France24: France's Muslims seek protection from 'anti-Islam crusades'
France’s Muslim community has called on President François Hollande to make “a solemn statement” to stem what it sees as anti-Islam crusades.
Category: Activism
Passion, Austerity & Public Space: Social Meltdown in Greece
Greece may be on the verge of social disintegration, but the protests provide people a sense of ‘doing something’ and pride. A fantastic film and research by anthropologist Dimitris Dalakoglou and Ross Domoney.
The Muslim Brotherhood of Europe
The Muslim Brotherhood is perhaps one of the most contested Islamic organisations in the world as well as one of the oldest one. A new book on the Muslim Brotherhood sheds light on ideology, practices and debates in Europe. You can read here an excerpt of the introduction, by Roel Meijer.
Interview Ahmed Mouaz al-Khatib: Freedom is a Birthright
Ahmed Mouaz Al-Khatib is the new leader of the coalition of the Syrian National Coalition of Forces of the Syrian Revolution and Opposition. Last year he visited the Netherlands and the Dutch program Gesprek op 2, had an interview with him (English).
Material Religion – Popularizing Islam: Muslims and Materiality
A short commentary of mine was published in the last issue of Material Religion: The Journal of Objects, Art and Belief: Styles of Salafi Activism: Escaping the Divide. This issue also contains a special issue: Popularizing Islam: Muslims and Materiality edited by prof. Annelies Moors who also invited me to write the comment.
Tawakkol Karman, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (2011)
This week is the Nobel Peace Price 2012 will be awarded. France24 spoke with last year’s laureate: Tawakkol Karman from Yemen during the first edition of the World Forum for Democracy in Strasbourg. The young icon of the Yemeni uprising criticises the world’s weak response to the Syrian crisis and says she dreams of the day Bashar al-Assad will be brought before the ICC. She also explains why Yemen has become a better place since Ali Abdullah Saleh agreed to relinquish power.
In actie: 'Humanitair drama tentenkamp Nieuw-West'
Islamitische organisaties in Amsterdam Nieuw-West zetten zich in voor betere humanitaire omstandigheden in het tentenkamp in de wijk waar enkele tientallen uitgeprocedeerde asielzoekers bivakkeren onder schrijnende omstandigheden. De islamitische organisaties hopen de asielzoekers een meer menswaardig verblijf te kunnen geven.
Symposium & Inaugural Lecture: Materiality, Mediation and the Study of Religion
On 19 October 2012 Prof. Birgit Meyer (professor of Religious Studies) will be giving her inaugural lecture on ‘Mediation and the Genesis of Presence. Towards a Material Approach of Religion.’ This will be the concluding contribution to a conference on ‘Materiality, Mediation, and the Study of Religion’, held on 18-19 October in Utrecht.
Mannen met een Missie: Fadel Soliman & Ben Kok
Afgelopen weekend was er in Brabant een zogenaamd dawah – kamp. Als afsluiting troffen twee mannen met een missie elkaar: Fadel Soliman en Ben Kok. Ben Kok wilde Fadel Soliman interviewen, maar Soliman maakte daar bezwaar tegen omdat Kok een hond (bijna) aan de Qur’ an zou hebben laten likken.
The Innocence Of Muslims – Three Not So Random Thoughts
Three not so random thoughts about the Innocence of Muslims: anti-semitism, aesthetics and damned if you do and damned if you don’t.