Islam in Britain: Question Time on Question Time

Friday, 6 December 2019

Question Time on Question Time

The far-right Islamophobic trope that the Qur'an "obliges" Muslims to deceive others, was on @bbcquestiontime yesterday (a few days after Melanie Phillips said so in The Times)

Disappointing it was not properly challenged.

ICYMI: it's false - https://t.co/2n567JpRpx pic.twitter.com/qOoxy7awyu
— Miqdaad Versi (@miqdaad) December 6, 2019

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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