Islam in Britain: York

Wednesday 11 March 2009

York

Nouse, Gay Muslims face ‘two-pronged prejudice’, 10 Mar 09 "Pav Akhtar, the first non-white president of the Cambridge University Students Union, is challenging the conservative conceptions of what it means to be a Muslim. In 2006 he also became the first gay Muslim to run for NUS president. He lost to Gemma Tumulty by 28 votes amidst claims of homophobia and Islamophobia."

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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