Monthly Archive: November 2011
Stichting Praemium Erasmianum kent een studieprijs toe aan het proefschrift van Joas Wagemakers, onderzoeker en docent Islam & Arabisch aan de Radboud Universiteit. Wagemakers promoveerde in november 2010 cum laude op zijn dissertatie over de Jordaanse radicaal-islamitische ideoloog Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi.
Zihni Ă–zdil bekritiseert Turkse Nederlanders naar aanleiding van de recente rellen tussen Koerdische en Turkse Nederlanders. Turken in Nederland worden gediscrimineerd – zeker. Maar velen van hen doen niets om de vooroordelen weg te nemen, zo stelt hij in de Volkskrant in een reactie op een eerder stuk van Tuncay Cinibulak die deze jongeren vooral als slachtoffer van de autochtone Nederlanders zou zien.
Eating, praying, exchange gifts and wearing new, colourful clothes, are not the only way of celebrating Eid. Also online we could witness how people from all over the world celebrated in various ways. One of the interesting, cutest and funniest ways was sending Eid hearts from all over the world on Twitter.
A weekly round up of writings on the Internet, some relevant for my research, some political, some funny but all of them interesting (Dutch/English). (As usual to a large extent based upon suggestions from Dutch, other European, American and Middle Eastern readers. Thank you all.) This week featuring varieties of Eid.
Right now Im making a trip in the UK, visiting London, Birmingham, Leicester and Manchester. During this trip I talk mostly to people who migrated to the UK from the Netherlands, regardless of their ethnic background. What I give you now is an impression of the main themes coming up during my conversations with these people. Do not expect too much in terms of reflection and analysis, it is just meant to give you some idea of what came up and the themes that might be explored in further research.