Virtually Islamic

This is the first broad-ranging academic survey to explore how Islam and the internet combine and interact. Information technology is now making a global impact on how Muslims approach and interpret Islam. Given its utilization as a primary source of information, the internet also influences how non-Muslims perceive Islam and matters relating to Muslims. Among the issues addressed are: how multimedia applications are being integrated into websites, enabling surfers to listen to and see 'sermons' delivered thousands of miles away and to partake of new opportunities for religious experience; how Muslim organizations are networking globally through the electronic medium, and how that impacts upon understanding of Islam and Muslim identities; how can Muslims and non-Muslims approach the Qu'ran in its digital form; how the internet is used to present diverse dialogues relating to Islam, often reaching wide audiences where other forms of communication are heavily censored.

ISBN 0708316123   DEWEY edition DC21 ISBN13 9780708316122 (What's this?)   Pages 224 Publisher University of Wales Press   Volumes 1 Imprint University of Wales Press   Published in Wales Format Hardback   Series title Religion, Culture & Society S. Publication date 08 May 2000   Height (mm) 216 Library of Congress 00363477   Width (mm) 138 DEWEY 297.0285467   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly

		Preface
		Acknowledgements
		Notes on the system of transliteration
		Notes on Internet references
1		Introduction		1
2		Primary forms of Islamic expression online		17
3		Muslim diversity online		37
4		Politics, Islam and the Net		66
5		Digital minbar: Islamic obligations and authority online		104
6		Cyber Islamic futures		132
		Notes		145
		Bibliography		167
		Glossary		182
		Index		186

' ... a thorough and useful introduction to an aspect of Islamic culture and civilization which has, to date, been largely overlooked in academic work.' (Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations) ' ... Bunt has done a great service to Islamic Studies via the Internet and will serve as a torchbearer and a guide for further research in this area.' Islam Online ' ... extensive survey of the way Muslims around the world are using the Internet and the effect this may have on the future of Islam.' (LPS Weekly Newsletter). ' ... original and highly fascinating ... ' (Dialogue) ' ... a pioneering work in Islamic studies, the first serious work on Islam and the Internet' - (Amina Elbendary, Al-Ahram Weekly Online) '...a seminal work on Islam and the internet...groundbreaking canonical texts for students of both virtual Islam and, in a wider sense, those studying religion and the internet.' (Egypt Today, Dec 2004)

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