Islam in Britain: Taxi Drivers Abused

Aasma Day, i Newspaper, Taxi drivers suffer racist abuse on a daily basis – but don’t report it as it’s a ‘normal part of the job’, 17 Aug 2021

"Dr Karamat Iqbal, an academic who works in race, equality and diversity, decided to research racial abuse of taxi drivers after seeing a shocking video of a taxi driver subjected to a racial rant from a passenger."

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

Wednesday, 18 August 2021

Taxi Drivers Abused