Islam in Britain: Ali Dizaei

Wednesday, 10 February 2010

Ali Dizaei

This is London, Ali Dizaei stripped of his £90,000 Met salary as he begins jail term, 9 Feb 2010 "The Met commander became the highest ranking officer to be convicted of corruption offences for more than 30 years when he was jailed for trying to frame a web designer."

Guardian, Ali Dizaei sentenced to four years in jail, 9 Feb 2010 "Dizaei, 47, remained defiant and told the Guardian the case was "completely outrageous and a fit-up". He said that he had been pursued by the authorities, who had a "vendetta" against him."

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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