Islam and Democracy: Perverse Charm of an Irrelevant Question is the title of the Inaugural lecture of Dr Asef Bayat as ISIM Chair at Leiden University On the occasion of the inaugural lecture of Dr Asef Bayat a conference on Social Transformation in the Islamic Republic is organized, 27-28 April 2005, Leiden, The Netherlands. Click […]Continue Reading →
Bart Tromp in: Nu en toen: internationaal terrorisme Nu en toen: internationaal terrorisme: Elsevier 12-03-05 Een tijdlang heb ik rondgelopen met het voornemen hedendaags terrorisme te vergelijken met het anarchistisch terrorisme van het eind van de negentiende eeuw. Die moeite kan ik me echter besparen. Mijn Gentse collega Rik Coolsaet heeft over precies dit thema […]Continue Reading →
AlterNet: War on Iraq: The Girl Blogger from Iraq The Girl Blogger from Iraq By Lakshmi Chaudhry, AlterNet. Posted April 20, 2005. Riverbend talks about her life, Iraq, and the world at large — and how her blog makes sense of them all.Continue Reading →
Today the Advisory Committee on Aliens Affairs (ACVZ) will publish an advice for the minister of Integration, Verdonk, �Left behind against their will; a report on women and children abandoned in the country of origin�. For some time now both media and politicians have shown interest in the problem of women abandoned by their husbands […]Continue Reading →
My colleague from the Amsterdam School for Social Science Research, Marcel Maussen has written two interesting articles. One in English: Policy Discourses on Mosques in the Netherlands 1980�2002: Contested Constructions. Abstract: The establishment of mosques is an incentive for public discussions on Islam and the presence of Muslims in Western European societies. This article critically [&heContinue Reading →
Beschermen moslimvrouwen tegen geweld. Niet alleen moslimvrouwen mag ik hopen maar goed dat even terzijde. Europa faalt in het beschermen van moslimvrouwen tegen extremisten. Uit naam van het multiculturalisme wordt aan hun leed voorbijgegaan. Dat heeft het Nederlandse parlementslid Ayaan Hirsi Ali maandag in Genève gezegd. Volgens het hier aangehaalde bericht op Nu.nl stelt zij: […]Continue Reading →
Manji is the author of The Trouble with Islam Today. She has written the portrait of Dutch MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali in the Time 100: The 2005 TIME 100: Ayaan Hirsi Ali – Paying a Price for Her Views Ayaan Hirsi Ali knows the risks of standing up for one’s beliefs. The Somalia-born Dutch politician […]Continue Reading →