Islam in Britain: 'Joke about bombing mosque'

Tuesday 21 January 2020

Derby Telegraph, Joke about bombing mosque lands chef with criminal record "Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court heard that Derby chef Michael Smith created the post on his "Fattie Wobbler" Facebook timeline writing "That's the bomb planted LOL". The mosque was tagged in the post."

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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