February 2025 – Page 4 – Virtually Islamic News

Sat 16 Shaban 1446AH 15-2-2025AD
documentaries, Gaza

Gaza Documentary

Look forward to seeing this Ambulances, school and TikTok: The lives of three children I filmed surviving Gaza war www.bbc.com/news/article…...

Sat 16 Shaban 1446AH 15-2-2025AD
Artificial Intelligence, UAE, UAE Digital

Wired. “A Spymaster Sheikh Controls a $1.5 Trillion Fortune. He Wants to Use It to Dominate AI” “Tahnoun bin Zayed al Nahyan—the UAE’s chess-obsessed, jiujitsu-loving intelligence chief—controls vast sums...

Fri 15 Shaban 1446AH 14-2-2025AD
Germany

Munich Car Attack

Munich car attack believed to have had Islamist motive, says prosecutor...

Gary R Bunt, at Religions Digitals Conference, Barcelona

Fri 15 Shaban 1446AH 14-2-2025AD
Artificial Intelligence, Digital Islam Across Europe, Gary R. Bunt, Research, Spain internet,

Religions Digitals Barcelona

I gave a presentation yesterday at the Religions Digitals: Transformacions Technologiques i Espirituals Conference organised by the Oficina d’Afers Religiosos i Investigacions en Sociologia de la Religio in Barcelona,...

Mon 11 Shaban 1446AH 10-2-2025AD
Gaza, Gaza Protests, Hamas, Israel-Hamas Conflict 2023, Israel-Hamas Conflict 2024, Israel-Hamas Conflict 2025, Palestine, West Bank

Archiving Gaza

I’ve recorded (some of the) online activities associated with Gaza and Palestine since October 2023, on a month-by-month basis. I’m still watching activities, but in this situation phase, I...

Mon 11 Shaban 1446AH 10-2-2025AD
Gaza, Palestine, West Bank

Game Development Gaza Palestine

Interesting post on game development/Palestine and Gaza https://t.co/oyOJOqWoJ5 — Gary Bunt (@garybunt) February 10, 2025

Sun 10 Shaban 1446AH 9-2-2025AD
Conferences, Digital Islam, Digital Islam Across Europe, Gary R. Bunt, Spain internet,

Religions Digitals

I’m presenting at this event … Forthcoming in Barcelona…...

Sat 9 Shaban 1446AH 8-2-2025AD
Digital British Islam, Research

Digital British Islam Conference

The Digital British Islam team presented initial findings from the project. We had a thought-provoking and interesting sequence of papers from participants. The selected posts are below (check our...

Fri 8 Shaban 1446AH 7-2-2025AD
Indonesia, Indonesia Internet, Malaysia, Malaysia Internet

Malaysia Influencer Paranormal ‘Hoax‘

SCMP, Rescue of ‘missing’ Malaysian influencer from Indonesian jungle sparks hoax claims, 7 Feb 2025 (posted retrospectively) “Malaysian social media has been gripped by the antics of an influencer...

Thu 7 Shaban 1446AH 6-2-2025AD
Research

Paging Trump

A golden pager for Trump. What a cute commemoration of a law of war violation by a U.S. military partner. www.justsecurity.org/103184/amend…...

Islamic Algorithms – book cover

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

Explore the book

Paperback, hardback and ebook editions are available now.

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Prof. Gary R. Bunt, 2026

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

‘Gary R. Bunts Islamic Algorithms liefert detaillierte Einblicke in die digitalen Räume von AkteurInnen, die sich auf unterschiedliche Weise auf den Islam “

“Gary R. Bunt’s Islamic Algorithms provides detailed insights into the digital spaces of actors who relate to Islam in various ways.*

* Google Translation

Margareta Wetchy, Gary R. Bunts Islamic Algorithms unter der Lupe, Machine Against the Rage

“Overall, Islamic Algorithms: Online Influence in the Muslim Metaverse is crucial to contemporary Islamic studies. The book is highly recommended for researchers, academics, and practitioners interested in the interaction between
technology and religion.” Reza Adeputra Tohis and Zulkifli Mansyur, Religion & Theology, 32 (2025): Issue 1-2 (Jun 2025) [PDF]

” … Bunt’s volume is an important step forward in understanding the importance of digital discourse to contemporary Islamic traditions and Muslim communities.” James Riggan, Reading Religion (American Academy of Religion)

“Islamic Algorithms provides a timely and thoughtful examination of how Islam, algorithms, and digital culture intersect. It is a valuable resource for scholars and researchers interested in digital presence of Islam, and digital culture both in theory and practice.” Mohamed Taher, Middle Eastern Librarians Association

Book cover: Dijital Dünyada Müslüman Olmak: Mecra, Kimlik ve Otorite‘

Gary R. Bunt’s chapter ‘Şeyh Google’dan Yapay Zekâ İmama Mı?: Müslüman Dijital Mecralarda İslami Etki ve Otoritenin Dönüşümü‘?‘ (trans. Necmiye Durmuş) is available in ‘Dijital Dünyada Müslüman Olmak: Mecra, Kimlik ve Otorite‘ edited by Mehmet Ali Başak (Eskiyeni). The original version was in

Scharia im Wandel edited by Mahmud El-Wereny and Alexander-Kenneth Nagel. (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2024).

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Scharia im Wandel book cover. Showing figures reading, a stack of books, and the background of a minaret and mosque dome.

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 von Kodifikation, Migration und Digitalisierung,” edited by Mahmud El-Wereny and Alexander-Kenneth Nagel. (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2024). Studies on Islamic Cultural and Intellectual History, Noorhaidi Hasan et al.

The book is the result of a 2022 conference at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.

A Turkish version of the chapter is in preparation for publication in 2026.

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