New and noted: Alessandra Palange, Islamic education and activism in theory and practice: the case of two online e-learning institutes, PhD thesis, University College London, ...

Anass Barakeh, Inernational Policy Digest, Welcome to the Challenge of E-extremism "It has been reported that top officials with al-Qaeda are well-equipped to wage cyberattacks and are developing an extensive online library of training materials on how to conduct ...

Religion, State and Society, Volume 49, Issue 4-5 (2021)

Open-access edition on ethical self-making. Several articles available free to download.

Moustafa Ayad, The Daily Beast, These “cyberarmies” battling it out on Facebook are resorting to a bizarre weapon of choice to knock each other down. 2 Jan 2022

"The “Soldiers of the Righteous Caliphate” group was a microcosm ...

Digital Religion Yearbook 2021 (Network for New Media, Religion and Digital Culture Studies)

"The Digital Religion Yearbook is a new publication compiled and published by the Network for New Media, Religion and Digital Culture Studies. It aims is to spotlight important ...

Yonah Jeremy Bob, Jerusalem Post, Iran-Hezbollah help Hamas, Islamic Jihad trounce Israel with propaganda - exclusive, 6 Dec 2021

opinion/analysis based on research undertaken in Israel, which I don't think is ...

AhlulBayt News Agency (Iran), Interview with Dr. Sahar Khamis about Cyberspace and Cyber Islamic Environments Long read/interview. "This is very important and we should use the internet also as Muslims to try ...

Pew Research Center, Globally, Social Hostilities Related to Religion Decline in 2019, While Government Restrictions Remain at Highest Levels "Social hostilities involving ...

New and noted:

Zachary Sheldon and Heidi A. Campbell, Divine Revelation and Digital Religion, chapter in The Oxford Handbook of Divine Revelation Edited by Balázs M. Mezei, Francesca Aran Murphy, and Kenneth Oakes, 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198795353.013.40

"This ...

New and noted: the new issue of the Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture has several chapters relating to Islam and the internet. I don't have full access, but there are some free to download sections.

Introduction: ...

Melisa Vazquez, How Communication Technologies Remold the Religion/Human Rights Divide Online Synergies for a Global Democratic Space, CALUMET – intercultural law and humanities review ISSN 2465-0145 (on-line) ISSUE 12(2021)

(links to PDF)

Abstract extract: "Understanding ...

""Bangladeshi men have been hit hard by the pandemic – in terms of higher death rates compared to other communities, shut down industries and job losses. But with lockdown easing, many fear that the impact of the pandemic on ...

Many congratulations to Dr Owen Watkin for obtaining his PhD for his thesis entitled “Arthur John Arberry (1905-1969): A Critical Evaluation of an Orientalist”.

A.J. Arberry is a significant but under-researched academic figure, famous in particular for his Qur’an translations, but also for many other works. Owen’s work goes a long way to ...

DW.com, Middle East: Are people losing their religion? (analysis/research)

"Recent surveys indicate strongly that across the Middle East and Iran, almost half the population is loosening their ties to Islam. Governments have ...