This book analyzes the discourses and deliberations in the discussion forums of three of the most visited Islamic websites and investigates the extent to which they have provided a venue for Muslims to freely engage in discussion among themselves and with non-Muslims about political, economic, religious and social issues.

The Public Sphere in an Islamic Context Religion in the Virtual Public Sphere: The Case of Islam Is the Umma a Public Sphere? The 'Virtual Umma': Collective Identities in Cyberspace Islamic Websites: Divergent Identities in Cyberspace Virtual Islamic Discourses: Platforms for Consensus or Sites of Contention?

MOHAMMED EL-NAWAWYAssociate Professor and Knight-Crane Endowed Chair in the Department of Communication at Queens University of Charlotte, USA.
SAHAR KHAMIS Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Maryland, College Park, USA. She is the former Head of the Mass Communication and Information Science Department in Qatar University.