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Gary R. Bunt provides an account of the issues at stake, identifying two radical new concepts. Firstly, the emergence of e-jihad (""Electronic Jihad"") originating from diverse Muslim perspectives - this is described in its many forms relating to the different definitions of ""jihad"", including on-line activism (ranging from promoting militaristic activities to hacking, to co-ordinating peaceful protests) and Muslim expression post 9/11. Secondly, he discusses religious authority on the Internet - including the concept of on-line fatwas and their influence in diverse settings, and the complexities of conflicting notions of religious authority.

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The Internet is very big in the Arab world. After Al-Jazeera, it is the second most important source of dissenting opinion. Literally, millions of people in the Muslims world rely on web-sites to get their information and fatwas. A whole new life of cyber Imams and a new culture is emerging through Internet programmes and will have a profound effect on Arab consciousness. This book documents all this and examines various sites and offers the first comprehensive analysis of the impact of the Internet on Islamic culture. Zia Sardar, author of Postmodernism and the Other and Why Do People Hate America

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Gary R. Bunt is Professor of Islamic Studies at University of Wales. He is the author of Virtually Islamic (University of Wales Press, 2000), The Good Web Guide to World Religions (The Good Web Guide, 2001) and Islam in the Digital Age (Pluto Press, 2003).

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