We at Network of Sisters in Academia (NeSA) are deeply alarmed and outraged at the abduction of our sister and fellow academic Rumeysa Öztürk and demand that authorities declare her location and secure her liberty so she can return safely to her studies

Really enjoying the Roundtable Session on Digital Influence—Nafisa Bakkar and Hamza Tzortzis in conversation with Sadek Hamid @sadekhamid.bsky.social and Khadijah Elshayyal @drkelshayyal.bsky.social Fascinating insights on online engagement, authority, and influence #dbiconf2025

A fascinating conversation at the Digital British Islam Conference: Nafisa Bakkar and Hamza Tzortzis in discussion with @drkelshayyal.bsky.social and @sadekhamid.bsky.social #dbiconf2025

Enjoying Dr Khadija Elshayyal’s @drkelshayyal.bsky.social findings from the DBI project, exploring gender. Key insights include empowerment, safety, and the commodification of aspiration—critical for understanding diverse online experiences across genders. #DigitalReligion #dbiconf2025

Our Podcasts Archive now has an accompanying Insights article by @drkelshayyal.bsky.social and Dr Sadek Hamid. 🎧🎙️ #digitalislam digitalbritishislam.com/british-musl...

My PhD student @ryanswan.bsky.social is researching NGOs and third sector organisations that work with Arab refugees and asylum seekers in Scotland. If you have contacts who work in this field, please get in touch with Ryan - details below 👇

My latest with Heidi Matthews and Priya Gupta on the role of universities during this moment of genocide. We critique the censorship of anti-genocide protest and critique in Western universities and the role they have sadly played in furthering the scholaticide : theconversation.com/universities...

We have a new poster: Digital British Islam: Experiences, Responses and Impact from Britain and Beyond 5th and 6th February 2025, Coventry University Registration is free of charge. Details/registration: digitalbritishislam.com

Here's a direct link to Registration Page for the @digibritislam.bsky.social Conference February 5-6 2025 in Coventry. While some content will be recorded, all participants are on-site, and the event will not be streamed. Registration is free. digitalbritishislam.com/conference-r...

Important thread from my colleague @drkelshayyal.bsky.social

I was privileged to contribute to this important intervention on Islamophobia from @runnymedetrust.bsky.social , released last week. I wrote about how the media &political establishments default to a stance of suspicion &a regulatory impulse when it comes to Muslim public/political agency 🧵

Really fantastic piece about the commodification of contemporary Podcasting within public Muslim discourse

Great to be discussant for the screening of ‘Due Regard’ at Edinburgh University this evening. The film explores the impact of counter-terrorism and Prevent on families. Congrats to Shahnaz Akhter for her brilliant work, and thanks to İdil Akıncı Perez for arranging!

We invite submissions for the second Stuart Hall Essay Prize. The award aims to stimulate a new generation of thinkers who can offer original, lively and topical contributions to the lines of political, cultural and educational inquiry which Hall pursued. www.stuarthallfoundation.org/projects/the...

Here’s an excellent article from @digibritislam.bsky.social‘s @drkelshayyal.bsky.social and Dr Sadek Hamid on British Muslim podcasters. There’s lots to consider in relation to the impacts of podcast content, and - especially - the personalities behind the pods. themaydan.com/2024/11/brit...

I have a piece in this anthology entitled “On parenthood and genocide” which was originally published in @inthesetimesmag.bsky.social about how we, as parents, have failed the parents of Gaza.

New from Sadek Hamid and me, we draw on our research for @digibritislam.bsky.social to comment on the burgeoning British Muslim podcast scene & how it interplays with discourse and understandings of gender dynamics, commodification & religious authority themaydan.com/2024/11/brit...

This summer’s racist riots were the clear outcome of intensifying Islamophobia in the UK. Our new report shows that Islamophobia is growing, and highlights its structural nature across British society. Read it here 👉 ow.ly/EUa450U7MoO

Thanks to Afzal Khan MP for hosting Runnymede Trust’s new report on Islamophobia. A great turnout and wonderful panel, with the many report authors part of our conversations. Props to Sayeeda Warsi for getting us underway and to Husam Zomlot for joining us after another exhausting day 🙏🏾

“The general election was a microcosm of how Muslims in general are spoken of as if they are not in the room, not part of the country, and not seriously impacted by how they are constantly othered and their behaviour pathologised.” @nesrinemalik.bsky.social

“In public and political discourse during the recent general election there has been something of a frenzy around the mobilisation of Muslim voters, in particular their focus on the plausibility of genocide in Gaza and our government's role in its continuation.” @drkelshayyal.bsky.social

I wrote the foreword for Runnymede's excellent report on Islamophobia, published today. www.runnymedetrust.org/publications...

I was really pleased to contribute to this important report from Runnymede. The collection unpacks facets of structural Islamophobia,highlighting its expansiveness, and notes connections btwn UK’s role/stance re Palestine and its policing of Muslims at home. www.runnymedetrust.org//publication...

“Bleak and dystopian” Shabna Begum of the Runnymede Trust talks on the occasion of the publication of important new report on UK Islamophobia www.theguardian.com/news/2024/no...

Here is the #Runnymede #Islamophobia report. Contributors: Nasar Meer, @drkelshayyal.bsky.social, Maisha Islam, Raheel Mohammed, Layla Aitlhadj, @shereenfdz.bsky.social, Waqas Tufail and @tarekyounis.bsky.social. And an intro by @nesrinemalik.bsky.social. www.runnymedetrust.org/publications...

This is what I was looking for!

Really pleased to have contributed to this report and sorry to be missing this panel of great colleagues

I've put together this starter on Global Muslim Studies, based on my work at the Middle East Department, Edinburgh University. Lots of brilliant academics and activists who have often provided both inspiration and hope. If you want to be added (or removed), please message me! go.bsky.app/CG71aga

Along with Lubaaba Al-Azami, I co-convene NeSA, a network of Muslim women in academia. We have a starter pack here of Muslim women scholars which we will continue to add to: go.bsky.app/MHfnaeh

I often think about this classic from the other place - the essence of Orientalism captured in a single tweet:

We have a conference in Coventry on 5/6 February showcasing current scholarship around the theme of digital Islam. See here for provisional programme and (free) registration details: digitalbritishislam.com/conference-p...

Ok so my initial impression is that if Twitter is a jungle, Bluesky seems to be an oxbridge formal dining hall?