An anthropology of Muslims in Europe - A modest attempt by Martijn
Together with my colleagues Thijl Sunier and Jamal Ahajjaj, I have written a chapter “Activating Muslims: Citizenship in Dutch Islamic Schools” in the volume Difference and Sameness in Schools: Perspectives from the European Anthropology...
Dear colleagues, What makes race, religion, and ethnicity work? This Special Issue of Religions is dedicated to studying, mapping, interpreting, analyzing, dis/entangling, and de/constructing the manifestations, productions, and intertwinements of the categories of race,...
The development of Islamic landscapes in Europe, is first and foremost related to Islamic authority. Religious authority relies on persuasiveness and deals with issues of truth, authenticity, legitimacy, trust, and ethics with reference to religious matters. This study argues that Islamic authority-making among European Muslims is a social and relational practice that is much broader and versatile than theological proficiency and personal status. It can also be conferred to objects, activities, and events. The book explores various ways in which Islamic authority is being constituted among Muslims in Western Europe with a particular focus of the role of ‘ordinary’ Muslims.
Date: Friday, November 24th Time: 17:00 – 18:30 Location: Spui 25, Register at https://spui25.nl/programma/debating-muslim-marriage Abstract Unconventional Muslim marriages have been topics of heated public debate around the globe. Religious scholars, policy makers, political actors,...
The biennial conference of the Nederlands Genootschap voor Godsdienstwetenschappen (NGG) – the Dutch Association for the Study of Religion takes place on 1 – 3 November 2023, Radboud University Nijmegen. Religiosity and mobility have been topics of research and debate for scholars working with different theoretical, methodological, and disciplinary approaches. In this conference, we explore how the study of religion might be transformed through a focus on mobility in its various forms.
Special Issue of Religions: “Race–Religion Constellations: Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Antiblackness” My colleagues Dr. Patricia Schor & Dr. Luis Manuel Hernandez Aguilar are the guest editors of a special issue for the journal Religions on...
According to a recent publication of Statistics Netherlands, the number of Muslims in the Netherlands stabilizes. A short breakdown can be found at the page of the project IslamRU – The changing islamicate landscape...
Dear Colleagues, What makes a Muslim minority in Europe? This question can be approached in different ways, which all have a long history in Europe and in Islam. As many European Muslim communities are...
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...
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...
