Gary R. Bunt

@garyrbunt.bsky.social

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Digitally distracted Professor. Researcher/author on Islam, Muslims and the internet. Emoji-free zone. Posting does not imply endorsement, etc. Based in Wales. X antidote. https://virtuallyislamic.com

LEGO representation of Prof. Gary R. Bunt, sitting at a library desk holding a coffee and an iPad. Welsh flag, SLR camera, and computer screens showing mosques in the background.
Photo: © Copyright 2026 Gary R. Bunt. Masjid Pangeran Diponegoro, Taman Mini Indonesia Indah.
Red flag. Al-Isharah Deaf Umrah
calligraphy: FatwaTok
Table of Contents: Dijital Dünyada Müslüman Olmak
Prof Gary R Bunt holding a copy of ‘Islamic Algorithms‘, and pointing towards it. The cover shows Qatar’s Education City mosque, with a surreal backdrop of a pink planet.
Cover of Gary R. Bunt's "Islamic Algorithms: Online Influence in the Muslim Metaverse" published by Bloomsbury - taken from the virtuallyislamic.com website. Paperback out now.
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Book cover: Scharia im Wandel - showing minaret. Scholars using devices, and sitting on books.
Mosque and minaret, cover of Ayaan Institute's ‘Mosques in Britain 2025‘
Screenshot, @digitislam page, showing Pope Francis, and the Digital Islam Across Europe logo.
Screenshot, Islamic Algorithms‘ Amazon UK book page. Showing book cover and pricing.
Journal coverf: Religion and Theology
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
Gary R Bunt at BRAIS 2025
Dr Sadek Hamid and Prof Gary R Bunt
Sadek Hamid, Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor, Laura Jones, Gary R. Bunt at BRAIS 2025
Khizra Mosque. Photo Gary R. Bunt
Big Ben - photograph, Gary R. Bunt
BRAIS programme and iPad screen
A line up of some of the Digital British Islam symposium participants at Coventry University.
Gulnahar Begum's poster ‘Would you donate an organ to save a life‘, linked to her survey on Islam and organ donation. Showing a QR code and a clipboard.
Julie Morgan MS, Prof. Gary R. Bunt, and Dr Laura Jones. Digital British Islam Roundtable.
Group photo: Digital Islam Across Europe team members, Edinburgh, May 2025.
AI mosque image, QR codes for the archive
Lampeter campus quadrant, looking towards the skies. Photo: Gary R. Bunt
Poster. Crescent moon and geometric tile. Logos for Digital British Islam and partners
Group, Digital British Islam session, Scottish Parliament, 29 April 2025
Digital mosque image on laptop with audience.
Poster for Digital British Islam event at Edinburgh. 29 April 2025. Showing digitised image of a mosque on a computer screen, with an audience.
Mu’in al-Din Chishti (1143-1236) portrait. 17th century. An imaginary image. He is holding a globe.
photo of fountain with illuminated crescent moon/star, taken at Masjid Agung Banten (photo: Gary R. Bunt)
Red flower, glass windows in background. Calothamnus validus (Barrens clawflower) at Gardd Fotaneg Genedlaethol Cymru.
Screenshot, front page of Virtually Islamic News. Showing book cover, word cloud. https://virtuallyislamic.com/vi2023/#
Wordcloud for ‘Islamic Algorithms‘ book.
Gary R Bunt in front of screen for presentation
Programme cover Religions Digitals
Group photo, Digital British Islam Conference
Green circuits in black background. Title page for presentation…
Virtually Islamic News banner - photo of mosque dome (green) against a blue sky. Photo: Gary R. Bunt
CHANSE Digital Islam Across Europe logo (orange crescent moon surrounded by a mosaic network)
Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture - cover - multicoloured networking background pattern
Blue Palestine stamp. Dome of the Rock. From Gary R. Bunt's collection.
screenshot: Virtually Islamic News, showing a Palestine stamp, book covers, and a Syrian tank covered in vegetables.
warning about severe weather
Covers of Peter Frankopan’s “The Earth Transformed” and Mary Beard’s “Emperor of Rome”.
A green mosque dome; this image is used as the front page for https://virtuallyislamic.com
This is the Virtually Islamic News frontpage, showing Palestine stamp, Islamic Algorithms book cover, Lebanon flag, and author Gary R. Bunt
Book cover - Oxford Handbook of Digital Religion