Faith Based Internet-Censorship in Majority Muslim Countries
The OpenNet Initiative recently published a very important and relevant report called In the Name of God: Faith Based Internet Censorship in Majority Muslim Countries authored by Helmi Noman. Here’s...
View ArticleAn Interview with Zaki Hasan, Professor of Communication and Media Studies
The following interview is with Zaki Hasan, a Professor of Communication and Media Studies. He blogs at Zaki’s Corner and is the author of the book, Geek Wisdom. Watch the video: In this short...
View ArticleAn Interview with Maria Kari, Freelance Writer for The Nation
The following interview is with Maria Kari, a freelance writer and journalist currently based in Vancouver, BC. She writes for numerous publications including The Nation, where you can read her...
View ArticleNew Media = New Dynamics?
It’s gratifying to see that even after five months since the live online broadcast of the #IslamNewMedia audio seminar, some participants still continue to dissect the perspectives that were shared and...
View ArticleAn Interview with Haroon Moghul, Author, Academic, and Associate Editor at...
The following interview is with Haroon Moghul, author of the novel The Order of Light and associate editor at Religion Dispatches where you can read his articles here. Watch the video of our interview...
View ArticleAn Interview with Prof. Abdullahi An-Na’im, Islamic Scholar at Emory University
As the must-read New Yorker article, The Moderate Martyr notes, “In 1967, a law student at the University of Khartoum named Abdullahi Ahmed an-Naim was looking for a way to spend a summer evening in...
View ArticleThe Case of Hamza Kashgari and the Dark Side of Discussing Islam on Social Media
By now, you might have heard about the ordeal of Hamza Kashgari, a Saudi journalist who triggered a firestorm after posting tweets about the prophet Muhammad, which many in Saudi Arabia considered...
View ArticlePR Expert, Mustafa Stefan Dill Offers New Media Tips to the American Muslim...
In the following interview Mustafa Stefan Dill, the founder of Ummah Relations, and I discuss the potential of utilizing social media more effectively to counter negative stereotypes of Muslims and...
View ArticleDr. Sahar Khamis on Cyberspace as a Double-Edged Sword and Digital Activism...
Dr. Sahar Khamis is a lecturer at the Department of Communication in the University of Maryland. She is also the former Head of the Mass Communication and Information Science Department in Qatar...
View ArticleAstrophysicist Prof. Nidhal Guessoum on Social Media, Islam, Science and...
It’s safe to say that the internet has opened up Islamic discourse in ways that now enable Muslims to engage in provocative matters typically not openly discussed in offline settings. One of the...
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