Islam in Britain: Leicester

Monday, 1 February 2010

Leicester

thisisleicestershire.co.uk, 21st year of Shia Muslim procession in Leicester, 1 Feb 2010 "The procession, held in Leicester yesterday afternoon, set off from the Masjid-Al-Husayn Shia Muslim mosque near Uppingham Road, with devotees carrying the banner "Husayn, The Champion of Truth and Justice".

"One of the organisers, Onali Ismail said this year marked the 21st anniversary of the procession taking place in the city."

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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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