Shakira Death Hoax Email Contains Malware, Plus Weekly faithwise roundup

• Shakira Death Hoax Email Contains Malware
• How Divorced Parents Lost Their Rights, www.nytimes.com
• PORTRAITS OF ‘THE SEARCHERS’ EXAMINE WESTERN SPIRITUAL TOURISM IN INDIA
• 5 Cynical Marriage Tips Every Couple Needs to Learn 
• New Research Says Living Together Before Marriage Doesn't Lead To Divorce 

  A new study by associate professor Arielle Kuperberg from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro found that there is no correlation between cohabiting before marriage and divorce; instead, what may predict divorce in those who cohabitate before marriage is the age at which they choose do so.

• Armchair Jihadis, The Data

  About a week ago, we approached Recorded Future, a web intelligence company, with an idea: could we quantify the amount of pro-Islamic State activity on social media?
  
  
  

  

  http://news.sky.com/story/1329640/27000-pro-is-twitter-accounts-since-beheading

  
  

  This special report was the result.

  I thought Recorded Future (RF) might be able to help: the CIA and Google have invested in their software, and they’re experts at analysing open-source intelligence, whether that’s showing how Al-Qaeda have updated their communications following the Snowden revelations, or investigating the shooting of MH17.

• "The Jewish Golden Age Under Islam" By David J Wasserstein, September, 2014 Young Muslim Digest
• Our emotional relationship with clothes Mireille Silcoff macleans.ca
• Spiritual Work and Being a Good Householder posted by Guy Finley
• Step Up and Step In to Prevent Suicide
• Indian Sikh shrine bans women who dye their hair -- SGPC takes stance on dyed hair

Beliefnet's How To Social Media Proof Your Marriage; Plus weekly faithwise roundup

• Social Media Proof Your Marriage. Here are some ways to take preventative measures and put some guard rails on your relationship  : Until Facebook Do Us Part? ►►  Password Sharing ►►  Joint Accounts ►►  Limit Private Messaging! beliefnet.com


• The Unseen Shackles of Muslim Social Media Activism
• Other Tactics Muslims are Using in Social Media
• Muslimah Media Watch: Media activism and Muslim choreographies of social change Journalism October 2013 14: 852-867
•  Digital Social Media On September 10, 2012 - by Sheikh Nuh    [Sufi perspective]
• The Sufi Dance of Social Media
• The New Social Media and the Arab Spring Dr. Natana J. DeLong-Bas
• WHEN  PRIVATE  BECOMES PUBLIC : THE ETHICAL CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF SOCIAL MEDIA : Ethics in Practice  for Registered Nurses
• White Evangelicals Use Social Media More Than Other Religious Groups. Survey prompts debate on how to best measure online religiosity
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  Books:
• Facebook Fatwa: Saudi Clerics, Wahhabi Islam and Social Media Jonathan Schanzer
• Muslims and the New Information and Communication Technologies: Notes from an Emerging and Infinite Field (Muslims in Global Societies Series) Thomas Hoffmann 
• The Social Media Wars: Sunni and Shi'a Identity Conflicts in the Age of Web 2.0 and the Arab Spring Magdalena KAROLAK
• Egypt Unshackled: Using social media to @#:) the System Denis G. Campbell
• Isma'ili Modern: Globalization and Identity in a Muslim Community (Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks) Jonah Steinberg
• Covering Islam: How the Media and the Experts Determine How We See the Rest of the World
  Edward W. Said 
• What Would Jesus Post?: Seven Principles Christians Should Follow in Social Media Brian D. Wassom
• It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens danah boyd
• Thy Kingdom Connected: What the Church Can Learn from Facebook, the Internet, and Other Networks (emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith) Dwight J. Friesen
• The Social Media Gospel: Sharing the Good News in New Ways Meredith Gould
• Social Media, Politics and the State: Protests, Revolutions, Riots, Crime and Policing in the Age of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube (Routledge Research in Information Technology and Society) Daniel Trottier
• God's Facebook: Creating a Friendship of Civilizations in a Terror-ridden World Najmus Saquib
•   The Church of Facebook: How the Hyperconnected Are Redefining Community Jesse Rice
• Searching to Serve: Recruiting Kingdom Workers Online James Nelson
• The Gospel According to Facebook: Social Media and the Good News Bruce H. Joffe
• Who's In Your Orbit?: Beyond Facebook - Creating Relationships That Matter Mike Muhney
• The Definitive-ish Guide for Using Social Media in the Church Bruce Reyes-Chow
• 10 Ways to Build Community on Your Church's Facebook Page Mary Beth Stockdale
• Unique: Telling Your Story in the Age of Brands and Social Media Phil Cooke 
• Social Media in an Anti-Christian World (Social Media in 2012 and Beyond) Lance Henderson
• The Social Church: A Theology of Digital Communication Justin Wise
• Going Social: A Practical Guide on Social Media for Church Leaders Terrace Crawford
• Digital Religion: Understanding Religious Practice in New Media Worlds Heidi A. Campbell
• Digital Witness: A Social Media Primer for Churches Joel Southerland
• Social Media: Is KILLING You And You Don't Even Know It! - I Will Show You WHY Social Media Is Messing Up Your Life & What You Can Do About It (Social ... Buddhism, Happiness, Productivity, Zen) William Wyatt
• Teachable Moments: Using Everyday Encounters with Media and Culture to Instill Conscience, Character, and Faith Marybeth Hicks
• The Evolution of Gods: The Scientific Origin of Divinity and Religions Ajay Kansal
• The Social Resource - Translating Social Media into Business Sharad Gandhi
• What to Believe Now: Applying Epistemology to Contemporary Issues David Coady
• From the Dance Hall to Facebook: Teen Girls, Mass Media, and Moral Panic in the United States, 1905-2010 Shayla Thiel-stern
• The Church and New Media: Blogging Converts, Online Activists, and Bishops Who Tweet Brandon Vogt
• Facebook Confessions (Upload A Status) Ryedel Barnes
• Together: Adults and Teenagers Transforming the Church Jeff Baxter
• Facebook Fairytales: Modern-Day Miracles to Inspire the Human Spirit Emily Liebert
• The Parent's Guide to Texting, Facebook, and Social Media: Understanding the Benefits and Dangers of Parenting in a Digital World Shawn Marie Edgington
• Unfriend Yourself: Three Days to Detox, Discern, and Decide About Social Media Kyle Tennant
• Godwired: Religion, Ritual and Virtual Reality (Media, Religion and Culture) Rachel Wagner
• Social Media Policy Workbook for Jewish Organizations Lisa Colton
• 101 Social Media Tactics for Nonprofits: A Field Guide Melanie Mathos
• Generation Hex: Understanding the Subtle Dangers of Wicca Marla Alupoaicei
• Meditation in the Age of Facebook and Twitter - Personal development through social meditation - from shamanism to transhumanism Ajit V Jaokar
  
  From the archives:  
• Anglican Church issues 9 Twitter commandments   
• Online religion and social media - The Church of Facebook
• Digital tools as an aid in spiritual journey by STEVE BONESHO 

‘Satanic’ Craigslist killer; Plus Weekly faithwise roundup

• Miranda Barbour ‘Satanic’ Craigslist killer







• Spiritual Unplugging, Or What to Do When There is Wifi at the Ashram


• The Rapture of the Nerds.  TIME investigates new religion, Tersasem, that suggest technology looks and acts like a god 
• These Social Media Nuns Are Winning The Internet www.huffingtonpost.com
• Bible League International Thinks Religious Leaders Should Be Using Social Media More
  www.inquisitr.com
• Facebook removes page of preacher using social media to back jihadists
  www.theguardian.com  Using social media to idenitify & resist religious extremism, as FB pulls jihadist preacher page
• Americans wary of futuristic science, tech www.cnn.com -- Report finds Americans wary of futuristic science and technology
• Interfaith Dialogue: Charity: A Case for Convergence in the Muslim and Christian Faith Traditions  Dennis B. Nickerson 
• Discipleship and Dialogue: New Frontiers in Interfaith Engagement Essays in Honour of Dr. Israel Selvanayagam  Eric J.Lott 
• World's first 'inter-religious' Easter egg created by British restaurant, Daily Mail
• China's Exploding Christian Population Still Facing Persecution. National Review Online
• Tant: Extremists pervert their religion http://onlineathens.com
• The Nice Girl Trap beliefnet.com  Are you too nice? Do you feel obligated to do and be everything? Do you feel you can never do enough? If you’re answering “YES!”, you’ve probably fallen into “the nice girl trap” … here’s how to get out!! 
• Silent Compassion: Finding God in Contemplation  Richard Rohr O.F.M   
• Combining Prayer and Meditation BellaOnline  
• Faith healers sentenced to prison; abusive church continues
• Lawmaker seeks to remove Christian Scientists’ religious exemption
• Idaho’s faith healing exemption targeted following child deaths
• AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult member on trial
• FLDS cult’s ranch to be seized
• Orval Brewery needs more Trappist monks; US gets first Trappist Beer

Five Ways the Internet Has Been Trying to Kill Religion, Plus Weekly faithwise roundup

5 Ways the Internet Has Been Trying to Kill Religion

1. Bad proofs that God exists
2. Bad proofs that God does exist that are supposed to be good
3. Search-engine cop-out
4. Download your brain to a computer
5. Play a game instead

A surprising map of the world's most and least religiously diverse countries by Max Fisher ! FOLLOW VOX!

The US is not as diverse as you might think; East Asia is the world's most religiously diverse region; Africa has lots of diversity along the Christian-Muslim divide; The Middle East is extremely homogenous — with key exceptions

Mike Ghouse A Muslim Pluralist Celebrates Easter 2014

Fostering social compassion at Easter and beyond Jakarta Post

Kirpans to be Accommodated at Canadian Missions Around the World, Source: Info@WorldSikh.Org 

Humor: This Guy Proves It’s Crazy to Be Atheist With One Simple and Hilarious Question : Christian comedian Brad Stine pokes fun at one of the most widely heard defenses against belief in God … and totally kills it! 

Exploring Interreligious Relations & Interfaith Culture : Editorial Taking on Religion’s Shadow Side by Paul Chaffee, The Interfaith Observer (TIO) 

Hollywood tries to win Christians' faith

Meet God, the Kremlin and Tilda Swinton, Some of the funniest parody accounts on the internet BBC 

BUSINESS: The game changer in the global fight for religious freedom, plus weekly faithwise roundup

• BUSINESS: The game changer in the global fight for religious freedom

Weekly roundup:

Changing the World: Inspiring Award-Winning Documentaries 

Four  Myths About Prayer : Myth #1: God Is Up There, I'm Down Here; Myth #2: Pray More To Get A Response; Myth #3: Believe The Most, Get The Most; Myth #4: God Only Hears Christians

Everyday (or 365 Days) HolyBook Reading Charts [e.g., Quran Memorisation Charts; The Qur'an 365 Selections for Daily Reading; Bhagavad Gita: Daily Message; Daily Bible Reading Chart For One Year; Annual Torah Portion Reading Schedule] includes charts/schedule for a few major faiths (i.e., Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Bhai)

Dan Goleman: Author, 'Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence' writes about   What Mindfulness Is -- And Isn't

"Mindfulness" refers to that move where you notice your mind wandered. With mindfulness you monitor whatever goes on within the mind. "Meditation" means the whole class of ways to train attention, mindfulness among them. continue reading  What Mindfulness Is -- And Isn't

Religious liberty vs. civil rights: A balancing act 

Fifa lifts ban on head covers  BBC 

List Is Ending After Seven Years, Aamir Hussain

Canadian Muslims need new narrative Toronto Star 

Muslim Obligations in Promoting Justice in America | Gates of Vienna

How Stephen Harper divides and conquers our many minorities: Siddiqui, Toronto Star : Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is governing more for his Conservative party than for Canada.

Rape Culture and Spiritual Violence: Religion, Testimony and Visions of Healing (Religion and Violence) by Gina Messina-Dysert  ISBN: 1844657884;  Acumen Publishing (March 27, 2014)

Why Newsweek Will No Longer Publish A 'Top 50 Rabbis' List -- Newsweek's 'Top 50 Rabbis'

Listed criteria for the rabbis recognized included:

Are they innovative leaders—communally and/or spiritually?
Are they considered leaders in Judaism in general or their denominations in particular?
How large are their constituencies?
Have they made an impact on Judaism?
Have they made an impact beyond the Jewish community?
Are they known nationally/internationally?
Do they have political/social influence?
Do they have a media presence?

Marriage: What’s love got to do with it? Historically, very little, plus weekly faithwise roundup

 

VALENTINES News (first image (on the left): How the World Tweets I Love You: 1. Israel; 2. Sweden; 3. Norway; 4. Spain; 5. Hungary; 6. Netherlands; 7. Greece; 8. Saudi Arabia; 9. Turkey; 10. UAE):

• Men: consider this your 48 hour warning - VALENTINES DAY IS FRIDAY. But marital love is a very recent invention
• What Would Muhammad Do?  3 practical steps to remove bitterness from Valentine’s Day 
• Romantic love – overrated and hyped-up by the media since 1200AD
• The economics of sex: Has the price gotten too cheap?
• 10 Humorous Christian Valentines 
• Pope's marriage recipe: 'Please, thanks, sorry'
• Google's  Valentine's Day 2014 (International)
• Valentine’s Day: The Myth of Love and Desire "When vows go wrong, we get a glimpse behind the myth of romantic love." Suzanne Ross 
• Puritan Valentine's Day Cards - CollegeHumor Post
• Valentine Songs - Evergreen Bollywood Romantic Collection
• Richard Marx - I'll never fall in love again with lyrics
• Valentine's Day - with a Jain twist - Young Jains
• Valentine's Day and Judaism
• How would Buddha love 
• Buddhism and Valentines Day. 
• Love in Islam: Valentine’s Day JOHN (YAHYA) EDERER
• Witty preparation for a very Muslim Valentine's Day
• Muslims ‘Celebrate’ Valentine’s Day
• Why I am celebrating Valentines Day as a Pakistani Muslim
• Valentine's Day Gift Ideas for Muslim Women: Wife or Girlfriend
• Hindus Burn Valentine's Cards in India
• Punjabi valentine. Hilarious Happy Valen-Time Day (Read: Balen = Rolling pin / Beating Time)
• Beware of Valentine day - Hindu Janajagruti Samiti  
• Valentine’s Day: Bajrang Dal, VHP activists throw rotten tomatoes on couples
• Valentine's Day, the Universal Phenomenon, by Mike Ghouse; see also: Valentine's Day Message: Valentine Day's Universal Message, For My Single, Coupled And Married Friends by Mike Ghouse
• Loving Rabbi Thalia Kleinman Gary Morgenstein 
• Thoughts to Make Your Heart Sing Sally Lloyd-Jones
• The Four Loves C. S. Lewis

On the same shelf:

What Non-Christians Want Christians To Hear 

 Single woman seeking part-time lover?

Why I Keep Working to Close Guantánamo

The Questions Christians Hope No One Will Ask: (With Answers) Mark Mittelberg

What I Wish My Christian Friends Knew about Judaism Robert Schoen

  I'm OK - You're Not: The Message We're Sending Nonbelievers And Why We Should Stop John Shore

Solidarity Across Religious Lines -- World Interfaith Harmony Week at the United Nations

VIRGIN MARY PBUH MAY HAVE LIVED IN TURKEY. THE POPE'S BELIEVE IT.

NSA denies that it eavesdropped on Vatican

Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes: Removing Cultural Blinders to Better Understand the Bible E. Randolph Richards

A Manual for Creating Atheists Peter Boghossian

More Fruits of Multi-Faith Labor

Catholic Bishops' meet calls for inter-faith dialogue

 Interfaith couples most common in Spain, according to Facebook profiles 

Athiests and nonbelievers 'still have a place' in Utah's interfaith community

Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality Donald Miller

Is It OK to Talk to the Grave of Your Loved One?

Evangelical women look beyond Bible study to new causes - Religion News Service

Will the 'Chained Wives' of Judaism Finally Be Released? 

 Muslim woman says people friendlier when hat, scarf cover hijab

Are You One of Those Sufis? Mohamed Ghilan

Desacralizing Arabic & Alienating Non-Arabs by Mohamed Ghilan

Measuring the Church’s social footprint