“With 2.3 million followers, Kayatürk, a makeup artist and entrepreneur, is one of Turkey’s most popular influencers. As @Sulemsi on TikTok, she makes content that’s intended to serve as inspiration for young, pious women.”
GRB
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Book – Islamic Medical Ethics
Thu 21 Rabi Al Thani 1446AH 24-10-2024AD -
Gülen (updated)
Wed 20 Rabi Al Thani 1446AH 23-10-2024AD -
Turkey Femicide Concerns
Sun 17 Rabi Al Thani 1446AH 20-10-2024AD -
The (Alleged) TikTok Effect(?)
Mon 11 Rabi Al Thani 1446AH 14-10-2024AD -
Discord blocked in Turkey
Wed 6 Rabi Al Thani 1446AH 9-10-2024AD -
Istanbul’s shrines
Mon 27 Rabi Al Awwal 1446AH 30-9-2024AD -
Iran and Social Media
Mon 13 Rabi Al Awwal 1446AH 16-9-2024AD -
Afghanistan Women Protest
Fri 26 Safar 1446AH 30-8-2024AD -
TikTok Investigation
Thu 11 Safar 1446AH 15-8-2024AD -
Censorship Issues
Mon 8 Safar 1446AH 12-8-2024AD -
Turkey: Instagram “goes dark”
Fri 5 Safar 1446AH 9-8-2024AD -
Austria IS Swift TikTok
Fri 5 Safar 1446AH 9-8-2024AD -
Women-only ride-sharing apps
Mon 23 Muharram 1446AH 29-7-2024AD -
Indonesia ‘influencers‘ ‘hate speech‘
Mon 23 Muharram 1446AH 29-7-2024AD -
KSA Manahel al-Otaibi
Thu 23 Shawwal 1445AH 2-5-2024AD -
Zahra Joya & Rukhshana Media
Thu 23 Shawwal 1445AH 2-5-2024AD -
Baghdad Influencer Murdered
Mon 20 Shawwal 1445AH 29-4-2024AD -
Iran Women
Mon 13 Shawwal 1445AH 22-4-2024AD -
Indonesian Influencers
Sat 11 Shawwal 1445AH 20-4-2024AD -
Iran Graduation Video Controversy
Tue 30 Ramadan 1445AH 9-4-2024AD -
Crypto + ‘IS‘
Thu 25 Ramadan 1445AH 4-4-2024AD -
Turkey Election
Mon 22 Ramadan 1445AH 1-4-2024AD -
Iraq TikTok Ban Request
Wed 17 Ramadan 1445AH 27-3-2024AD -
KSA Robots
Wed 17 Ramadan 1445AH 27-3-2024AD -
Podcast – ‘Muslim Women Talk Ramadan‘
Thu 4 Ramadan 1445AH 14-3-2024AD -
Ramadan ‘Influencers‘
Wed 3 Ramadan 1445AH 13-3-2024AD -
Coding Issues
Wed 3 Ramadan 1445AH 13-3-2024AD -
Afghanistan Social Media Voices
Sat 28 Shaban 1445AH 9-3-2024AD -
Lord Young of Norwood Green
Sat 28 Shaban 1445AH 9-3-2024AD -
UK Government TikTok Anti-Migrant Campaign
Wed 4 Shaban 1445AH 14-2-2024AD -
Indonesia Deepfakes and TikTok
Tue 3 Shaban 1445AH 13-2-2024AD -
Indonesia’s TikTok Politics
Thu 27 Rajab 1445AH 8-2-2024AD -
Game On Türkiye
Thu 27 Rajab 1445AH 8-2-2024AD -
‘Female Jihadis Facing Justice’
Mon 24 Rajab 1445AH 5-2-2024AD -
Millennial Muslims and Use of Cyber-Islam
Thu 13 Rajab 1445AH 25-1-2024AD -
Journal of Islamic Research
Thu 6 Rajab 1445AH 18-1-2024AD -
Tube Girl Influencer Funds Schools
Mon 26 Jumada Al Akhira 1445AH 8-1-2024AD -
Turkish VPN Bans
Sun 11 Jumada Al Akhira 1445AH 24-12-2023AD -
Iran ‘Hijab Prosecution‘
Wed 7 Jumada Al Akhira 1445AH 20-12-2023AD -
Rumi
Tue 6 Jumada Al Akhira 1445AH 19-12-2023AD -
Rumi and ‘whirling dancers‘
Tue 6 Jumada Al Akhira 1445AH 19-12-2023AD -
TikTok Malaysia Content Removal
Fri 2 Jumada Al Akhira 1445AH 15-12-2023AD -
TikTok Indonesia
Tue 28 Jumada Al Oula 1445AH 12-12-2023AD -
Afghanistan Education Breakdown
Sat 25 Jumada Al Oula 1445AH 9-12-2023AD -
Deepfake Issues
Mon 20 Jumada Al Oula 1445AH 4-12-2023AD -
Kohistan Shooting
Thu 16 Jumada Al Oula 1445AH 30-11-2023AD -
TikTok Indonesia
Wed 15 Jumada Al Oula 1445AH 29-11-2023AD -
Yemen Social Media On-board
Tue 14 Jumada Al Oula 1445AH 28-11-2023AD -
TikTok Converts and Qur’an Encounters
Tue 7 Jumada Al Oula 1445AH 21-11-2023AD -
OBL and ‘Influence‘
Sun 5 Jumada Al Oula 1445AH 19-11-2023AD -
Media, Digital Culture and Religion Congress
Tue 23 Rabi Al Thani 1445AH 7-11-2023AD -
Andrew Tate: Polling
Thu 11 Rabi Al Thani 1445AH 26-10-2023AD -
AI al-Bashir
Fri 21 Rabi Al Awwal 1445AH 6-10-2023AD -
Narges Mohammadi
Fri 21 Rabi Al Awwal 1445AH 6-10-2023AD -
Indonesia TikTok Shop Shut
Wed 19 Rabi Al Awwal 1445AH 4-10-2023AD -
‘Morality police’ Iran Case
Tue 18 Rabi Al Awwal 1445AH 3-10-2023AD -
Indonesian Tik-Tok Block
Wed 12 Rabi Al Awwal 1445AH 27-9-2023AD -
TikToker Jailed
Wed 5 Rabi Al Awwal 1445AH 20-9-2023AD -
Turkey Gaming
Sat 1 Rabi Al Awwal 1445AH 16-9-2023AD -
‘Spiritual Healing’ Investigation
Mon 26 Safar 1445AH 11-9-2023AD -
Iraqi YouTube star ‘honour killing’
Thu 22 Safar 1445AH 7-9-2023AD -
MENA AI Biometric Concerns
Wed 7 Safar 1445AH 23-8-2023AD -
Manal al-Sharif Profile
Tue 6 Safar 1445AH 22-8-2023AD -
Somalia TikTok Telegram Banned
Mon 5 Safar 1445AH 21-8-2023AD -
Recent research: Millennial Muslims
Fri 2 Safar 1445AH 18-8-2023AD -
Barbie-ban
Wed 22 Muharram 1445AH 9-8-2023AD -
‘We are Ayenda’
Tue 21 Muharram 1445AH 8-8-2023AD -
Bandung Indonesia Pandawara ‘clean up’
Fri 17 Muharram 1445AH 4-8-2023AD -
Senegal TikTok Block
Thu 16 Muharram 1445AH 3-8-2023AD -
Misogyny and Social Media
Wed 15 Muharram 1445AH 2-8-2023AD -
Taliban
Sun 12 Muharram 1445AH 30-7-2023AD -
خطيرة
Sun 12 Muharram 1445AH 30-7-2023AD -
Iran e-commerce crackdown
Mon 6 Muharram 1445AH 24-7-2023AD -
Turkey X-ban
Mon 6 Muharram 1445AH 24-7-2023AD -
Afghan WhatsApp Judo Lessons
Sat 4 Muharram 1445AH 22-7-2023AD -
Tunisia and Satire
Thu 2 Muharram 1445AH 20-7-2023AD -
New & Noted: “Gender Beliefs of Muslim Facebook…
Wed 1 Muharram 1445AH 19-7-2023AD -
Iran taxes Influencers
Fri 26 Dhul Hijjah 1444AH 14-7-2023AD -
Gershad Iran
Thu 25 Dhul Hijjah 1444AH 13-7-2023AD -
PAS TikTok
Tue 23 Dhul Hijjah 1444AH 11-7-2023AD -
Tate Update
Wed 3 Dhul Hijjah 1444AH 21-6-2023AD -
TikTok News
Wed 25 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 14-6-2023AD -
Tate Article
Sat 21 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 10-6-2023AD -
Mia Khalifa
Fri 20 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 9-6-2023AD -
Discussion on Tate
Thu 19 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 8-6-2023AD -
“‘Halal’ Sex Rings” Challenged
Thu 12 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 1-6-2023AD -
Erdogan Victory Analysed
Tue 10 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 30-5-2023AD -
Erdogan Victory
Mon 9 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 29-5-2023AD -
Mutlu Kaya
Sun 8 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 28-5-2023AD -
Aleppo Electro
Fri 6 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 26-5-2023AD -
‘Navigating Differences’
Fri 6 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 26-5-2023AD -
Turkey Anti-Refugee Game
Wed 4 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 24-5-2023AD -
‘Muslim Manosphere’ Radio Programme
Tue 3 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 23-5-2023AD -
Bread and Roses
Mon 2 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 22-5-2023AD -
Indonesian Influencer Issue
Fri 29 Shawwal 1444AH 19-5-2023AD -
Turkey: ‘Disinformation’ Campaigns & Social Media
Tue 26 Shawwal 1444AH 16-5-2023AD -
Turkey Election
Sun 24 Shawwal 1444AH 14-5-2023AD -
Turkish Pop Star Sentenced
Wed 13 Shawwal 1444AH 3-5-2023AD -
Influencers and “apostasy”
Tue 12 Shawwal 1444AH 2-5-2023AD -
Gender Divide Online
Sun 10 Shawwal 1444AH 30-4-2023AD -
Hijrah Movement – Indonesia
Tue 5 Shawwal 1444AH 25-4-2023AD -
‘Muslim Manosphere’
Tue 5 Shawwal 1444AH 25-4-2023AD -
Turkey Twitter
Tue 27 Ramadan 1444AH 18-4-2023AD -
Egypt: Social Media Influencers
Tue 20 Ramadan 1444AH 11-4-2023AD -
KSI Mosque Visit
Thu 15 Ramadan 1444AH 6-4-2023AD -
Uighur Bookshop & eBooks
Mon 12 Ramadan 1444AH 3-4-2023AD -
Tate Update
Sun 11 Ramadan 1444AH 2-4-2023AD -
Turkey Tech Response to Quake
Fri 9 Ramadan 1444AH 31-3-2023AD -
Yasmin El-Rifae
Wed 7 Ramadan 1444AH 29-3-2023AD -
Afghan Net Struggle
Tue 6 Ramadan 1444AH 28-3-2023AD -
Copenhagen All-Female Mosque
Thu 1 Ramadan 1444AH 23-3-2023AD -
Research Articles: Muslim Instagram + Smartphones and Muslim…
Mon 28 Shaban 1444AH 20-3-2023AD -
‘Digital Islam and Muslim Millennials’
Mon 28 Shaban 1444AH 20-3-2023AD -
Kashmir Influencers
Fri 25 Shaban 1444AH 17-3-2023AD -
Saudi Trans Issues
Thu 24 Shaban 1444AH 16-3-2023AD -
TikTok Issues
Tue 22 Shaban 1444AH 14-3-2023AD -
Responses to ‘the new normal’ in Turkey
Mon 21 Shaban 1444AH 13-3-2023AD -
TikTok Takedown Videos
Sun 13 Shaban 1444AH 5-3-2023AD -
Pakistan App Ban
Mon 29 Rajab 1444AH 20-2-2023AD -
Turkey Internet and Earthquake Responses
Sun 28 Rajab 1444AH 19-2-2023AD -
Tate’s ‘Muslim Fanbase’
Fri 26 Rajab 1444AH 17-2-2023AD -
Turkey social media and earthquake
Wed 24 Rajab 1444AH 15-2-2023AD -
Turkey-Syria Earthquake – update
Sat 20 Rajab 1444AH 11-2-2023AD -
Egypt Influencers Arrested
Sat 20 Rajab 1444AH 11-2-2023AD -
Pakistan and Social Media
Fri 19 Rajab 1444AH 10-2-2023AD -
Turkey and Syria Earthquake – update
Fri 19 Rajab 1444AH 10-2-2023AD -
Türkiye & Syria Earthquake
Mon 15 Rajab 1444AH 6-2-2023AD -
Turkey Photo Essay
Wed 10 Rajab 1444AH 1-2-2023AD -
Mohamed Ramadan
Sat 6 Rajab 1444AH 28-1-2023AD -
‘Red-Pill’ misogyny
Wed 25 Jumada Al Akhira 1444AH 18-1-2023AD -
Turkey Child Bride Controversy
Tue 17 Jumada Al Akhira 1444AH 10-1-2023AD -
Iran TikTok
Tue 19 Jumada Al Oula 1444AH 13-12-2022AD -
Indonesia TikTok Hijab
Fri 8 Jumada Al Oula 1444AH 2-12-2022AD -
‘Red Pill’
Tue 29 Rabi Al Awwal 1444AH 25-10-2022AD -
Gaza Influencers
Tue 22 Rabi Al Awwal 1444AH 18-10-2022AD -
TikTok Taliban Ban
Fri 13 Safar 1444AH 9-9-2022AD -
Iran Tech Surveillance
Mon 9 Safar 1444AH 5-9-2022AD -
Gulsen Colakoglu
Fri 28 Muharram 1444AH 26-8-2022AD -
Documentary on Iraq Sex Traffic
Mon 24 Muharram 1444AH 22-8-2022AD -
Influence Impacted
Thu 15 Dhul Hijjah 1443AH 14-7-2022AD -
Podcasts: Digital Sisterhood
Fri 11 Dhul Qidah 1443AH 10-6-2022AD