Videos related to religion are the second largest category on YouTube and content about Islam far exceeds that of other faiths. In 2012, more than 5,000 Islamic religious and lifestyle-themed videos were published on YouTube every week. Follow Me, Akhi contains some thoughtful accounts of extremism, but focuses more on how Muslims have found areas online where counter-radicalisation prospers. Muslim women have responded to sexist behaviour with websites such as Side Entrance, which juxtaposes photographs of extravagant prayer spaces reserved for men with the usually dismal basements set aside for women. • Follow Me, Akhi: The Online World of British Muslims by Hussein Kesvani is published by Hurst (£12.99).

Source: The Guardian June 18, 2019 07:52 UTC