Digital Deceptions: Time to Make Better Choices
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About The Book
If you have a smartphone, you need this book.
Digital devices have drastically shaped our lives and changed how we do almost everything. Because of their ease and convenience, we often make use of whatever is available without a second thought. Smartphones, social media, apps, internet, video games... If it’s new, easier, and faster, it must be better, right?
Have we stopped to ask what are the benefits and harms of these devices? As we spend more and more time on our screens, what does this mean for us spiritually, psychologically, socially and even physically? Knowing the answers to these questions can help us make better choices.
Digital Deceptions explains the proven harms behind those seemingly free and convenient devices and services, and shows us a liberating, practical and more balanced way to live, worship and parent in this digital age using the timeless spiritual and rational principles of Islam.
About the Contributor(s)
About the author
Amir Abdelzaher: Dr. Amir Abdelzaher holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Miami. Following an academic career at several universities, he redirected his energies toward Islamic education for Muslim children. He founded multiple Islamic schools and is an instructor at Al-Madina Institute's Suhba Seminary, where he combines his academic background with Islamic learning. He has been engaged in studying and teaching the Islamic sciences for nearly two decades. He currently resides in Istanbul with his family. He is the author of Digital Deceptions: Time to Make Better Choices, addressing questions of technology and ethical decision-making from an Islamic perspective.
About the editor
Abia Afsar-Siddiqui: Abia Afsar-Siddiqui is a British editor and publisher, best known as the Managing Director of TaHa Publishers, the long-established London Islamic publishing house. Her path to publishing was unusual. She trained as a chemical engineer, earning an MEng from Imperial College London, with a study placement in Rome, followed by a PhD in fluid instability, also at Imperial. She joined TaHa Publishers as an editor in 2003 and, after her father retired from the role, became Managing Director in 2022. Over more than two decades she has guided a broad list of accessible English-language Islamic books, ranging from works of fiqh and worship to titles for families, women, and young readers. She co-authored A Guide to Ramadan and Fasting with Dr. Musharaf Hussain, a concise manual setting out the fiqh of fasting across the four Sunni schools alongside the spiritual dimension of the month. As editor she has overseen many TaHa titles, among them the translation of Izhar-ul-Haq: The Truth Revealed by Maulana Rahmatullah Kairanvi, Islam and the Business Mindset, and a range of practical and educational works. Her contribution lies less in single-authored scholarship than in the steady editorial and managerial work of bringing reliable Islamic literature to English-speaking readers.
Specifications
EAN 13 / ISBN
9781915357380
Binding
Paperback
Publisher
Ta-Ha Publishers
Author
Amir Abdelzaher, Ahmed Howeedy, and Arfan Qureshi
Pages
152
Editor
Abia Afsar-Siddiqui
Year Published
2024
Size
W-5.8 in | H-8.3 in | D-0.4 in
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