Abstract
After exploring the theme of collective identities in the previous chapter, we shift our attention in this chapter to divergent identities, which exhibit clear-cut demarcations around highly divisive issues, a phenomenon that gives birth, in turn, to multiple resistances. This includes a discussion of divergent identities as they manifest themselves through some of the heated debates between members of the Muslim umma and those who do not belong to it, as in the case of some of the discourses between Muslims and non-Muslims, as well as some of the discourses between different Muslim sects, such as Sunnis and Shi’ites, in addition to some of the heated debates around gender discourses and political discourses.
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el-Nawawy, M., Khamis, S. (2009). Islamic Websites: Divergent Identities in Cyberspace. In: Islam Dot Com. Palgrave Macmillan Series in International Political Communication. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230622661_6
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