Islam in Britain: December 2022

Arab News, Pakistani-born inventor of UK’s favorite curry dies aged 77 "Ali Ahmed Aslam opened his restaurant Shish Mahal in Glasgow in 1964, where he claims to have created the chicken tikka masala dish." There are other claims on this.

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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Islam in Britain

Thursday, 22 December 2022

Glasgow: curry dish 'creator' dies