Islam in Britain: Arsonists jailed

Friday, 10 July 2009

Arsonists jailed

Times Online, Islamic fundamentalists jailed for arson attack at publisher’s home, 8 Jul 09 "Three Islamic fundamentalists were jailed yesterday for an arson attack on a London publisher who planned to print an “offensive” book about the Prophet Muhammad."

Refers to arson protest against Sherry Jones’s novel The Jewel of Medina

Islamic Algorithms

Gary R. Bunt is Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David; Principal Investigator for the ESRC funded Digital British Islam project; Co-Investigator for the CHANSE funded Digital Islam Across Europe project.

Prof. Bunt's book Hashtag Islam: How Cyber Islamic Environments are Transforming Religious Authority was published in 2018. A new book, Islamic Algorithms, is out in May 2024.

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