Author name: Sadek Hamid

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The Rise of Islamophobic Hate Crimes in the UK: Findings from the Home Office Report

Digital Islam, Politics, Research, Women / /

Islamophobic incidents have doubled across Britain between 2012 and 2022 due to a combination of factors including increased far-right activity, toxic political discourse and the Brexit referendum campaign. This historical context underscores the fact that Islamophobia is not merely a reaction to recent events in the Middle East but has consistently increased for over a decade. The Home […]

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British Muslims and the 2024 Elections

Apps / /

British Muslims have been active in mainstream politics for many decades through advocacy work and electoral participation. Digital activism has been a noticeable catalyst in how political issues are represented and activated with campaigning platforms such as the Muslim Vote, who have identified parliamentary candidates sympathetic to community concerns. Other advocacy sites such as the

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Exploring Directories

Cyber Islamic Environments, Digital Islam, Mosques / /

This Digital British Islam archive collection explores Directories and guides utilised across communities. The Muslim Directory, first published in the mid-1990s, was perhaps the earliest attempt to collate the details of mosques and providers of Islamically aligned goods and services for a growing population of Muslims in the UK. Since then, this area has grown

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Exploring Relationships

Apps, Digital Islam, Marriage, Relationships / /

This Digital British Islam archive collection explores the world of relationships and marriage apps. Muslim marriage apps are a relatively new occurrence as online platforms for meeting potential spouses, which have evolved from web-based services to multifeatured interfaces modelled on similar non-Muslim apps. Their emergence also coincides with the massive expansion of the global halal

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Exploring Lifestyle

Halal, Research / /

This DBI Lifestyle collection profiles some of the most prominent British Muslim lifestyle websites currently operating online and includes two of the UK’s earliest halal meat verification services. The halal meat industry in the UK alone is worth nearly 5 billion pounds and is growing every year and the demand for halal food products has led

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Exploring Sports and Culture

Digital Islam, Education, Health, Heritage, Ramadan / /

This DBI Sports and Culture Collection contains a sample of sites and platforms that serve and advocate for British Muslims in various artistic and sporting interests. It includes writing groups and awards, cultural festivals such as MACFEST – International Festival, Festival, Muslim, a rapidly expanding arts and cultural festival to showcase Muslim creatives and bridging communities created

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Exploring British Muslim Education Organisations

Archiving, Cyber Islamic Environments, Digital Islam, Education, Gender, Movements, Organisations, Religious Authority, Research / /

Education is a significant driver of development in Muslim communities in the UK and much of this activity is represented online. The Digital British Islam collection on Education seeks to take a snapshot of online educational institutions. The first British Muslim educational initiatives grew out of attempts by the first generation of communities who settled

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Exploring British Muslim Advocacy Organisations

Archiving, Cyber Islamic Environments, Digital Islam, Movements, Organisations, Religious Authority, Research / /

The intention of this section of the Digital British Islam archive is to explore British Muslim organisations, which are increasingly visible as social actors. The growth of this sector is partly due to the work of various advocacy agencies that have emerged over a number of decades. Jørgen Nielsen has provided a useful typology of

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Being a Insider/Outsider: Field Notes from a British Muslim Researcher

Cyber Islamic Environments, Digital Islam, Methodology, Research / /

  The distinction between ‘insiders’ and ‘outsiders’ has been a subject of longstanding debate within Religious Studies and especially within multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies of Islam and Muslims. This issue poses  questions such as -can outsiders truly understand and interpret the faith of the Other? Is it possible for  insiders  to maintain objectivity when studying and representing

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