Europe
The Turkish Dutch Mevlana mosque in Rotterdam turned Orange yesterday in (a display of) support for the Dutch football team playing against Spain. Continue reading #TeamOrange: Worldcup and Dutch mosques turning Orange
Here it is, the Dutch response to the amazing Happy Muslim Videos from the UK, Germany and the United States.
Continue reading Gezellig: Dutch Muslims Present Happy Dutch Muslims
There is a video making the rounds on the internet. Continue reading Happy British Muslims
Dutch Islamic and migrant organisations are stepping up their fight against Islamophobia in the Netherlands. Recently the Collective Against Islamophobia and Discrimination published an open letter to minister of Social Affairs, Asscher, and political parties to take action against Islamophobia. Yesterday the Dutch local platform for Islamic Organisations in the Rotterdam-Rijnmond (SPIOR – Platform Islamitische Organisaties Rijnmond) published a research report on Islamophobia: Monitoring Islamophobia in the Netherlands, in cooperation with CIDI (Center for Information and Documentation on Israel) and RADAR (Rotterdam Anti Discrimination Action Council). Continue reading SPIOR: Monitoring Islamophobia in the Netherlands – an explorative study
Muslim political parties in the municipal elections 2014 campaignwatch. In this section Nida Rotterdam. Continue reading Dutch Muslim Political Parties Campaignwatch: Nida Rotterdam
The Collective against Islamophobia and Discrimination (CTID) published an open letter to minister Asscher and the political parties. Continue reading Islamophobia in the Netherlands – An Appeal
On the blog of Cultural Anthropology a really great post by our colleague Jasman Rana: Sports: Provocation – Feminizing Fighting Sports? She participated in Thai-/kickboxing sessions with young Moroccan-Dutch girls: Continue reading Jasmijn Rana – Sports: Provocation Feminizing Fighting Sports?
For the local elections in 2014 there are several old and new political parties of Muslims. A very short overview:
Continue reading Local Political Parties of Muslims
