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A must read on the web is, for a long time already (at least in terms of the internet) Abu Aardvark’s blog. You can also read his interesting observations at Qahwa Sada now, which...
Author: martijn
Asharq Alawsat – Speak No Evil: Muslim Experts Sound Off Over the Ongoing ‘Tash’ Controversy
Asharq Alawsat By Huda al Saleh: Regarding the role of mosques, and the various preachers who participated in rekindling the recent controversy, Muhammad al-Mahmud believes the mosque is controlled through the exploitation of its...
Trust and Cohesion
In an earlier post on the Islamdebate I wrote that several forms of criticism towards Islam seem to have become mainstream now instead of being used only by extremists. Although in the upcoming Dutch...
"He wanted to be famous, so he urinated in the well of Zam Zam"
Don’t know if the proverb really exists, but if it does this might be the appropriate way to characterise the Apple Cube incident, with many thanks to Tariq Nelson. What I’m talking about? Well...
International Crisis Group – Getting the UN Into Darfur
International Crisis Group – Getting the UN Into Darfur The ICG has written a report about the UN and Darfur: The impasse over deploying a major UN peacekeeping force to Darfur results directly from...
Het ondertoontje en de gedachtenpolitie
Als je onderzoek doet naar moslims in Nederland en dan ook nog eens een blog bijhoudt, dan lijken mensen soms te verwachten dat je stelling neemt tegen of voor dees of gene. Als je...
Islamdebate: From Wilders to United Smile
The NY Times has an interesting article about the islamdebate in Europe: Across Europe, Worries on Islam Spread to Center By DAN BILEFSKY and IAN FISHER. In this article the authors argue that questioning...
Dutch converts to Islam: Lest Paradise Be Mine
Some time ago the Dutch television aired the documentary ‘Dat het paradijs voor mij zal zijn‘ (Lest paradise be mine). The video is somehow picked up by Turntoislam.com and from there put on Youtube.com....
Sociale en fysieke ruimte
Enige tijd geleden was ik in Spanje, mooi weer, weekend dus ook alle Spanjaarden erop uit. Het park waar ik was, was stampensvol met oude mannen en vrouwen, gezinnen met kleine kinderen enzovoorts enzovoorts....
Sex, macht en moraal
Vanavond komt de film ‘Intimacy’ op televisie, gebaseerd op een verhaal van Hanif Kureishi. In dit verhaal is de hoofdpersoon ontrouw aan zijn vrouw en er allerlei relaties op na houdt die maar één...