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Lucy James

Lucy James is a Research Fellow, co-author of Immigrant, Muslim, Female: Triple Paralysis? (July 2009) and In Defence of British Muslims: A response to BNP racist propaganda (August 2009).

She took her undergraduate degree in Religious Studies and Theology at the University of Manchester, where she specialized in Islam. Her MA, also taken in Manchester, was in South Asian Studies, where she specialized in the diverse expressions of Islam on the subcontinent, particularly Sufism. She has also got experience in Public Relations, having worked for a number of different London-based PR companies.