Cyber Muslims

<p>Through an array of detailed case studies this book explores the vibrant digital expressions of diverse groups of Muslim cybernauts: religious clerics and Sufis feminists and fashionistas artists and activists <i>hajj</i> pilgrims and social media influencers. These stories span a vast cultural and geographic landscape-from Indonesia Iran and the Arab Middle East to North America. <p/>These granular case studies contextualize cyber Islam within broader social trends: racism and Islamophobia gender dynamics celebrity culture identity politics and the shifting terrain of contemporary religious piety and practice. <p/> The book's authors examine an expansive range of digital multimedia technologies as primary texts. These include websites podcasts blogs Twitter Facebook Instagram YouTube channels online magazines and discussion forums and religious apps. The contributors also draw on a range of methodological and theoretical models from multiple academic disciplines including communication and media studies anthropology history global studies religious studies and Islamic studies.</p>