Islam In The Digital Age: E-Jihad, Online Fatwas and Cyber Islamic Environments

Focusing on the warlike and authoritarian stereotype of Islam that seems to have blinded westerners, persistently for the past few decades and intermittently for the past few centuries, Bunt (U. of Wales, Lampeter) describes how Muslims do and might further their nefarious purposes through the World Wide Web and other avenues of the Internet. Hacking and cracking, mujahideen in cyberspace, and religious authority on the Internet are the main topics. He doe mention, however, the greater and lesser E-jihad, a jihad for peace, online advice, and Islamic diversity. Distributed in the US by Stylus. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR