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Thanks to GBrown

Someone with the tag “GBrown” at Gawker is giving us some love. Don’t feel like creating an account there to give a shout, so I’ll do it here. Feel free to holla on islamoyankee at islamicate dot com.

Moslems on the Internets

Paper presented at Harvard’s Islam in the West Conference. Introduction only. Full reference information for citation purposes will be supplied on request, normal copyright reserved for this posting. Introduction President Bush’s comment about the “internets” was derided for turning a singular, indivisible entity into a plural. While technically incorrect, the term does highlight an interesting point: While there is only one internet, the variety of reactions to the internet – because of its association with the world wide web – are manifold. Is the internet a space for free sharing of information and easy access to commercial goods or is it a…