Islam in Britain: Research: 'Veil Ban Increases Anti-Muslim Hostility'

Wednesday, 23 May 2012

Research: 'Veil Ban Increases Anti-Muslim Hostility'

OnIslam, Veil Ban Increases Anti-Muslim Hostility, 22 May 2012 "A new British study has warned of rising hostility against Muslim women in the United Kingdom, referring to a direct link between the banning of the veil in France and increased levels of anti-Muslim discrimination." More information from the University of Leicester here, but I haven't located the report yet.

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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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