Islam, Revolution and Radicalism: The Co-Constitution of Reality and Virtuality

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Author(s): M. A. Muqtedar Khan (University of Delaware, USA), Reid T. Smith (University of Delaware, USA)and Onur Tanay (University of Delaware, USA)
Copyright: 2012
Pages: 14
Source title: E-Politics and Organizational Implications of the Internet: Power, Influence, and Social Change
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Celia Romm Livermore (Wayne State University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0966-2.ch019

Keywords: Computer Science & IT / Human Aspects of Technology / Information Science Reference / Internet Technologies

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New forms of information technologies are revolutionizing politics in the Muslim World. This article presents political analysis of the complex global and historical socio-cultural impact of new media specifically social media by exploring two cases, i.e., the green movement during the Iranian presidential elections during 2009 and al-Qaeda’s radicalism in the virtual world. The analysis finds that Islam and Muslim societies are compatible with new forms of information technologies and that the difference between real and virtual is blurring in the modern Muslim World.

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