TikTok Taliban Ban
Akhtar Makoii, Mail Online, Taliban say they want to ban TikTok ‘because it promotes violence’… despite their own fighters using the app to share videos of their executions “The...
Cleric ‘kiss’ controversy
Iraqi #Shiite cleric Ali al-Sharifi received death threats after a video showing him being kissed by a woman went viral. He went to see Muqtada al-Sadr and pledged not...
Umrah Vlog Issues
Rija Sohaib, propakistani.pk, Internet Criticizes YouTuber Maaz Safder For Vlogging, Cracking Jokes During Umrah, 7 Sep 2022 “As soon as the pictures and videos from his trip went viral...
Scholar from a Garrison Society
Congratulations to my student Shahajada Musa on his M.Res. Islamic Studies award. His thesis is entitled ‘The Emergence of a Scholar from a Garrison Society: A contextual analysis of...
Iran Tech Surveillance
Benjamin Lynch, The Mirror, Iran to use facial recognition technology to enforce grim new laws on women, 5 Sep 2022 “Iran is introducing an oppressive tightening of its strict...
‘Islamophobia’ in India
The New Arab, How Facebook is implicated in India’s Islamophobia epidemic “Facebook and other social media platforms have long been an incubator for intolerance. But with India’s Islamophobia crisis...
Muslim Memes
Mariya bint Rehan, The New Arab, The Muslim meme: An unadulterated appreciation for life, 5 Sep 2022 (opinion/analysis) “From Sheep-related jokes for Eid, to surreal floral daily Islamic greetings,...
Iraq Protests
[Sajad Jiyad, Twitter/Threadreader, What Happened in Baghdad? (thread) interesting thread/opinion piece Raffi Berg, BBC News, Buildings stormed after Moqtada al-Sadr, Iraqi political leader, retires “Mr Sadr’s announcement comes two...
Inside the Ka’bah
Threadreader/Haramain Archive, Thread: Inside the Ka’bah There are some intriguing photos in this thread, which was originally on Twitter. These are views that remain hidden for (the majority of)...
KSA Imprisonment
BBC News, Nourah al-Qahtani: Saudi woman jailed for 45 years for social media posts “A terrorism court convicted Nourah bint Saeed al-Qahtani of “using the internet to tear the...