14:52 Filed in: Gender

ImamsOnline, One Muslim Woman’s Mission For Better Representation "One of the best ways that we as Muslims can improve our status in the media is to support people who present a more positive outlook of Islam in the West. One such person is a Muslim artist named Huda Fahmy, aka “Yes, I’m Hot in This“. The name is a play on the question that plagues many a hijabi, where non-Muslims will constantly ask us “Aren’t you hot in that?” and I love the way she takes ownership of who she is, and how she’s feeling."
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Tags: Gender , dress-codes

Canadian social media IS captive

10 October 2018 12:13 Filed in: Social Media | 'Islamic State' | E-jihad

Muhammed Ali was active on IS social media: GlobalNews.ca, ‘I just want to go back’: Canadian ISIS fighter captured in northern Syria speaks out

Tags: 'Islamic State', Canadian Muslims, Social media, E-jihad

Can We Finally Stop Terrorists From Exploiting Social Media?

10 October 2018 12:10 Filed in: Social Media

Kalev Leetaru, Forbes.com, Can We Finally Stop Terrorists From Exploiting Social Media?, 9 Oct 2018
" … for all their public discourse, the platforms have taken little concrete action, reflecting both the economic realities that they have little incentive to invest in content moderation and the real-world complication that deleting terrorist content requires understanding context, not blindly deleting any post with a given keyword."

Tags: Social media, Research

Discounted 'Hashtag Islam'

09 October 2018 18:46 Filed in: Publications

Special Offer:
SAVE 40% on 'Hashtag Islam' (and 'iMuslims') during the UNC Press Religious Studies Sale using discount code 01REL40. Click here for details
T&C apply, etc.

Tags: Gary R. Bunt's publications

Follow Me, Akhi.

09 October 2018 18:45 Filed in: Research | British Muslims

Forthcoming in 2019

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Hussein Kesvani, Follow Me, Akhi: The Online World of British Muslims, Hurst & Co
"What does it mean to be Muslim in Britain today? If the media is anything to go by, it has something to do with mosques, community leaders, whether you wear a veil, and what your views on religious extremists are. But as all our lives become increasingly entwined with our online presence, British Muslims are taking to social media to carve their own narratives and tell their own stories, challenging stereotypes along the way."
Looking forward to seeing this.

Tags: books, Research, journalism

Commercial break

09 October 2018 11:43 Filed in: Research

Paperback/hardback versions of 'Hashtag Islam: How Cyber-Islamic Environments Are Transforming Religious Authority' (Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks) are available from this week via Amazon.com Also available directly from the publisher, through all good bookstores and online retailers (with market variations in terms of release date).

Tags: Gary R. Bunt's publications

IslambyTouch

09 October 2018 11:40 Filed in: Qur'an

IslambyTouch.com provides Braille Qur'ans (Saheeh International Translation). The provision of accessible versions/translations is an interesting area in relation to the Qur'an underrepresented in current studies. Details: amaliah, It’s National Braille Week: Meet the Couple Making Islam Accessible to the Blind

Tags: Qur'an

Gary R. Bunt

'Hashtag Islam: How Cyber-Islamic Environments Are Transforming Religious Authority'

Editions

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2018

New Delhi: Pentagon Press, 2019

Pentagon Press edition - Hashtag Islam

Oxford University Press: Oxford Index Edition (Subscription)

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