{"id":8623,"date":"2025-07-08T15:01:32","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T14:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/?p=8623"},"modified":"2025-07-11T15:08:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T14:08:38","slug":"house-of-commons-presentation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/2025\/07\/08\/house-of-commons-presentation\/","title":{"rendered":"House of Commons Presentation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was pleased to present Digital British Islam&#8217;s findings with my colleague Prof Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor at the House of Commons on 7 July 2025.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ayoub Khan, MP, sponsored the event. Attendees included Iqbal Mohamed, MP, Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra, and parliamentary and community organisation representatives. There was a lively Q&amp;A, with potential for further discussions in due course on aspects of policy and digital Islam. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks to the organisers for setting up this event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>All photography: Dr Yvonne Howard-Bunt<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"8627\" src=\"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/YHBWEST1-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"L-R. Prof. Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor, Iqbal Mohamed MP, Prof. Gary R. Bunt, Ayoub Khan MP. Digital British Islam Policy Seminar, 7 July 2025. Photo: Yvonne Howard-Bunt\" class=\"wp-image-8627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/YHBWEST1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/YHBWEST1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/YHBWEST1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/YHBWEST1-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/YHBWEST1-2048x1366.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/YHBWEST1-600x400.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"486\" data-id=\"8626\" src=\"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/YHBWEST17.jpeg\" alt=\"Prof. Gary R. Bunt, Ayoub Khan MP, Prof. Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor. Digital British Islam Policy Seminar, 7 July 2025. Photo: Yvonne Howard-Bunt\" class=\"wp-image-8626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/YHBWEST17.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/YHBWEST17-300x203.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/YHBWEST17-600x405.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" data-id=\"8628\" src=\"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/YHBWEST13.jpeg\" alt=\"Digital British Islam Policy Seminar, 7 July 2025. Photo: Yvonne Howard-Bunt\" class=\"wp-image-8628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/YHBWEST13.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/YHBWEST13-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/YHBWEST13-600x450.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" data-id=\"8630\" src=\"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/YHBWEST1W.jpeg\" alt=\"Digital British Islam Policy Seminar, 7 July 2025. Photo: Yvonne Howard-Bunt\" class=\"wp-image-8630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/YHBWEST1W.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/YHBWEST1W-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/YHBWEST1W-600x450.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"540\" data-id=\"8624\" src=\"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/YHBWEST15.jpeg\" alt=\"Prof. Gary R. Bunt. Digital British Islam Policy Seminar, 7 July 2025. Photo: Yvonne Howard-Bunt\" class=\"wp-image-8624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/YHBWEST15.jpeg 468w, https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/YHBWEST15-260x300.jpeg 260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"378\" data-id=\"8625\" src=\"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/YHBWEST16.jpeg\" alt=\"Prof. Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor. Ayoub Khan MP. Prof. Gary R. Bunt, Digital British Islam Policy Seminar, 7 July 2025. Photo: Yvonne Howard-Bunt\n\" class=\"wp-image-8625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/YHBWEST16.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/YHBWEST16-300x158.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/YHBWEST16-600x315.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was pleased to present Digital British Islam&#8217;s findings with my colleague Prof Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor at the House of Commons on 7 July 2025. Ayoub Khan, MP, sponsored the event. Attendees included Iqbal Mohamed, MP, Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra, and parliamentary and community organisation representatives. 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