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The Islam-Online Crisis: A Battle of Wasatiyya vs. Salafi Ideologies?
Islam Online has been one of the most prominent and stable Islamic websites since it was founded in 1997. However, in March 2010 Islam Online suffered a major crisis, which has come to be known as 'the IOL-Crisis'. This is a...
Mona Abdel-Fadil, 22 Feb 2011
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Overcoming the Digital Divide: The Internet and Political Mobilization in Egypt and Tunisia
Comparing the patterns of Internet use for political mobilization in Egypt and in Tunisia, this article shows how the Internet as a relative free space can be a vital factor in opening windows and expanding the realm of what can...
Johanne Kuebler, 22 Feb 2011
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Beyond the Traditional-Modern Binary: Faith and Identity in Muslim Women’s Online Matchmaking Profiles
Finding a suitable partner in both diasporic and non-diasporic settings proves increasingly challenging for young Muslims, especially those unable or not wanting to search within their kinship networks. At the same time,...
Anna Piela, 22 Feb 2011
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New Media and Social-political Change in Iran
The increasing penetration of new communication technologies into everyday life has attracted a growing interest in the social, economic and political implications of these technologies. Most studies have looked at Western...
Mohammad Hadi Sohrabi-Haghighat, 22 Feb 2011
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e-Islam: the Spanish Public Virtual Sphere
The increasing presence of Islamic content in cyberspace has made it possible for an ever-expanding Muslim public space to be established. In Spain, institutionalised Islam has found new routes for communication, information and...
Arturo Guerrero Enterría, 22 Feb 2011
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Book Review: Islam Dot Com: Contemporary Islamic Discourses in Cyberspace
With growing Internet penetration rates and the proliferation of new media outlets in the Muslim world there is a simultaneously growing academic interest in possible social and political changes endorsed by these media. A recent...
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