An anthropology of Muslims in Europe - A modest attempt by Martijn
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.)
Trial against Wilders. Update on first day with his witness list, his speech and an interpretation of his defense: a Bouyeri-Defense.
Een wekelijks portie burgerschap. Met deze week het gebod: Lees!
Wednesday 20 January the trial against Dutch radical politician Geert Wilders starts. He is charged with inciting hatred, discrimination and insulting language. This is part two of a series. An update.
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.)
You don’t have to be a Muslim radical, or a radical or a Muslim to criticize the state of affairs in the past. But that almost 7 years after still no introspection takes place shows most of all that the tunnelvision still exists: the whole Iraq war is reduced to a matter of international laws and agreements.
The Islam and Media conference in Boulder (US) hosted many scholars from a broad range of disciplines. Unfortunately ‘the media’ were absent although they are very much interested in radicalization and media.
Een wekelijks portie burgerschap. Met deze week: Respect. Wat is respect, wat zijn de grenzen en wie bepaalt dit alles?
A special issue of the Journal of North African Studies on Clifford Geertz in Morocco.
Tourism, education, leisure and violence; it is not an obvious relationship but if you are into it you can try to join an Al Qaeda trainingscamp. I would not recommend that though, I would advice you to go to Israel and join anti-terrorism, fighting courses and so on. These are booming and well equipped according to newspaper Telegraaf.
