Category Archives: Activism in general

non-Muslim activism relevant for the research

SPIOR: Monitoring Islamophobia in the Netherlands – an explorative study

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

WAWGTDAI? – Introduction to Act?

Welcome on this new blog. It is part of the Religionresearch.org site.

WAWGTDAI? is short for What Are We Going To Do About It? A question some people ask when they see, experience, hear things that are at odds with how they think a situation should be. So what to do then? And if to act, how to act? What would be most effective? What would be appropriate according to one’s own moral reasonings and how do people anticipate reactions from others? Continue reading WAWGTDAI? – Introduction to Act?