Yusuf al-Qaradawi
The end of an era. It’s telling that the announcement appeared on Twitter: انتقل إلى رحمة الله سماحة الإمام يوسف القرضاوي الذي وهب حياته مبينا لأحكام الإسلام، ومدافعا عن...
HMQ
There are a range of opinions on and issues relating to the Royal Family emerging, especially online, some of which I am linking to below: Sadek Hamid, Politics Today,...
West Africa ISWAP
Sahara Reporters, Report Reveals How Boko Haram, ISWAP Use Facebook, WhatsApp, Telegram To Recruit, Spread Propaganda In Nigeria “Institute for Security Studies has called on governments across the African...
Digital Islam across Europe
Edinburgh University, Experts assess digital impact on Muslim lives Here’s a press release from Edinburgh University on the CHANSE-funded Digital Islam across Europe project. I’m a Co-Investigator on this...
GhostSec
Ravie Lakshmanan, The Hacker News, Hacktivist Group GhostSec Compromises 55 Berghof PLCs Across Israel,12 Sep 2022 “A hacktivist collective called GhostSec has claimed credit for compromising as many as...
TikTok Taliban Ban
Akhtar Makoii, Mail Online, Taliban say they want to ban TikTok ‘because it promotes violence’… despite their own fighters using the app to share videos of their executions “The...
Cleric ‘kiss’ controversy
Iraqi #Shiite cleric Ali al-Sharifi received death threats after a video showing him being kissed by a woman went viral. He went to see Muqtada al-Sadr and pledged not...
Umrah Vlog Issues
Rija Sohaib, propakistani.pk, Internet Criticizes YouTuber Maaz Safder For Vlogging, Cracking Jokes During Umrah, 7 Sep 2022 “As soon as the pictures and videos from his trip went viral...
Scholar from a Garrison Society
Congratulations to my student Shahajada Musa on his M.Res. Islamic Studies award. His thesis is entitled ‘The Emergence of a Scholar from a Garrison Society: A contextual analysis of...
Iran Tech Surveillance
Benjamin Lynch, The Mirror, Iran to use facial recognition technology to enforce grim new laws on women, 5 Sep 2022 “Iran is introducing an oppressive tightening of its strict...