Islam in Britain: 'Counter-extremism'

BBC News, Counter-extremism: May targets 'all those who spread hate' "The home secretary has vowed to "systematically confront and challenge extremist ideology" as she detailed new curbs on those who "spread hate"."

Guardian, Government launches hunt for extremists across public sector "A major drive is to be launched against “entryist” infiltration of the public sector, charities and businesses by Islamist and other extremists as a key part of the government’s new counter-extremist strategy." Muslim Council of Britain, ‘One Nation Counter-Extremism Strategy’ Risks Further Undermining Fight Against Terrorism , 19 Oct 2015

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.

Islam in Britain started in 2009; it provides a series of links to information relating to Islam and Muslims in Britain, part of virtuallyislamic.com. Archived links can be found here. Follow the X feed (@garybunt) for regular updates.

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Gary R. Bunt

Monday, 19 October 2015

'Counter-extremism'