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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...

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...

Sun 8 Jumada Al Oula 1446AH 10-11-2024AD
Deradicalisation, Fatwas, Morocco, Morocco internet, Radicalisation, Religious Authority, Sermons

Coverage of ongoing discussions in Morocco on sermon content: “Since the Israel-Hamas war began 14 months ago, activists have similarly worried about limits place on sermons about Palestinians. Morocco’s...

Entisar Hijaze from Nazareth Details: https://www.newarab.com/news/israel-releases-palestinian-teacher-detained-over-tiktok-video?amp

Tue 3 Jumada Al Oula 1446AH 5-11-2024AD
Crime, Gaza, Gaza Protests, Human Rights, Israel, Israel-Gaza Conflict 2024, Israel-Hamas Conflict 2024, Journalism, Lebanon-Israel Crisis 2024, Palestine, War crimes

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

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

Thu 7 Rabi Al Thani 1446AH 10-10-2024AD
Education, Egypt Internet, Egypt,, Gaza, Israel-Gaza Conflict 2024

Gaza Distance Education

Photo: Historic Palestine stamp showing mosque, and the word ‘Palestine‘ in Arabic, Hebrew and English. From Gary R. Bunt's collection.

Sun 3 Rabi Al Thani 1446AH 6-10-2024AD
Gaza, Gaza Protests, Israel-Gaza Conflict 2024, Israel-Hamas Conflict 2024, Palestine

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

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

Image from Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/illustrations/ai-generated-palestine-gaza-boy-8579114/

Fri 3 Rabi Al Awwal 1446AH 6-9-2024AD
Gaza Protests, Hamas, Israel-Gaza Conflict 2024, Israel-Hamas Conflict 2024

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

Image by press 👍 and ⭐ from Pixabay This is the eleventh month since the current Israel-Hamas conflict commenced. I have been keeping copies of selected online content since...

Wed 6 Dhul Hijjah 1445AH 12-6-2024AD
Artificial Intelligence, Digital British Islam, Israel-Gaza Conflict 2024

‘All Eyes on Rafah’

An important analysis (from my Digital British Islam colleague Khadijah Elshayyal, and Shereen Fernandez):

Thu 22 Dhul Qidah 1445AH 30-5-2024AD
Broadcasting Media, Gaza, Gaza Protests, Human Rights, Israel-Gaza Conflict 2024, Israel-Hamas Conflict 2024, Politics, Research, UK politics, United States, War crimes

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

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

Thu 22 Dhul Qidah 1445AH 30-5-2024AD
Israel-Gaza Conflict 2024, Meta

Meta Moves

Arab News, Meta removes over 500 Israeli social media accounts misleading public on Gaza war, 30 May 2024 “In its latest Adversarial Threat Report, published on May 29, Meta...

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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