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British Muslim Podcasters: Gender Dynamics, Commodification and The Displacement of Traditional Islamic Authority

by Khadijah Elshayyal and Sadek Hamid This article links directly to the Digital British Islam: Podcast Archive. In recent years, the medium of the podcast has emerged as a platform of choice for a range of Muslim content creators. As new media platforms continue to grow, podcasting provides a convenient and relatively low-cost means of creating […]

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

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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Exploring Ramadan 1445

This article can be read in conjunction with Digital British Islam’s Ramadan 1445 Collection. Ramadan is a month of worship but also a month of community, and in terms of religious and communal activity, it surpasses by far the rest of the year for Muslims in Britain and globally. And just as mosques and homes

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Exploring Women’s Organisations and Networks

Muslim women’s initiatives and organisations have an extensive and dynamic digital presence. In this Gender: Women collection, we have profiled a selection of these, and hope to add to them over the course of our project. The use of the digital space by Muslim women’s initiatives ranges widely. For some, it is a matter maintaining

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