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The article is to present, discuss and juxtapose the official doctrine of Islam on the subject of social media (mass media). The authors want to answer the following questions: How is the official religious doctrine formed in Islam, and who influences its creation? What is the issue of religious authority in Islam? Does the official religious doctrine of Islam refer directly to the mass media, and if so, how and what practical implications do this result from? Finally - last but not least - to what extent can we speak of Islamic media ethics? According to the authors, the role of the media in the Muslim world is currently strongly dependent on the political, social, economic and cultural context of a given country. The Qu'ran has paramount importance for the theology of media in the Muslim world but understood primarily as an exponent of acting in accordance with God's commands and an indicator of morality in the world of Islam. The implementation of Quranic principles in modern times is subject to the risk of misinterpretation made by man. That is why not every part of the Muslim world accepts theological novelties. Probably, for this reason, ethics remains an extremely important element of Muslim media theology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

There are different forms of fundamentalism in every religious system, but it is Islamic fundamentalism that is now the most prevalent in the world. Al-Qaeda and Islamic State terrorist activities not only in the Middle East, but also in Europe, in connection with terrorist attacks have contributed to the increase in popularity of this ideology. The article shows the ideology of Islamic fundamentalism as an element of media propaganda used by major terrorist groups currently operating in the Middle East. This propaganda is mainly spread in magazines published on the Internet and available online all over the world. Another advantage of spreading fundamentalist ideology is publishing magazines in many languages of the world, which significantly broadens the group of recipients. The problem of religious fundamentalism at the beginning of the 21st century was analysed on the basis of major mass media of terrorist groups. The sources of research are online magazines Inspire, Al-Shamikha, Dabiq and Rumiyah. In addition, the reader's attention was also drawn to the intensive activities of the departments responsible for public relations (PR). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]