Islam in Britain: January 2024

Sunday, 28 January 2024

Muslim Women in Britain, 1850–1950

BBC News, Hidden histories of British Muslim women revealed, 27 Jan 2024 "A collection of remarkable and often hidden stories of Muslim women who helped shape the history of Britain have been revealed and documented in a new book." Muslim Women in Britain, 1850–1950: 100 Years of Hidden History, Edited by Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor and Jamie Gilham, London: Hurst, 2023

Friday, 26 January 2024

Interfaith Charity Funding Cut

Middle East Eye, UK withdraws interfaith charity funding over Muslim Council of Britain links, 25 Jan 2024 "The decision to stop funding the Inter Faith Network was due to the “reputational risk” posed for government."

Thursday, 18 January 2024

School "prayer ban"

ITV News, 'Britain's strictest school' facing High Court challenge from Muslim pupil over ‘prayer ban’, 17 Jan 2024 "Michaela Community School in Brent, north London, introduced a policy in March 2023 "banning prayer rituals"."

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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