Islam in Britain: Sir David Amess (Updated)

Monday 18 October 2021

Sir David Amess (Updated)

Guardian, UK Muslim groups brace for rise in hate crime after killing of David Amess

"Britain’s leading Muslim organisation is to issue new guidance to help British Somalis and other individuals and mosques deal with any incidents of hatred emerging in the aftermath of Sir David Amess’s death.

"Zara Mohammed, the secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain, said that mosques in and around Southend were devastated by the killing of the local MP and “they had regarded him as a member of their family”.

An MCB thread on the murder of Sir David Amess, from 15 October:

Muslim Communites have been paying tribute to Sir David Amess, a man who left a legacy of service for all communities pic.twitter.com/1n0qK3ayf1
— MCB (@MuslimCouncil) October 15, 2021

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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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