Samen met twee journalisten van RNW heeft Ilhaam Awees, één van de publieke gezichten van Wijzijnhier een video over haar ervaringen als ongedocumenteerde migrant. Zo wil Awees mensen confronteren met allerlei kwesties die betrekking hebben op de migratie en het migratiebeleid. De video is in korte tijd viraal gegaan en nu ook in het Nederlands beschikbaar. Continue reading Ilhaam Awees: – Ongekend ضائعة في أمستردام
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Dutch mosque council releases Wilders cartoon
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 week in 10 bullets
An overview on news about Islam and/or Muslims in the Netherlands in 10 bullets. Continue reading The week in 10 bullets
Dutch Muslims distribute 15.000 Qurans on King’s Day
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
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BBC Radio Documentary on Dutch Muslims
Anna Holligan learns how the fear and loathing is being fuelled by the growing numbers of young people who are leaving the Netherlands to join the jihad in Syria. Many accuse the mayor of ‘selling out’ to the Western establishment and abandoning the young people who are now being forced to defend their faith. At the heart of this tension are what are known as ‘commuter-Imams’ – faith leaders who come to Holland but are accused of doing little to encourage Muslims to integrate into wider Dutch society.
Halal in Holland: Institutionalisering en erfgoedisering
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
#LetsUnite – Dutch Children Apologize for Terrorism
In this video he, together with Anne de Jong (assistant professor Anthropology at University of Amsterdam) and Nourdin el Ouali (leader of the Rotterdam NIDA Party) ask their own children to condemn terrorist attacks.
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Over de grens? – Een gesprek over politiek, islam en activisme
Georganiseerd door: de afdeling culturele antropologie van de 
Universiteit van Amsterdam & ACMES
Lokatie: Universiteit van Amsterdam
Datum en Tijd: 11 februari 2015 17.00 – 19.00 uur Continue reading Over de grens? – Een gesprek over politiek, islam en activisme
IMES Report Series – Resistance from Activist Da’Wa Networks in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany
In this IMES Series Report the sort of activism employed in networks like Sharia4Belgium and Sharia4Holland is analysed. The authors address how the activism of such networks interact with practices of the government and media during the period 2009-2013.
The Netherlands: A hotline and website for parents against radicalization
The Cooperative Union of Dutch Moroccans SMN is launching a hotline and website for radicalization Dutch parents who fearthat their children may be considering of going to Syria for military jihad and who don’t know what to do about it. Continue reading The Netherlands: A hotline and website for parents against radicalization