Islam in Britain: Sunday Times 'twisted' hijab ban story to stoke debate

Friday 9 February 2018

Sunday Times 'twisted' hijab ban story to stoke debate

Middle Eastern Eye, Sunday Times 'twisted' hijab ban story to stoke debate, teachers say, 9 Feb 2018 "Teachers say newspaper's story was 'completely misleading' and journalists came to London school with 'agenda' to stir up controversy." Allegations. "The headteacher at a London primary school that was forced to back down from a ban on Islamic headscarves has accused the Sunday Times newspaper of "twisting" her words to stir up controversy around the issue, according to a recording obtained by Middle East Eye."

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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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