tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56261892012-01-27T15:34:33.531ZNews, Commentary, Information and Speculation about Islam in the Digital Age - part of virtuallyislamic.comGRBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14538738845050469213noreply@blogger.comBlogger9112125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626189.post-68389350975979383622012-01-27T15:33:00.000Z2012-01-27T15:34:33.539Z2012-01-27T15:34:33.539Z

The Daily News Egypt, Online database keeps memory of martyrs alive see لن ننساهم lan-nansahom.org

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CNN, Twitter to delete posts if countries request it, 27 Jan 2012 "Twitter said Thursday it will begin deleting users' tweets in countries that require it, but will keep the tweets visible elsewhere."

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Sapa-AFP/timeslive.co.za, Boko Haram 'leader' issues new threats in internet message, 27 Jan 2012 "The purported leader of Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram has issued new threats in a message posted on YouTube while also saying last week's attacks in Kano were over the torture of its members."

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The National, Pro-Palestinian hackers apologise for cyber attack on Haaretz newspaper website, 27 Jan 2012, "The group claimed responsibility shortly after the attack, tweeting: "haaretz.co.il Tango Down :)". But yesterday morning an apology appeared on the same Twitter account "@haaretzprint we are sorry, we didn't know that haaretz is a good newspaper, we sorry about this, and be sure no one

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Guardian, Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam – review I look forward to seeing this exhibition in due course (sounds like it might be difficult to get a ticket!). Also see the British Museums Hajj exhibition page

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NY Times, Now Able to Exhale, Libyan Rappers Find a Voice, 10 Jan 2012 only just picked this one up via last weekend's Observer NYT supplement. "A small crowd of boys huddled around the open door of a concrete shed turned recording studio to gawk at a trio of Libyan rappers in black baseball caps and oversize hoodies mixing tracks on a wide computer screen."    

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Huffington Post, Egypt's Revolutionary Music, And 7 Other Revolutions That Turned To Song (AUDIO) "The songs of the Arab Spring draw on hip-hop, rap, rock, pop and more, vividly capturing the frustration, anger, and hope of the countries they originate within. And in those countries, releasing such songs at all is itself an act of rebellion."

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Islamopedia Online | Translation and Analysis of Commentary and Opinion from the Islamic World [some useful articles on contemporary issues]

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www.aljazeera.com, WikiLeaks, Manning and the Pentagon: Blood on whose hands? "The bodycount that resulted from Pfc Manning's leaks have amounted to zero thus far, while his accusers stand bloody."

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Guardian, Jan 25 - how Egypt's bloggers see the revolution one year on, 25 Jan 2012 "Three bloggers who have documented Egypt's revolution online share how they covered events in 2011 and tell us what the anniversary of 25 January means to them." One of a series of articles relating to social networking and Egypt.

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bikyamasr.com, Egypt: Sheikh of Al-Azhar outlines 12 steps to achieve the demands of the revolution "The Grand Imam of Egypt’s Al-Azhar Sunni authority, Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb, delivered a speech marking the anniversary of Egypt’s January 25 Revoltuion, calling upon people to preserve unity and integrity as they observe the day."

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bikyamasr.com, Exclusive: Woman tells of having pants ripped off, assaulted and prodded in Egypt’s Tahrir Square, 26 Jan 2012 "Later in the night, the issue of sexual violence toward women was sparked after an eyewitness reported on the micro-blogging site Twitter that a foreign woman was stripped, groped and assaulted by another mob of men in the square."

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Bikya Masr, After months of waiting, Egypt blogger Maikel Nabil is freed - "Jailed Egyptian blogger Maikel Nabil, considered by most to be Egypt’s first prisoner of conscience after jailed by the military junta early last year, was freed on Tuesday, his brother Mark wrote on Twitter."

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Recently received notice (please reply to editorial address below, not myself): “The Net Worth of the Arab Spring” Call for Papers CyberOrient: Online Journal of the Virtual Middle East Editor-in-Chief: Daniel Martin Varisco Guest Editor: Ines Braune Submission deadline: 31 May 2012 Aim As the first anniversary of the “Arab Spring” nears, several long-standing dictators have been

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Ha'aretz, The badly kept secret of Israel's trade throughout the Muslim world, 19 Jan 2012 "Israeli business quietly thrives in Saudi Arabia and Iraq, and in far-off countries like Indonesia and Malaysia, too. Company owners on both sides do all they can to avoid harmful publicity. Contacts are made at international conferences overseas, through European and U.S. companies familiar with both

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AP/Daily Mail, Al-Qaeda magazine that gives tips on how to kill Americans was smuggled into Guantanamo Bay, 18 Jan 2012

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Ulil Abshar Abdalla, Jakarta Post, Phenomenon in global education: A ‘sheikh’ called Google, 20 Jan 2012 " ... Google is now assuming honorary status that used to be occupied by the “sheikh” or masters in traditional society. Google is now acting like a new “sheikh” who may help Muslims with knowledge and information about Islam. Even religious edicts or fatwas are now abundantly available on the

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Telegraph, Senior al Qaeda operative 'killed by US drone strike', 20 Jan 2012

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Daily Mail, Moeed Abdul Salam: From US boarding school student to al Qaeda terrorist "Salam went on to study history at the University of Texas at Austin and graduated in 1996. His Facebook profile indicated he moved to Saudi Arabia by 2003 and began working as a translator, writer and editor for websites about Islam. "'Anyone can pick up a gun, but there aren't as many people who can code html

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NPR, Social Media Advances 'Revolution' In Egypt : NPR "Egyptian cyber activist and former Google executive Wael Ghonim talks to Steve Inskeep about his new book Revolution 2.0, which chronicles his role, and that of social media, in the toppling the regime of Hosni Mubarak." Look forward to reading this sometime.

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alArabiyya, After posing nude, Paris-based Iranian actress is warned to not return home, 18 Jan 2012 "“I do not support what she did nor reject it, because it was her personal choice, but I love her courage,” wrote one Iranian blogger named Alfred. “She did what the Egyptian blogger Alya Majda al-Mahdi did, and this is to protest against gender discrimination and the forced veil,” he wrote. The

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msnbc.com, 'Deplorable': U.S. defense chief condemns urinating Marines video, 12 Jan 2012 "An Internet video showing what appear to be U.S. forces in Afghanistan urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban fighters will not affect efforts to broker peace talks, a spokesman for the Afghan Taliban said Thursday."

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Asia Sentinel, Malaysia Election Around the Corner? 12 Jan 2012 "The allegations of corruption have cost the country four places in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index, dropping it to a still relatively respectable 60th. But it is the third straight year the country has slipped in the perceptions index – all three of them occurring on Najib’s watch. Although the mainstream

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Middle East Online, Court charges ex-US soldier with trying to join Somalia’s Shebab, 10 Jan 2012 "Ex-US soldier with specialist intelligence, cryptology training has been charged with trying to join Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab." More on this breaking case.

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