Cairo: Iman facilitates meetings for Japanese Professor conducting high level study of Islam and Internet
Monday, 14 March 2011
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The Iman Foundation has facilitated high level meetings in Cairo for Assistant Professor Dr. Yamamoto from the Nagoya University of Commerce & Business, Japan. Dr. Yamamoto's main research theme is "Islam and Internet" focusing on 3 different dimensions: 1) "terrorists" (or radical Islamists) use of the Internet, 2) "dissidents" use of the Internet eg. specific Egyptian cases using Facebook, or the anti-government movement using the internet, 3) "young educated Muslims" use of the Internet; does it have any impact on current Islam?, or does it lead to a kind of "religious reform" within Islam?, and how does Islam change the result of this phenomenon?
Dr.Yamamoto met with the following people:
Dr. Salem Abdul-Jalil, First Deputy Minister of Religious Endowments, Sheikh Salah Al-Ansari, Sheikh al-Azhar Mosque, Dr. Attia Elkoussy, Professor of Islamic history at Cairo University, Dr. Habiba Hassan Researcher at Al Ahram Centre and the Forum of Arab Alternatives, Dr. Kamal Habib, a leading specialist on Islamic Jihad and researcher in Islamic Movements, Amr Ezz, from January 25 youth movement and a member of the April 6 freedom Movement, Dr. Tawfiq Ghanem, former Director of the Islam Online website, Sobhy Mujahid, Managing Editor of the Islam Online website (currently based in Qatar), Ayman Abdel-Majid a specialist in Islamic groups and Dr. Ahmed Subaie, the Director of Islam Online website in Cairo.
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