Houthi Issues
Newsweek, Hot Houthi Pirate Wants People To Stop Salivating Over Him, 17 Jan 2024 Newsweek is one of numerous channels covering this individual, who is apparently lighting up social...
AI in Islam
Изкуственият интелект на Аллах (продължение) Here’s the second part of an interesting article by Atanas Shinikov on aspects of artificial intelligence in Islam, which also summarises some key points...
Shifting Dimensions: The Evolution of Religious Authority in Islamic Digital Spaces
This Thursday, 18th January, between 6.00-8.00 PM CET, I’m giving an online presentation as part of the Islam in Digital Spaces series organised by the Zentrum für Islamische Studien,...
H-u-T Shutdown
Dominic Casciani, BBC News, Home Office to ban Hizb ut-Tahrir as terror group, 15 Jan 2024 “Home Secretary James Cleverly said the group was “antisemitic” and “actively promotes and...
Egypt: Anti-Syrian Social Media Campaign
The National, Social media hate campaign in Egypt calls for expulsion of Syrians, 13 Jan 2024 “A social media campaign calling for the expulsion of Syrians living in Egypt...
Houthi Attacks
Al Jazeera, Any US attack on Yemen’s Houthis will ‘not go without response’, 11 Jan 2024 “The Houthis have attacked commercial ships they say are linked to Israel or...
Dubai Content Creators‘ Fund
Arab News, Dubai to allocate more than $40m for content creators’ support fund, 11 Jan 2024 “The move appears to align with Dubai’s commitment to investing in creative talents...
AI and Islam
Атанас Шиников, moecm, Изкуственият интелект на Аллах This is the first of a two-parter by Atanas Shinikov on AI/Islam/religious authority issues. I read it via machine translation (which should...