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American-Muslims’ E-Jihad: Trumping Islamophobia in the Trump Era

10 May 2018

American-Muslims’ E-Jihad: Trumping Islamophobia in the Trump Era
Sahar Khamis Comment Islamophobia, or the irrational, exaggerated fear of Islam and Muslims, has been on the rise lately in the United States, especially after President Trump came to office. Some of the worst Islamophobes launched their campaigns online, using the Internet as a platform to spout hatred and fuel anger and discrimination against immigrants and minorities, in general, and Muslims, in particular. In an effort to counter…

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Mythical Roots, Phantasmic Realities and Transnational Migrants: Yemenis Across the Gulf of Aden

10 Nov 2012

Mythical Roots, Phantasmic Realities and Transnational Migrants: Yemenis Across the Gulf of Aden
Samson A. Bezabeh Article This article analyzes the relationship between transnational migration, state-based religious cosmologies and new electronic media. It illustrates the way mythical realities and a Christian cosmology have structured the existence of the Yemeni diaspora. In analyzing the way mythical realities have been deployed, I seek to understand how old ways of creating boundaries have been redeployed in electronic landscapes. Much has been written regarding the interface…

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e-Islam: the Spanish Public Virtual Sphere

10 May 2011

e-Islam: the Spanish Public Virtual Sphere
Arturo Guerrero EnterrĂ­a Article The increasing presence of Islamic content in cyberspace has made it possible for an ever-expanding Muslim public space to be established. This process is connected to the phenomenon of globalisation, which in turn has generated a process of growing glocalisation, wherein content in cyberspace has not only been globalised – making it accessible from any Internet platform around the world – but opening a channel…

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