Thaer Mansour, The New Arab, World Cup 2022: Egyptian Salafi leader's football 'fatwa' stirs controversy "Head of the ultraconservative Nour party congress and former party president, Younis Makhyoun, criticised in a video posted on his Facebook ...
Amy Sood, SCMP, Who is PAS, the party with the most seats in Malaysia’s new parliament? "PAS’ performance may have surprised some observers but Amir said the writing was on the wall, with the party gaining traction in Malaysia’s ...
Arab News, Egypt turns to religious edicts to protect children from harmful video games . "A recent report by the Global Fatwa Index showed that 33 percent of the fatwas on technological affairs issued this year were related to the subject and that many of them stressed the need ...
I'm a bit late to this article on the #Uighur internet:
Masha Borak, Wired, The Strange Death of the Uyghur Internet, 2 Nov 2022
"China’s Muslim minority used to have its own budding cluster of websites, forums, and social media. Now that’s been erased."
Iran International, Iran Moves To Provide ‘Unrestricted Internet’ For ‘Digital Freelancers’ "The new measure, dubbed “Regulations to support freelancers active in the country's digital economy," was ratified by the government’s digital economy taskforce on Saturday in 10 articles, ...
Incredible! Soheila Golestani (actress) published this video (without a headscarf) on her Instagram, & Hamid Pourazaei (director) & a group of Iranian actors/actresses & theatre/movie professionals joined them. Courage & resilience! #MahsaAmini ...
Sky News, Iran calls for the US to be banned from World Cup after social media flag row "The United States Soccer Federation (USSF) has now deleted the graphic which was posted across its official Twitter, Instagram ...
Dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi had the first day of his so-called "trial" today in Tehran without a lawyer of his choice.
He has been charged with "Mohareb" (waging war against God), which could be punishable by death. #MahsaAmini ...
Social media element to this: The National, The Yemeni child bride activist leading the fight against the scourge of early marriage "Social media saved my life. After that, I believe ...