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  • Fri 2 Safar 1445AH 18-8-2023AD
  • Indonesia Internet, Religious Authority, Research

Recent Research: HTI and FPI in West Java and Banten

MT Rahman, Post-Prohibition Da’wah of Hizb ut-Tahrir Indonesia and Islamic Defenders Front – Ilmu Dakwah: Academic Journal for Homiletic Studies, 2023 Another article for the Reading List. Abstract (extract):...
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  • Fri 2 Safar 1445AH 18-8-2023AD
  • Malaysia, Malaysia Internet, Religious Authority, Research

New and noted: Religious Authority in Da’wah Activity

F Rahman, The Government’s Role for Facing the Fragmentation of Religious Authority in Da’wa Activity: Lessons Learned From Malaysia and Singapore – Dakwatuna: Jurnal Dakwah dan Komunikasi Islam, 2023...
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  • Thu 1 Safar 1445AH 17-8-2023AD
  • Academia, Canada, Religious Authority, Research

Research: Muslims in Canada

New and noted: Selby, J.A., Sayeed, R. Religious authorities in the digital age: the case of Muslims in Canada. Contemporary Islam (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11562-023-00536-7 Some very interesting research findings. I’m...
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  • Mon 20 Muharram 1445AH 7-8-2023AD
  • Animal Welfare,, Egypt Internet, Egypt,, Religious Authority

Egypt and Animal Welfare

Alice Bennett, Grunge, The Real Reason there are so many Stray Dogs in Egypt, 6 Aug 2023 There is a positive social media edge to this story. “Egypt’s highest...
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  • Sun 12 Muharram 1445AH 30-7-2023AD
  • Religious Authority, Shi'i Muslims

Seyyed Javad Alavi Boroujerdi

Middle East Eye, Iran: The new grand ayatollah upsetting the establishment, 30 July 2023 “Seyyed Javad Alavi Boroujerdi, a 72-year-old cleric, has expressed support for minority rights and Mahsa...
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  • Thu 2 Muharram 1445AH 20-7-2023AD
  • Religious Authority, Technology

Cloned Voices

There are going to be some interesting religious decisions that will have to be made once this launches:
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  • Wed 1 Muharram 1445AH 19-7-2023AD
  • Iran, Iran internet, Iran Protests 2023, Iranian internet, Iranian Social Media, Religious Authority

‘Iran’s Hijab-Industrial Complex’

Analysis/opinion. There are some social media elements to this discussion too: Kourosh Ziabari, New Lines Magazine, Iran’s Hijab-Industrial Complex, 19 July 2023 “Iran Open Data, a data transparency and...
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  • Mon 22 Dhul Hijjah 1444AH 10-7-2023AD
  • Digital Qur'an, Religious Authority

Reading the digital Qur’an

About Islam, Does Reading Quran on Phone Count?, 6 June 2023 “Reciting the Noble Quran is greatly rewarded by Allah Almighty. This reward applies whether a Muslim recites the Quran from a written copy (Mushaf)...
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  • Wed 25 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 14-6-2023AD
  • Hajj, Iran, Iranian internet, Religious Authority

Molavi Abdolhamid

Yaghoub Fazeli, Al Arabiya English, Iran’s top Sunni cleric says barred from Hajj by Iranian authorities, 14 June 2023 “Molavi Abdolhamid had planned to undertake the Hajj pilgrimage this...
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  • Fri 6 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 26-5-2023AD
  • Gender, LGBTQ+, Religious Authority, Sexuality

‘Navigating Differences’

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