Islamofoob geweld viert hoogtij
Islamofoob geweld viert hoogtij in Nederland, dat blijkt uit het rapport van Meld Islamofobie. Continue reading Meld Islamofobie: Moslima’s slachtoffer van islamofoob geweld gepleegd door witte mannelijke daders
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Islamofoob geweld viert hoogtij
Islamofoob geweld viert hoogtij in Nederland, dat blijkt uit het rapport van Meld Islamofobie. Continue reading Meld Islamofobie: Moslima’s slachtoffer van islamofoob geweld gepleegd door witte mannelijke daders
Date & Time: 2 December 2015 16.00
Venue: Amsterdam REC (exact location)
On 2 December 2015 Dutch historian Margreet van Es (University of Oslo) will give a lecture about her PhD research. She compared seven minority organisations in the Netherlands with seven minority organisations in Norway. The organisations varied from secular to religious and from women-only to gender-mixed. She studied the organisation’s archive material and interviewed active women to find out how these organisations depicted their members and the position of women in Islam between 1975 and 2010.
Title
The stigma of being oppressed. Self-representations by women with a Muslim background in minority organisations in Norway and the Netherlands 1975-2010
Abstract:
Women with a Muslim background are often met with prejudices and stereotypes – regardless of whether they are religious or not. The most well-known stereotype is that of the “oppressed Muslim woman”. In public debate, oppression of Muslim minority women is repeatedly linked to Islam. How have these widespread perceptions of Islam and Muslim women affected the ways in which women with a Muslim background represent themselves to the outside world? Have they internalised and confirmed certain stereotypes, or have they actively tried to debunk them? Which strategies have they applied to subvert the dominant image of the “oppressed Muslim woman”? To what extent did they succeed? And how have these attempts affected the histories of different minority organisations in which women with a Muslim background have been active?
You are cordially invited to attend this lecture. Please send an email to Martijn de Koning if you will attend: m.j.m.dekoning@uva.nl
After the terrorist attacks in Paris yesterday, Friday 13 November, Dutch mosques and umbrella organisations have issued statements all condemning the attacks. Here a brief overview with summaries and excerpts:
Continue reading Dutch mosque organizations condemn #ParisAttacks
Ali Eddaoudi is the first Dutch army chaplain. He is visiting his counterparts in Canada and the United States to build a network that aims to help in countering the message of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and to find ways to work together in ‘normal settings’. Continue reading Dutch Chaplain Ali Eddaoudi Seeks to Build Transnational Network of Muslim Army Chaplains
Recently on Buzzfeed a short video called “I’m Muslim, But I’m Not…”. Watch it here: Continue reading I am…a Muslim…
There is a really interesting short documentary series by Cecile Emeke called #Strollingseries. The makers take a stroll (in Dutch ‘wandelen’):
‘Strolling’ is a short documentary film series created by Cecile Emeke where we take a stroll with people in various cities and countries around the world, having refreshingly raw and honest conversations about various issues at the forefront of their society. We touch on everything from feminism, sexuality, gender, race and politics to philosophy, art, history, capitalism, war and poverty… and everything else you can think of.
I have been thinking about posting the films before, but it is the second episode that triggered me as relevant for our work and in particular for our thinking about developments among Muslims, racialisation, securitization and secularism. Continue reading #Strollingseries – Being black and Muslim
While leader of the Dutch Islamophobic and anti-EU Freedom Party, Wilders, has announced he will broadcast Muhammad cartoons, a Dutch mosque organization has published its own cartoon. Continue reading Dutch mosque council releases Wilders cartoon
The Dutch government has approved a proposal of the Interior Minister Plasterk for a partial ban on the wearing of clothing that covers the face in education and care institutions, public buildings and on public transport. According to the proposed bill clear and uniform rules will be introduced on the matter:
Continue reading Proposal for a partial ban of public face-covering in the Netherlands
Tomorrow, 27 April, it is King’s Day in the Netherlands; the annual festivities celebrating the king’s birthday. A group of Muslims has planned to distribute 15.000 Qurans on this day in several cities such as Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Den Haag.
Na het succes in Roermond vorig jr & vele positieve reacties&gesprekken gaan we nu landelijk ! @L1 @L1avondgasten pic.twitter.com/ynKw8YT1pi
— H-Ali (@Alkhattab_NL) 25 april 2015
Continue reading Dutch Muslims distribute 15.000 Qurans on King’s Day
Op 27 maart as. nodigen Imagine IC en de afdeling Culturele Antropologie van de Universiteit van Amsterdam je uit voor het seminar Halal in Holland: institutionalisering en erfgoedisering. Onder de deelnemende denkers en doeners zijn Mariam Aaras (Ikeethalal.nl), Abdulfatteh Ali-Salah (Halalcorrect.com) en Mirjam Shatanawi (Tropenmuseum). Abdelkader Benali en Saida Benali-Nadi, auteurs van het populaire kookboek Casa Benali, vertellen over wat en hoe er bij hen thuis wordt gekookt en wie er allemaal mee-eten. Zij verzorgen halverwege het dag-vullende programma ook de lunch. De presentatie van de dag is in handen van Naeeda Aurangzeb.
Meld je aan voor 23 maart via info@imagineic.nl. Continue reading Halal in Holland: Institutionalisering en erfgoedisering