Virtually Islamic Blog

Gary R. Bunt

India Internet

Kashmir social media

Kashmir social media access is back, but very limited. I'm advised it's insufficient for video calls. Discover More…

Indian Identity Issues

This is an important initiative. Discover More…

Kashmir Net Shutdown

Buzzfeed, No Email. No WhatsApp. No Internet. This Is Now Normal Life In Kashmir. Discover More…

Kashmir's "Internet Express"

Al Jazeera, How 'Internet Express' is helping Kashmiris go online Discover More…

Update: India Protests

Selected coverage of the India protests. Discover More…

Kashmir crisis

AP, Kashmir Enters Another Day Of India-Imposed Lockdown And Internet Blackout

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Triple talaq ban divides Muslims

Murali Krishnan, qantara.de., Triple talaq ban divides Muslims Discover More…

'WhatsApp Alim'

Quartz, Haleem or Daleem? WhatsApp university fuels debate over Ramzan delicacy Discover More…

Countering net-terrorism

Nikhil Raj Aggrawal, Observer Research Foundation (Delhi), The urgent need to counter terrorism on the internet Discover More…

India-Pakistan Cyberwar

Reuters/NBC News, Facebook, Twitter sucked into India-Pakistan information war
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Kashmir web

Free Press Kashmir, GoI bans Jama’at-e-Islami, authorities restrict mobile internet speed across Kashmir Discover More…

Tablighi Jama'at/Zakir Naik Research

Matthew J. Kuiper, Da'wa and Other Religions: Indian Muslims and the Modern Resurgence of Global Islamic Activism, Routledge, 2017 Discover More…

'Fake News', WhatsApp and India

Wired, How WhatsApp Fuels Fake News and Violence in India
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UAE deportation policy

Economic Times, UAE quietly deporting IS sympathisers of Indian origin, 6 Dec 2018

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WhatsApp struggling to control fake news in India, researchers say

Guardian, WhatsApp struggling to control fake news in India, researchers say, 12 Nov 2018 Discover More…

'The next billion users': Google targets India's lucrative mobile market

Guardian, 'The next billion users': Google targets India's lucrative mobile market, 11 Sep 2018

"As mobile markets in developed world near saturation, Google rolls out Neighbourly, its first Indian-inspired social network"
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