Islam in Britain: asylum

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Tuesday, 21 February 2023

Asylum Hotel

This is one of the most powerful first-person pieces I’ve commissioned — an anonymous asylum seeker who witnessed the far-right riot in Knowsley… from inside the hotel they were violently protesting at: https://t.co/FHSR6T9Si8
— James Besanvalle (@JamesBesanvalle) February 21, 2023

Wednesday, 14 November 2018

Asia Bibi case

BBC News, Asia Bibi: British imams join calls for UK to give asylum, 13 Nov 2018

"Prominent British Muslims, including three imams - Qari Asim, Mamadou Bocoum and Dr Usama Hasan - have written a letter to Home Secretary Sajid Javid asking him "to make a clear and proactive statement that Britain would welcome a request for sanctuary here"."

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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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