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As we mentioned in the introduction, there is a striking shortage in the scholarly literature that focuses on analyzing the content and discourses of mainstream Islamic websites. This has led to lack of knowledge about the nature, underlying tone and style of the deliberations, and discussions going on through these sites. This comes at a time when many people, particularly Westerners, are hungry for information about how Muslims define their identities and how they perceive themselves in relation to others in both the online and offline communities.
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el-Nawawy, M., Khamis, S. (2009). Virtual Islamic Discourses: Platforms for Consensus or Sites of Contention?. In: Islam Dot Com. Palgrave Macmillan Series in International Political Communication. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230622661_7
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