Review: Islam Dot Com: Contemporary Islamic Discourses in Cyberspace
| Author(s) |
Vit Sisler
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| Contact |
Vít Šisler, Charles University, U Kříže 8, Praha 5, 158 00, Czech Republic. E-mail: vit.sisler@ff.cuni.cz |
| Issue |
CyberOrient, Vol. 5, Iss. 1, 2011, pp. 131-134 |
| Published |
May 10, 2011 |
| Type |
Book Review |
| Abstract |
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 contribution to this rapidly expanding body of research has been provided by Mohammed El-Nawawy and Sahar Khamis. They have co-authored a book called Islam Dot Com: Contemporary Islamic Discourses in Cyberspace, which deals with the virtual Muslim public sphere and the contestation of and deliberation over religious authority and Muslim identity online. |
| Keywords |
identity, Muslim women, Islam, public sphere, websites, information and communication technology, democracy, Islam and civil society
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