Recent studies on Islam Online from the International Journal of Middle East Studies

In February 2012 the International Journal of Middle East Studies published a number of articles dealing with themes of Islamic Practices in New Media. Charles Hirschkind in an article entitled EXPERIMENTS IN DEVOTION ONLINE: THE YOUTUBE KHUṬBA explores the ethical affect of posting Friday sermons online. Leor Halevi in his piece THE CONSUMER JIHAD: BOYCOTT FATWAS AND NONVIOLENT RESISTANCE ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB considers the popularity of boycott fatwas in various online forums. These two studies are worth reading for anyone interested in Islam Online.