| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
| Contents |
Legitimate singularities: ennahdha in search of plural identities? / Ratiba Hadj-Moussa, Samar ben Romdhane -- Social media as the new identity battleground / Noureddine Miladi -- Online aesthetics of martyrdom: a study of the Bahraini Arab Spring / Magdalena Karolak -- Isis and Saudi Arabia: post-colonial religious authority / Andrew Hammond -- Friday khutba without borders: constructing a Muslim audience / Ehab Galal -- The online response to the Quran burning incidents / Ahmed Rawi -- Working around the state / Deborah L. Wheeler -- Religious minorities in cyberspace / Dalia Yousef and Rasha Abdulla -- British Arab youth -- reconstruction of virtual islamic identities after the Arab Spring / Khalil al-Agh -- The revival of Muslim identity vs. Arab identity / Khalil Rinnawi |
| Summary |
The development of new and social networking sites, as well as the growth of transnational Arab television, has triggered a debate about the rise in transnational political and religious identification, as individuals and groups negotiate this new triad of media, religion and culture. This book examines the implications of new media on the rise of political Islam and on Islamic religious identity in the Arab Middle East and North Africa, as well as among Muslim Arab Diasporas. Undoubtedly, the process of globalization, especially in the field of media and ICTs, challenges the cultural and religious systems, particularly in terms of identity formation. Across the world, Arab Muslims have embraced new media not only as a source of information but also as a source of guidance and fatwas, thereby transforming Muslim practices and rituals. This volume brings together chapters from a range of specialists working in the field, presenting a variety of case studies on new media, identity formation and political Islam in Muslim communities both within and beyond the MENA region. Offering new insight into the influence of media exposure on national, political, and cultural boundaries of the Islamic identity, this book is a valuable resource for students and scholars of Middle Eastern politics, specifically political Islam and political communication. -- Amazon.com |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 30, 2016) |
| Subject |
Islam and politics.
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Online social networks -- Political aspects -- Islamic countries
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Social media -- Islamic countries
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Identification (Religion) -- Political aspects -- Islamic countries
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology.
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Online social networks -- Political aspects
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Islam and politics
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Social media
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Islam
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Massenmedien
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Neue Medien
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Religiöse Identität
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Islamic countries
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Islamische Staaten
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MENA-Region
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Rinnawi, Khalil.
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Mellor, Noha, 1969- editor.
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Rinnawi, Khalil, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781317267096 |
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1317267095 |
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9781315637129 |
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131563712X |
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9781317267072 |
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1317267079 |
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9781317267089 |
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1317267087 |
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