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Tuesday, 18 June 2019

Follow Me, Akhi by Hussein Kesvani review – how social media is changing liberal Islam

A thoughtful and witty account of how British Muslims interact with the online world

In 2014, as around 2 million Muslims gathered in the Saudi Arabian city of Mecca to perform the hajj, Islam’s largest annual pilgrimage saw the launch of a new practice. Young and devout Muslims standing in front of the Great Mosque and other locations around Old Mecca began posting self-portraits to Twitter. The hashtag #HajjSelfie went viral within hours.

While most religious clerics adopted a diplomatic silence on the inevitable arrival of cameraphones during major religious gatherings, a handful of Muslim scholars spoke out. One Jeddah-based scholar said photography contravened the spirit of the hajj. “Taking such selfies and videos defy the wish of our Prophet,” he said, with sincerity. An Islamic Studies teacher said worshippers were ruining their prayers by “humble-bragging”.

In 2018, women used #MosqueMeToo to share stories of sexual assault and abuse in places of worship

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from Islam | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2RrroYc

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