Islam in Britain: Opinion: Baroness Flather: 'Polygamy, welfare benefits and an insidious silence'

Friday 16 September 2011

Opinion: Baroness Flather: 'Polygamy, welfare benefits and an insidious silence'

Opinion piece

Daily Mail, Baroness Flather: Polygamy, welfare benefits and an insidious silence, 16 Sep 2011 "In this disturbing and brave exposé, a Pakistan-born baroness reveals how some of her countrymen have as many children as possible by several wives so as to milk our welfare system..."

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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