tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56261892024-10-24T16:39:06.786+01:00Virtually IslamicNews, Commentary, Information and Speculation about Islam in the Digital Age - part of virtuallyislamic.comGRBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14538738845050469213noreply@blogger.comBlogger12133125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626189.post-20329897098955953082020-04-28T15:39:00.002+01:002020-04-28T15:39:48.929+01:00Blog This blog is now hosted at VirtuallyIslamic.com. This site now represents the archive of links relating to Gary Bunt's research on Islam, Muslims and the Internet. GRBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14538738845050469213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626189.post-42456065257105164632019-10-08T15:19:00.000+01:002019-10-08T15:19:05.725+01:00Translating the internet into ArabicGuardian, Spread the word: the Iraqis translating the internet into Arabic
"Just 0.6% of internet content is available in Arabic, despite it being the fourth most common language among internet users. Ideas Beyond Borders (IBB), the organisation behind the House of Wisdom 2.0 translation project, plans to narrow this chasm and democratise access to knowledge for the Arab world."GRBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14538738845050469213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626189.post-40944122286978183262019-10-08T10:17:00.001+01:002019-10-08T10:32:18.929+01:00Back to Basics: Virtually Islamic blogDue to technical issues with my website, I have decided to mirror future posts here in the future. Some posts on my central site will also be made available here in due course. .This version dates back to 2003, so there is plenty to check out (with a slight gap Nov 2018-Oct 2019). Many themes previously blogged can be found on my Twitter and FacebookGRBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14538738845050469213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626189.post-2466195344999186102019-10-08T10:13:00.004+01:002019-10-08T10:37:34.880+01:00AICIS Round-up
I gave a presentation, 'Inside the Fatwa Machine' in the AICIS 2019
Annual Conference, in Jakarta, 1-4 October 2019. I had the chance to
meet many researchers working in related areas, some of whom I only
previously knew via social media. There are more photos on my research Facebook page [search:
Gary R. Bunt]GRBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14538738845050469213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626189.post-48857812956661476832019-10-08T10:00:00.000+01:002019-10-08T10:26:38.112+01:00Indonesian Internet InfluencersMindmap: Cyber Islamic Environments
Indonesian Internet Influencers
Subject to update and change
(c) Copyright Gary R. Bunt 2019
GRBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14538738845050469213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626189.post-48657661782733365562019-09-30T10:50:00.000+01:002019-10-08T10:52:08.037+01:00September 2019 Posts
Restored links September 2019
Qandeel Baloch Case
27 September 2019 13:14 Filed in: Qandeel Baloch | Social Media | Influencers | Pakistan internet | Prosecutions
Channel News Asia, Brother of murdered Pakistan social media star gets life in 'honour killing' case Discover More…
Tags: Qandeel Baloch, Social Media, Influencers,&GRBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14538738845050469213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626189.post-63560655392921696542019-09-17T10:18:00.000+01:002019-10-08T10:18:43.085+01:00Previously on Virtually Islamic:Previously on Virtually Islamic:
Israa Ghrayeb KSA Abaya Tweetstorm SuperSisters Selfies in Mecca Wael Ghonim AI Arabic Sinéad O’Connor Senegal Net TV KSA Influencers
And much more ...
VirtuallyIslamic.com
GRBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14538738845050469213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626189.post-71972791112069399492019-09-05T10:20:00.000+01:002019-10-08T10:20:44.091+01:00Hashtag Islam at OUPMy book 'Hashtag Islam: How Cyber Islamic Environments are Transforming
Religious Authority' is now available through OUP's Oxford Index https://oxfordindex.oup.com/…/northc…/9781469643168.001.0001GRBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14538738845050469213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626189.post-82599058132894974082019-09-04T10:19:00.000+01:002019-10-08T10:19:36.650+01:00Previously on 'Virtually Islamic' Previously on 'Virtually Islamic'
‘Hashtag Islam’ new e-book edition Internet and Muslim Women Egyptian Female Digital Literacy Iran Gaming Gender Inequity Rohingya SIM Hajj & Information Flows Palestinian 'Honour Killing' 'The Accidental Celebrity' Tawhidi under spotlight Kashmir Journalism Risks Prevent' Independent Review
VirtuallyIslamic.comGRBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14538738845050469213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626189.post-59070510575693247752019-07-10T10:21:00.000+01:002019-10-08T10:21:49.158+01:00Cyber Islamic Environments: a 2019 version of my mindmap
Cyber Islamic Environments: a 2019 version of my mindmap
GRBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14538738845050469213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626189.post-52586773964475222022019-07-01T10:22:00.000+01:002019-10-08T10:22:53.795+01:00Previously on Virtually Islamic 2.0:Previously on Virtually Islamic 2.0:
Content Control Bangladesh Radicalisation Islamic apps ‘Deal of the Century’(?!) anti-Islam algorithms AQIM Qur’an use Fashion influencers Indonesian WhatsApp
Observing cyber-Islamic environments since 2000GRBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14538738845050469213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626189.post-38055567570549756252018-11-30T17:34:00.000+00:002018-11-30T17:34:24.689+00:00This week's blog updates
This week's key stories in the Virtually Islamic 2.0 blog:
Iran 'disinformation' report
'True Origins of ISIS'
Islamophobia Defined
Building pictures of online activity
The Page 99 Test (my response)
Matthew Hedges Freed
Spotify goes Palestinian
Raed Fares
GRBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14538738845050469213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626189.post-14916870085401993602018-11-23T12:36:00.000+00:002018-11-23T12:36:03.542+00:00Blog UpdatesThis week's Virtually Islamic 2.0 blog includes updates on the following digital Islam stories:
Uighur monitoring
Dawn of the Code War
Fatwa against 'Battlegrounds'
Mawlid Celebration
Russian Twitter trolls stoking anti-Islamic sentiment in Australia, experts warn
Matthew Hedges' Case
GRBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14538738845050469213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626189.post-14094817377383687432018-11-08T19:28:00.002+00:002018-11-08T19:28:09.934+00:00'Hashtag Islam' - Indian sub-continent versionMy book 'Hashtag Islam' is now available to order in the Indian sub-continent from Pentagon Press. This is a special edition (hardback) with a different cover.ISBN:9789386618627It's also available via the usual bookshops, and fromAmazonGRBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14538738845050469213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626189.post-30457336288764865702018-11-05T14:56:00.000+00:002018-11-05T14:56:29.907+00:00Recent headlines:More details on these and other stories can now be found on the new Virtually Islamic blog:
OpenDemocracy.net, “I’d prefer to die in Poland”: Chechnya’s most famous YouTuber in exile faces deportation to Russia
Said Temsamani, Eurasia Review, Morocco: Interactive Radio, TV And Social Media To Enhance True Values Of Islam – OpEd
Hadith centred programme promoted by Moroccan GRBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14538738845050469213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626189.post-74746495523257534812018-10-29T16:48:00.001+00:002018-10-29T16:48:31.523+00:00Recent headlines
These and further stories on the new Virtually Islamic blog:
Sufism in Uzbekistan
Sufism in Uzbekistan discussed in great BBC programme:
'Honour Killing' video
'Honour killing' video shocks Syrians
Abu Qatada discussion
Trump and Far-Right
Trump and the far-right article by JM Berger
Mona Haydar profile
Mona Haydar profiled
GRBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14538738845050469213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626189.post-1043610588101775642018-10-10T12:22:00.002+01:002018-10-10T12:22:46.927+01:00Virtually Islamic BlogPlease note that I'm primarily now posting on virtuallyislamic.com but will be maintaining this blog/archive too.GRBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14538738845050469213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626189.post-42965501389722516292018-09-28T12:40:00.000+01:002018-09-28T12:40:05.671+01:00Malaysia Syariah-compliant browserI discuss Islam-friendly apps and browsers in 'Hashtag Islam', and here's a new option: The Star Online, Syariah compliant web browser aims to make the Internet a better place, Sep 28 2018 "… SalamBrowser, touted as the world’s first syariah-compliant web browser, which Salam Web claims will eliminate inappropriate content from the search results." There have been several attempts at this kind ofGRBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14538738845050469213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626189.post-53529240097404425482018-09-28T12:39:00.000+01:002018-09-28T12:39:09.342+01:00Afaq9News, The secretive IT unit helping Islamic State supporters hide in dark corners of Internet, 24 Sep 2018 "Afaq's purpose is to help Islamic State jihadists and supporters to remain safe and secure online, while they actively recruit would-be fighters and spread violent propaganda across the Internet."GRBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14538738845050469213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626189.post-79719919036050486802018-09-28T12:38:00.002+01:002018-09-28T12:38:19.561+01:00Gender and jihadNikita Malik, Forbes.com, Why Do We Underestimate The Role Of Women In Terrorist Organizations?, 26 Sep 2018 "It is important to remember, moreover, that Islamic State was the first terrorist organization to spearhead a systematic campaign to reach out to women – using gender specific propaganda to do so. The group later inspired others, including the Pakistani Taliban (Tehreek-e-Taliban, or TTP)GRBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14538738845050469213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626189.post-8435834654835184492018-09-27T12:42:00.000+01:002018-09-28T12:42:30.724+01:00'One Day in the Haram'Review of 'One Day in the Haram':
Leslie Felperin, Guardian, One Day in the Haram review – a fascinating glimpse inside Islam's holiest site, 6 Sep 2018
"A trip to the mosque’s social media office offers an insight into how modern technology is used to service ancient traditions, and that tension between old and new is woven throughout the movie, which is in itself an artefact representative GRBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14538738845050469213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626189.post-75135006155674158612018-09-27T12:41:00.000+01:002018-09-28T12:42:47.232+01:00Mosul EyeGuardian, Lucy Lamble, Small Changes, The Mosul historian who risked his life to blog about life under Isis – podcast, 26 Sep 2018 "When his beloved city was occupied by Islamic State, Iraqi Omar Mohammed was determined to document every atrocity – as anonymous blogger Mosul Eye" Essential listening!GRBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14538738845050469213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626189.post-61790039854082667642018-09-14T14:36:00.003+01:002018-09-14T14:36:31.136+01:00New home for blogI'm now blogging on the virtuallyislamic.com website, but will continue to place summarised posts here too. GRBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14538738845050469213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626189.post-13608665333171737952018-09-14T14:35:00.000+01:002018-09-14T14:35:02.474+01:00Recent posts
Contesting identities within cultural insecurity
14/09/18 12:32 Filed in: Research | Gender
Currently taking a look at this interesting thesis, which draws on a number of elements associated with the study of cyber Islamic Environments. Kathleen Woodhouse-Ledermann, Contesting identities within cultural insecurity: The case of Muslim women in contemporary France (Rutgers, 2018) [PDF download]GRBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14538738845050469213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626189.post-49652828184867661822018-09-03T12:50:00.002+01:002018-09-03T12:52:32.948+01:00Hashtag Islam
Hashtag Islam - print version
I'm very pleased to have received my first printed copy of 'Hashtag Islam'. It's been great to have had the chance to work again with series editors Bruce B. Lawrence and Carl W. Ernst - alongside Executive Editor Elaine Maisner and the excellent UNC Press team. The book is out in October.GRBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14538738845050469213noreply@blogger.com