Islam in Britain: Home Office Hate Crime Report/Analysis

Mustafa Al-Dabbagh, Byline Times, ‘Why Yvette Cooper's Claim That Middle East Conflict is Behind UK Hate Crime Spike 'Completely Misses the Point - The Problem Runs Far Deeper', 14 Oct 2024

“The numbers don’t lie. According to the latest Home Office data, nearly 40% of religiously motivated hate crimes in the UK target Muslims. This staggering statistic should shock us all, yet it often doesn’t.“

Also see an extended post here on the Virtually Islamic News site.

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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Wednesday 16 October 2024

Home Office Hate Crime Report/Analysis