Islam in Britain: November 2023

Tuesday 28 November 2023

Wales' Schools and Discrimination

Pupils called 'monkey' and attacked with rocks as shocking scale of racism in Wales' schools. Muslim girls abused and assaulted in other shocking case studies highlighted.

Pupils say the N-word is 'normalised' in schools.https://t.co/PMz3DsTPCX
— Tell MAMA UK (@TellMamaUK) November 28, 2023

The link to the Children's Commissioner's report is here (PDF).

There's also a children's version of the report (PDF).

Sunday 19 November 2023

Bradford Muslim Communities

BBC News, Fewer cousins marrying in Bradford's Pakistani community, 18 November 2023 "The number of people in Bradford's Pakistani community who have married a cousin has fallen sharply in the past 10 years, a study suggests. Higher educational attainment, new family dynamics and changes in immigration rules are thought to be possible reasons."

Gaza Situation

There's full coverage of the Gaza situation on the Virtually Islamic blog and across my X. This includes material on the protests.

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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