Overview
Laiqah holds a BA in History from Royal Holloway, University of London (2017) and an MRes in History from The Centre of Islamic and West Asian Studies at Royal Holloway University of London (2018). She is now a third year PhD student at the Islam UK Centre, in the Department of Religion and Theology at Cardiff University.
Thesis: Muslim Women and the Authority of Online Islamic Content
Research
Research interests
- Gendered Oral Histories
- Religious Authority
- Muslim Women on the Internet
Teaching
1) Islam in Contemporary Britain (MA): RTT515 - Contemporary Debates in British Muslim Studies, Seminar Tutor for session on Digital Islam.
2) History (BA): HS1105 - The Making of the Modern World, 1750 - 1970, Seminar Tutor.
3) Religious Studies (BA): RT0101 - The Origins and Legacies of Religion in the Modern World, Seminar Tutor for Study Skills module.
Thesis
Muslim Women and the Authority of Online Islamic Content
This doctoral project addresses two main areas of enquiry. First, it explores the conditions which motivate women to engage with Islamic authority in the online space. Second, it investigates what their interaction with online religious authority looks like, and how this fits into their wider practice of religion in the offline space. Through the use of online oral history interviews and online ethnography, Laiqah hopes this study will contribute to demonstrating the importance of using a gendered, feminist approach when studying Muslims online.
Funding source
Jameel Scholarship
Supervisors
Professor Sophie Gilliat-Ray
Professor in Religious and Theological Studies, Director for the Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK (Islam-UK)
