IslamOnline.net will be offering regular guided tours of its completely overhauled virtual hajj island inside Second Life where visitors can see and learn everything about hajj rituals.
“Our experience last year with the hajj was wonderful and insightful,” says Wael Shihab,deputy manager of IOL Shari`ah Department.
There will be regular guided tours in both English and [...]
It appears that jihadists are continuously learning and adapting in the cyber world. The counter terrorism community needs to keep up. The two suggestions given by forum participant “Riah al-Ghobar” on the jihadi forum Alhesbahweb.net under the topic “Guerrilla Warfare on the Mountain Range of the Internet” include creating support email systems and Encrypted Messenger [...]
Certain security analysts feel that the virtual and arguably uncontrolled world of Second Life maybe being utilised by militants who can communicate and organize themselves freely and have a a wider base for recruitment. It is still too early however to establish for certain that SL is indeed being used by militants for the above purposes. Watch this space [...]