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Thu 19 Shawwal 1446AH 17-4-2025AD
Artificial Intelligence, Gaza, Israel, Palestine

‘Genie‘ Intelligence Chatbot

Israel has begun operational deployment of a military-grade artificial intelligence chatbot named Genie, a system now used by commanders to make battlefield decisions in Gaza – such as deciding...

Sun 8 Shawwal 1446AH 6-4-2025AD
Gaza, Human Rights, Israel, Media manipulation, News Media, War crimes

Gaza Medics ‘Executed‘

This episode is now under understandable further scrutiny (updated coverage below): Edith M. Lederer, Wafaa Shurafa, Lee Keath, AP News, Israel walks back its account of the killing of...

Mon 3 Ramadan 1446AH 3-3-2025AD
Hezbollah, Israel, Lebanon, Lebanon-Israel Crisis 2024

Hezbollah Impacted

William Christou, The Guardian, ‘The price was huge’: Hezbollah reeling as Lebanese ponder sacrifices of its war, 3 Mar 2025. “Thirteen months of fighting with Israel has left the...

Thu 28 Shaban 1446AH 27-2-2025AD
Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Gaza, Israel, Israel-Hamas Conflict 2025, Palestine

‘Future of Gaza‘ Video (update)

Sunita Patel-Carstairs, Sky News, Trump shares AI video of Gaza vision featuring golden statues, bearded belly dancers and Netanyahu on a sunbed, 26 Feb 2025 “The footage, which the...

Tue 19 Shaban 1446AH 18-2-2025AD
Artificial Intelligence, Israel, Israel-Hamas Conflict 2025

Israel and AI

Sam Mednick, Garance Burke, Michael Biesecker, Independent, How US tech giants supplied Israel with AI models, raising questions about tech’s role in warfare, 18 February 2025 “U.S. tech giants...

Fri 1 Shaban 1446AH 31-1-2025AD
Artificial Intelligence, chatbots, Israel, Israel-Hamas Conflict 2025

‘Hasbara AI goes rogue‘

This is quite a story … I'm returning to this story (originally in Ha'aretz), which provides detail beyond the paywall: english.almayadeen.net/news/politic…...

Wed 15 Rajab 1446AH 15-1-2025AD
Archives, Digital Archives, Gaza, Gaza Protests, Israel, Israel-Gaza Conflict 2023, Israel-Gaza Conflict 2024, Israel-Hamas Conflict 2023, Israel-Hamas Conflict 2024, Lebanon, Lebanon-Israel Crisis 2024, Palestine, West Bank

Archiving Crises

This looks like a significant project: Promising project to document and digitize genocide in Gaza and war on Lebanon www.archiveslab.org/projects/fig…...

Mon 6 Rajab 1446AH 6-1-2025AD
Gaza, Human Rights, Israel, Israel-Gaza Conflict 2024, Israel-Hamas Conflict 2024, Palestine, War crimes

Social Media and Online Coverage: Israel-Hamas Conflict (Month Fifteen) – updated

This is the fifteenth month since the current Israel-Hamas conflict commenced. I have been keeping copies of selected online content since 7 October 2023. Some of these posts feature...

Sun 21 Jumada Al Akhira 1446AH 22-12-2024AD
Hacking, Israel, Spyware, WhatsApp

Pegasus Clipped

An important verdict:...

Thu 4 Jumada Al Akhira 1446AH 5-12-2024AD
Artificial Intelligence, Israel, Israel-Gaza Conflict 2024, Israel-Hamas Conflict 2024, Palestine

Social Media and Online Coverage: Israel-Hamas Conflict (Month Fourteen) – updated

This is the fourteenth month since the current Israel-Hamas conflict commenced. I have been keeping copies of selected online content since 7 October 2023. Some of these posts feature...

Islamic Algorithms – book cover

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

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Paperback, hardback and ebook editions are available now.

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Prof. Gary R. Bunt, 2026

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“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

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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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