Islam in Britain: Council Confusion

Thursday, 23 February 2023

Yahoo News, Top Muslim body in extraordinary caution to media after 'Council of UK' confusion "THE Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) has issued an extraordinary statement making clear it has no links to the “unknown entity” of the Muslim Council of the UK after the latter intervened in the SNP leadership campaign." An entity describing itself as the Muslim Council of the United Kingdom" is online (it's unclear if this is the same organisation, so I haven't linked it here). An update on the story is here: Yahoo News, 'FAKE': 'Muslim Council of UK' called out after attacking Humza Yousaf. MCB's response is here: MCB, The MCB clarification on the ‘Muslim Council of the UK’. There's also a Twitter-storm 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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