Charles W. Mills, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY), has died on September 20, 2021. He was known for his work in social and political philosophy, African-American and Africana philosophy, critical philosophy of race, ethics, and Marxist thought. Professor Mills‘ work includes The Racial Contract, […]Continue Reading →
De aanpak van moslimdiscriminatie en moslimhaat zal de komende jaren meer politieke prioriteit moeten krijgen. Dat geldt in het bijzonder voor discriminatie op de arbeidsmarkt, waar veel moslims met grove en subtiele vormen van uitsluiting te maken hebben. Die conclusie trekken Ewoud Butter, Roemer van Oordt en Ineke van der Valk, de auteurs van de […]Continue Reading →
On The Islamic History Podcast an interesting talk with Mohammed Artan a Somali-Dutch historian student of Islam. Mohammed Artan was born in Somalia, raised in the Netherlands, and currently lives in England. He is the director and founder of Looh Press, a publishing company specializing in Islamic, African, and Somali studies resources. He vividly talks […]Continue Reading →
Hosted by Kristian Petersen at New Books Network Over time and across different genres, Afghanistan has been presented to the world as potential ally, dangerous enemy, gendered space, and mysterious locale. These powerful, if competing, visions seek to make sense of Afghanistan and to render it legible. In Imagining Afghanistan: The History and Politics of […]Continue Reading →
I had the pleasure and honour to participate in a special issue of the journal Contempary Islam on the theme Envisioning Hijra: the ethics of leaving and dwelling of European Muslims, edited by Nadia Fadil, Annelies Moors and Karel Arnaut. Thanks to the editors for their great work. I have listed all articles below. Click […]Continue Reading →
Het Collectief tegen Islamofobie en Discriminatie en Emcemo organiseren in aanloop naar de verkiezingen verschillende debatten met politici en anderen over de aanpak van moslimhaat en moslimdiscriminatie. In dat kader is tussen 25 januari en 16 februari een verkennende peiling uitgezet. Martijn de Koning en Ewoud Butter beschrijven hieronder de resultaten van deze peiling. Door […]Continue Reading →
In 2019 I wrote a series of posts here: A short history of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ Muslims in the Netherlands. It was an exploration of the distinction between acceptable and unacceptable Islam and Muslims resonated throughout Dutch history. In the beginning of this year the editors of the Dutch journal Trajecta. Religion, Culture and Society […]Continue Reading →
The Journal of Muslims in Europe has published a special issue on Salafism in Europe, edited by Sabine Damir-Geilsdorf and Mira Menzfeld, and I had the honour of being one of the writers. Here are all the articles listed, the first is Open Access, the others unfortunately not. Methodological and Ethical Challenges in Empirical Approaches to SalafismIntroduction […]Continue Reading →
Together with my colleagues Annelies Moors and Vanessa Vroon, I have published an article in the peer-reviewed journal Sociology of Islam on the debates regarding Muslim-only marriages in the Netherlands. From the mid-2000s, Dutch policy makers, the media, and others have started to define Muslim-only marriages as a problem. This contribution unpacks a recent hype, […]Continue Reading →
Inleidende lezing tijdens de boekpresentatie van Radicalization in Belgium and the Netherlands – Critical perspectives on violence and security (Bloomsbury, 2019) 12 juni jongstleden. Mede namens Nadia Fadil en Francesco Ragazzi heet ik u van harte welkom op de presentatie van ons boek Radicalization in Belgium and the Netherlands – Critical perspectives on violence and […]Continue Reading →
