UAE Cyber Factory
#UAE Cyber Factory: "The programme was launched by the Cyber Security Council, in co-operation with its strategic partner CPX Holding, in an effort to help the country counter the...
eBay Hacked
"The shadowy “Islamic Cyber Resistance in Iraq – 313 Team” claimed responsibility for the assault on eBay, which reportedly triggered widespread outages and left users unable to browse listings,...
Digital Shiʿi Islam Methodologies
Akif Tahiiev, Digital Shi’ism and ethical dilemmas in the study of religious minorities on Instagram: Methodological reflections from the field. Research Ethics, May 2026 https://doi.org/10.1177/17470161261440 “This paper explores the...
Robot Adhan
We Are the Robots (Part 97) … Important issues emerge here, which I will explore in my next book. What is the legitimacy of a robot’s adhan/salah? Actually, that...
Starlink Iran
This is a significant issue in contemporary Iranian contexts. While there has been substantial focus (quite rightly) on the Lego and Minecraft pro-Iran videos (and other AI-generated content), one...
‘Dark Fibre‘ Iraq
Indranil Ghost, RestofWorld, Big Tech is moving data out of the Gulf through Iraqi oil pipelines, 1 May 2026 “U.S. hyperscalers secure “dark fiber” capacity along Iraqi land route...
Candidate’s Rhetoric
Of course, these opinions may surface across other political sectors: This, from @lbc.co.uk...
AI-Generated Websites
I just found this from last month. Alarming, but not surprising. It has relevance within cyber-Islamic contexts as much as anywhere else....
Big Data Hit
Jeremy Hsu, Ars Technica, Drone strikes on data centers spook Big Tech, halting Middle East projects, 29 Apr 2026. “A data center developer has paused all Middle East project...