Islam in Britain: Muslim Women in the Fire Brigade

Tuesday, 18 May 2021

Muslim Women in the Fire Brigade

"You can't be what you can't see" - @SayeedaWarsi.

Despite opposition from within her own community, Uroosa Arshid achieved her dream to become a fire fighter and she's now hoping to inspire other young Muslim women to join the brigade. pic.twitter.com/hPLNDqSIdk
— Steph's Packed Lunch (@PackedLunchC4) May 17, 2021

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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