An anthropology of Muslims in Europe - A modest attempt by Martijn
In this blog Nadia Fadil problematizes the concern of researchers with integration – to take it as a point of departure in order to understand the different connotations it invokes and imaginaries it touches upon. For more than simply figuring as a neutral analytical category, the term integration is also a highly contested and controversial concept – one that has been challenged and disputed.
Closer starts a new series of articles asking in many different ways: ‘What do we actually mean when we talking about migrants, citizenship, integration and so on’? Topics such as ‘integration’, ‘homo-nationalism’, ‘orientalism’ ‘neo-colonialism’ will be addressed in in-depth and long (yes!) articles.
Zwarte man versus blanke vrouw, elite versus volk, stad versus platteland. In de Volkskrant bijlage Vonk betoogde ik dat het spektakel rond de moord op Marianne Vaatstra in 1999 al de kenmerken vertoonde van het latere integratie- en islamdebat. Hier vindt u de volledige tekst.
Daan Beekers reageert op het recente SCP onderzoek moslims in Nederland. Laten we eens ophouden moslims steeds weer als de grote uitzondering te beschouwen.
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.
Met Gastauteurs: Edien Bartels en Oka Storms Het kabinet, in de vorm van staatssecretaris Teeven, ministers Leers en Donner, heeft in de week van 23 april een tweetal wetsontwerpen ingediend gericht op het bestrijden...
The mediated sequence of public performances concerning the film the Innocence of Muslims follows a basic script in which the same the (rhetorical) questions are posed and the same conclusions are drawn. With every new event this script becomes more established and more predictable.
What do long hair, rolling tobacco, and kufiyas have to do with being revolutionary? Anthropologist Samuli Schielke about the spread of a revolutionary habitus creating a space for creative expressions of a politically and socially critical attitude. But at the same time it has become a distinctive marker of that attitude, and as such it is by nature exclusive.
An exclusive interview with Pakistani actress, activiste, Muslima Veena Malik by Nazima Shaikh about celebrity, career and controversy.
Publications in 2011 on Salafism and other stuff with download links (including for older articles and chapters).
