Toxic Politics
Updated Arwa Mahdawi, Guardian, Is Andrew Tate going to reinvent himself as a politician and ‘save Britan [sic]’?, 14 Jan 2025. “ Charity staff 'harassed' after Musk shares X...
Social Media and Online Coverage: Israel-Hamas Conflict (Month Sixteen) – updated
This is the sixteenth month since the current Israel-Hamas conflict commenced. I have been keeping copies of selected online content since 7 October 2023. Some of these posts feature...
From Sheikh Google to ImamAI?
My chapter “From Sheikh Google to ImamAI? Evolving Islamic Influence and Authority in Muslim Digital Worlds” is published in “Scharia im Wandel. Beiträge zur Transformation islamischer Autorität im Spannungsfeld...
Malaysian Mosque TikTok
TikTok to the rescue? "Malaysians have turned to TikTok to promote the country’s mosques after claiming that Islam was sidelined in a tourism video …" sc.mp/g2xfy...
Archiving Crises
This looks like a significant project: Promising project to document and digitize genocide in Gaza and war on Lebanon www.archiveslab.org/projects/fig…...
Not cricket
In other news, here's another very important issue (as reported by @yaldahakim.bsky.social). The idea of an Afghan women's team in exile makes perfect sense....
Tulip Siddiq
Lots of coverage of this ongoing story, including online discussions. Irony meters are running to overload. 🎧 New PAGE 94 Podcast OUT NOW. This week: TULIP-MANIA 🥀 Tulip Siddiq,...
Syria-Egypt pressure drops(?)
An interesting test for the (new) Syrian administration: "The move could help ease concern in Cairo over the rise to power of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rebels, who led...
Halal Sandwiched
Unsurprisingly, a story about ‘halal ham sandwiches‘ (sic) ignites Malaysian socials (and beyond). "The latest controversy erupted after a KK Super Mart convenience store on Universiti Malaya’s campus was...
Indonesian social media restrictions
Good luck to Indonesian parents faced with this issue: This will be a challenge … "Indonesia will impose interim child protection guidelines on social media companies while the government...