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Mon 13 Dhul Hijjah 1446AH 9-6-2025AD
Archives, Digital Archives, Digital British Islam

Digital Methodologies

Provisional panel details for the Digital Methodologies Symposium at Coventry 25.5.25 (booking here)

Sat 11 Dhul Hijjah 1446AH 7-6-2025AD
Crime, Gender, Pakistan, Pakistan Internet, TikTok

Pakistan Influencer Murder

Abubakar Siddique, RFE/RL, Teenage TikTok Star’s Killing Sparks Outrage Over Violence Against Women In Pakistan, 6 June 20205 “For many women in Pakistan, the latest killing of a social...

Thu 26 Shawwal 1446AH 24-4-2025AD
Music, TikTok,

Music Corner

I got pleasantly distracted here … no details (and predictable Facebook reactions), but it worked for me.

Tue 11 Ramadan 1446AH 11-3-2025AD
Indonesia, Indonesia Internet, LGBTQ+

TikTok Prosecution Indonesia

BBC News, TikToker jailed in Indonesia for telling Jesus to cut his hair, 11 Mar 2025“Ratu Thalisa, a Muslim transgender woman with more than 442,000 TikTok followers, had been...

Wed 15 Rajab 1446AH 15-1-2025AD
Malaysia, Malaysia Internet, Mosques, TikTok

Malaysian Mosque TikTok

TikTok to the rescue? "Malaysians have turned to TikTok to promote the country’s mosques after claiming that Islam was sidelined in a tourism video …" sc.mp/g2xfy...

Wed 8 Rajab 1446AH 8-1-2025AD
e-commerce, Indonesia, Indonesia Internet, Southeast Asia,, TikTok

Off their trolleys

Michelle Anindya and Lam Le, Rest of World, YouTube Shopping wants to unseat TikTok Shop in Southeast Asia, 6 Jan 2025 “YouTube has partnered with Shopee to launch YouTube Shopping in...

Sat 30 Rabi Al Thani 1446AH 2-11-2024AD
Influencers, TikTok, Tunisia, Tunisia internet,

TikTok Tunisia

Basma El Atti, The New Arab, Tunisia sentences influencer to 4 years in prison, arrests four others, after new TikTok ‘morality law’, 1 Nov 2024 “A Tunisian court sentenced a social...

Mon 11 Rabi Al Thani 1446AH 14-10-2024AD
TikTok

The (Alleged) TikTok Effect(?)

Bobby Allyn, Sylvia Goodman, Dara Kerr, NPR, TikTok executives know about app’s effect on teens, lawsuit documents allege. 10 Oct 2024 “For the first time, internal TikTok communications have...

Wed 29 Rabi Al Awwal 1446AH 2-10-2024AD
Gender, Influencers, TikTok, Turkey, Turkey Internet, Türkiye

Şulemsi TikTok

Kaya Genç, Rest of World, The Turkish TikToker teaching young women to be religious girlbosses, 1 Oct 2024 “With 2.3 million followers, Kayatürk, a makeup artist and entrepreneur, is...

Mon 27 Rabi Al Awwal 1446AH 30-9-2024AD
'Interfaith', Architecture, TikTok, Turkey

Istanbul’s shrines

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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