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The Digital British Islam team had the pleasure of being invited to deliver a keynote session at the British Association for Islamic Studies (BRAIS) annual conference this year. Team members Prof Gary R. Bunt (UWTSD), Prof Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor (Coventry University), Dr Sadek Hamid (University of Edinburgh) and Dr Laura Jones (University of Edinburgh) delivered the

On Wednesday 25th June 2025, the Digital British Islam team hosted a symposium on ‘Digital Methodologies for the Study of Religion’ at Coventry University. The event was attended by over 30 academics and practitioners from diverse international contexts – including institutions in Germany, France, India, USA and the UK – who participated both online and

On Wednesday 11th June, the Digital British Islam project, in partnership with the Muslim Council of Wales, held an important event with the Senedd to share findings and policy implications from the 3-year ESRC-funded project. During the event at The Pierhead, Project Investigator Professor Gary Bunt (University of Wales Trinity Saint David) and Research Fellow,

Tech Billionaire Elon Musk has been trending again recently for his alleged Nazi salute at a Presidential inauguration rally for Donald Trump. Musk has a history of public provocation on his social media platform X and in recent times has shown support for the far-right in Europe. In December 2024 Musk, claimed that a majority of so-called

The Medicine, Mental Health and Alternative Therapies collection on the Digital British Islam archive presents websites related largely to health and wellbeing. They can be broadly categorised into those aimed at Muslim practitioners and those aimed at Muslim patients. Types of websites covered include networks of Muslim practitioners, the most well-known of these being the

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