Welcome to VirtuallyIslamic.com
Established in 2000 and maintained by Gary. R. Bunt, this website focuses on Islam, Muslims and the internet. The site contains details of conference participation, academic supervision and research activities. The VirtuallyIslamic blog is regularly updated with information about this research area.
You'll also find details of Gary R. Bunt's publications, which include:
Hashtag Islam: How Cyber Islamic Environments are Transforming Religious Authority (2018).
iMuslims: Rewiring the House of Islam (2009).
Islam in the Digital Age: E-jihad, Online Fatwas and Cyber Islamic Environments (2003)
Virtually Islamic: Computer-Mediated Communication and Cyber Islamic Environments (2000)
Digital British Islam
UWTSD, £800k ESRC funding awarded to new UWTSD led research project
This relates to a new research project:
"The three-year project, entitled ‘Digital British Islam: How do Cyber Islamic Environments impact everyday life?’, is an innovative multi-institution project led by Professor Gary R. Bunt. As the Principal Investigator, Professor Bunt will work in collaboration with Co-Investigator Dr Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor (Coventry University) and Co-Investigator Professor Frédéric Volpi (University of Edinburgh). The team also includes two research fellows, Dr Khadijah Elshayyal and Dr Sadek Hamid, along with two Post-Doctoral Research Assistants (to be appointed)."