Gaza school attack
BBC Verify explores the attack on a school in Gaza: “BBC Verify’s Jake Horton explains what we know about the incident after reviewing videos that were posted online.” from...
Hegseth’s Tattoo
The misreading of history from Hegseth et al is beyond parody (and into something far more dangerous) Annika Brockschmidt, Thomas Lecaque, Defense Secretary Hegseth’s New ‘Kafir’ Tattoo is the...
Eid and Gaza/West Bank
At this time of ‘celebration, tragedy continues in the West Bank (and beyond), making these articles poignant pieces of reporting: As Eid al-Fitr approaches, more than 4,000 families remain...
Tate update
I continue to post on the Tates, given the role of Andrew Tate as an ‘influencer‘ (as discussed in ‘Islamic Algorithms‘): The Trump administration pressured the Romanian government to...
Gaza Tragedy and Orphans
A powerful piece by Alistair Bunkall on the Gazan victims of conflict and policy: Gaza’s orphans: Alistair Bunkall’s powerful report for @skynewsrss.bsky.social...
‘Pikachu‘ and Protest
Didn't think this needed saying, but as these images of Pikachu at the protests in Turkey are going viral, it's worth saying that both of them are AI-generated and...
Digital religions conference
I attended ‘Digital religions: Technological and spiritual transformations’ in Barcelona last month on behalf of CHANSE Digital Islam Across Europe. I gave a lecture based around my ongoing research....
Indonesia Ramadan
Important fact-checking from Deutsche Welle‘s Afrose Jahan and Matt Ford "A viral video claims to show Christians being harassed in Indonesia for not observing Ramadan. It does show Ramadan-related harassment, but...
Syria Violence
Essential viewing (click through for the video) This is from CNN on the Syria situation: "A masked fighter filmed himself parading around the ransacked home, singing “ethnic cleansing, ethnic...