June 2023 – Page 2 – Virtually Islamic News

Wed 25 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 14-6-2023AD
Hajj, Iran, Iranian internet, Religious Authority

Molavi Abdolhamid

Yaghoub Fazeli, Al Arabiya English, Iran’s top Sunni cleric says barred from Hajj by Iranian authorities, 14 June 2023 “Molavi Abdolhamid had planned to undertake the Hajj pilgrimage this...

Wed 25 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 14-6-2023AD
Iran internet, Iran Protests 2023

Iran Firewall Issues

Iran International, In Denial, Iran Coveting ‘Great Firewall Of China’, 14 June 2023. “Earlier in the year, President Ebrahim Raisi ordered the communications ministry to increase the ratio of...

Wed 25 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 14-6-2023AD
Cinema

Spider-Verse

Wed 25 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 14-6-2023AD
Senegal Internet

#FreeSenegal

Chiara Castro, Techradar, #FreeSenegal: who’s behind the West African cyber-revolution, 10 June 2023 I missed this article when it came out five days ago. “Twitter, Reddit, TikTok, WhatsApp: these...

Wed 25 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 14-6-2023AD
News, News Media, Research, TikTok

TikTok News

Sky News, More young people are using TikTok to access news, research finds, 14 June 2023 “Researchers looked at 93,895 adults in 46 countries and found that more people...

Mon 23 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 12-6-2023AD
Games, Gaming, India internet

Religious Conversion Online

Business Today, Religious conversion via online games: Prime accused arrested in Thane; MoS reacts, 12 June 2023 “UP Police recently busted a religion conversion racket in Ghaziabad where the...

Mon 23 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 12-6-2023AD
Gaza, Israel, Research, Surveillance, Technology

Amnesty Report

Opinion and analysis: The New Arab, Nowhere to Apart-Hide (Podcast) “This week on The New Arab Voice we delve into the latest Amnesty report, and examine how technology is being used, what it...

Mon 23 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 12-6-2023AD
'Arab Spring', Arabic, East Africa, Languages, LanguagesLinguistics, MENA, Sub-Saharan Africa, West Africa

African Arabic

Vaughn Rasberry, New Lines Magazine, In Search of African Arabic, 30 September, 2021 I missed this article the first time around: “For more than a millennium, Arabic in Africa...

Sat 21 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 10-6-2023AD
'Red-pill', Andrew Tate, Gender, Influencers

Tate Article

Nadeine Asbali, Glamour Magazine, As a Muslim woman, I’m disgusted by Andrew Tate’s attempts to align himself with Islam “Like any good influencer, he understands his audience: self-conscious men...

Fri 20 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 9-6-2023AD
Gender

Mia Khalifa

Nadeine Asbali, New Arab, Mia Khalifa’s icon status reveals the limits of intersectional feminism “With the former porn star recently being heralded a feminist icon, Nadeine Asbali reflects on...

Islamic Algorithms – book cover

Gary R. Bunt, Islamic Algorithms: Online Influence in the Muslim Metaverse (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2024)

Explore the book

Hardcover and ebook editions are available now; the paperback edition’s publication date is to be confirmed.

Gary R. Bunt, 2024

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Comments

“Gary Bunt’s Islamic Algorithms explores the dynamic relationship between technology shifts and the evolving engagement of Muslims online. Bunt emphasises the unchanging core of Islam, adapting its expression to developing technology. A testament to Bunt’s brilliance in the ever-changing Cyber Islamic Environments, this is a must-read for those interested in Islamic studies, digital Islam and Muslim metaverses.” ―Eva Nisa, Senior Lecturer of Anthropology, The Australian National University, Australia

“A timely and insightful exploration, the book offers a concise yet comprehensive glimpse into the evolving landscape of Cyber Islamic Environments. From the serene halls of Jakarta’s Istiqlal Mosque to the potential realms of Muslim metaverses, this book takes readers on a journey to unveil the dynamic relationship between Islam and technology. In a world where smartphones guide prayers and iPads connect elders in study groups, Bunt shares a compelling and timely perspective on the evolving relationship between Islam, technology and the digital age.” ―Umar Ryad, Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Leuven, Belgium

Bibliography and Glossary

Review by Michael Dhanoya (University of Leicester) in LSE Blogs

“Islamic Algorithms is a great contribution to the topic of Digital Religion …”

Review in The Muslim World‘ by Dr Akif Tahiiev of Goethe-Universitat Frankfurt am Main

Indonesian influencers Thu 18 Jumada Al Akhira 1446AH 19-12-2024AD

Malaysia AI Regulation Thu 18 Jumada Al Akhira 1446AH 19-12-2024AD

Tate Tax(ed) Thu 18 Jumada Al Akhira 1446AH 19-12-2024AD

Syria Situation(s) Wed 17 Jumada Al Akhira 1446AH 18-12-2024AD

AI Chatbot Wed 17 Jumada Al Akhira 1446AH 18-12-2024AD

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