VR Islam
Hands-on virtual reality experimentation today. I’ve written a lot about VR and Islam in the past, so today I was exploring options with AI elements, thinking about designing content...
From Pulpit to Platform
New and noted – I haven't read it yet M. Didik R. Wahyudi. Noorhaidi Hasan, Agung Fatwanto. From Pulpit to Platform: Algorithmic Mediation and the Transformation of Religious Authority...
Dijital Dünyada Müslüman Olmak
Updated to include ordering links. Available from: Kitapyurdu BKM Kitap Kitap Bahçesi Nobel Kitap FCR Publisher Here’s the cover for Dijital Dünyada Müslüman Olmak: Mecra, Kimlik ve Otorite edited...
AI Research
Perils and pitfalls of AI research: My irony meter went into overdrive listening to this …...
Moonsighting
I’ve been writing about Moonsighting since Virtually Islamic emerged in 2000. Every year, there is a dynamic conversation and the presentation of multiple opinions, reflecting projections of religious authority...
Tech Sovereignty
Inbetween discussions of other forms of sovereignty, this one seems to have been underreported: From @therestpolitics.bsky.social Good points on tech sovereignty in this pod, and KSA-UAE politics/influence...
Gaza, Algorithms and AI
Essential points here: An important reflection on AI issues by Sayid Marcos Tenorio #Gaza @middleeastmonitor.bsky.social reposted by @jricole.bsky.social "The Lavender case [thus] exposes the consolidation of a digital necropolitics."...
Al Hol Camp
I’ve flagged this for multiple reasons, including the online elements: Online dimensions here...
‘Muslim Women and the Dawah Bros.‘
From Radio 4, Currently, Beyond the Feed: Muslim Women and the Dawah Bros. One for my Listening List: "As young Muslims navigate this online world and its offline aftermath,...
Qwen-3.5 and languages
The language capacity issue is really important here in terms of extending global influence in AI contexts. I haven’t checked which languages are supported yet on this version: Qwen-3.5...