Islam in Britain: 'Conflict in Syria creates wave of British jihadists'

Thursday 14 March 2013

'Conflict in Syria creates wave of British jihadists'

Independent, Conflict in Syria creates wave of British jihadists, 14 Mar 2013 "Syria has replaced Pakistan and Somalia as the preferred front line where Islamist volunteers can experience immediate combat with relatively little official scrutiny, security agencies said."

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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