An anthropology of Muslims in Europe - A modest attempt by Martijn
Malala Yousafzai, a young Pakistani girl who was attacked by a Taliban faction and almost killed. Do you also know the story of ‘Shakira’? The reality of the ongoing War on Terror is that a girl’s life in Pakistan, is by definition under threat. If not by the Taliban, then by the US.
Publishing insulting cartoons and films, the Innocence of Muslims, against a particular group over and over again is a form of subordination by way of humiliation.
De film The Innocence of Muslims roept de nodige protesten op die ook weer tot protest leiden. De kettingreactie in tien vragen en antwoorden. Gisteren deel één. Vandaag deel twee.
De film The Innocence of Muslims roept de nodige protesten op die ook weer tot protest leiden. De kettingreactie in tien vragen en antwoorden. Vandaag deel één.
A weekly round up of writings on the Internet, some relevant for my research, some political, some funny but all of them interesting (Dutch/English). (As usual to a large extent based upon suggestions from Dutch, other European, American and Middle Eastern readers. Thank you all.) This week featuring one year of the mass murder by Anders Breivik in Oslo and Utoya, Norway.
In 1993 Huntington published his influential thesis the Clash of Civilizations? When used in political rhetoric combined with atrocities such as 9/11 messages such as these become seemingly incontestable because reality is reduced in such a way as to be seen as inherent in the way things are.
In the case of Brussels and France people quickly pointed out that the perpetrators were salafists as a synonym for radical Muslims and Islam. The dichotomy between liberal Islam and radical Islam therefore emphasizes the need for reform in Islam, but in practice actually prevents that. The unreflected, taken for granted use of the label salafism says more about current society and politics in Europe than about Islam and Muslims and mainly serves the political elite.
A weekly round up of writings on the Internet, some relevant for my research, some political, some funny but all of them interesting (Dutch/English). (As usual to a large extent based upon suggestions from Dutch, other European, American and Middle Eastern readers. Thank you all.)
De recente gewelddadige acties tegen een sji’itische moskee in Brussel en de schietpartijen in Frankrijk hebben veel mensen geschokt. In beide gevallen werd al snel in de richting van het ‘salafisme’ gewezen als synoniem voor de radicale islam. Het lijkt alsof geweld door moslims altijd wordt herleid tot islam of salafisme en niet tot psychologische of sociale achtergronden. Wat is salafisme eigenlijk?
De training van tientallen Nederlandse mariniers en commando’s in Mali is afgeblazen. Is dit uitstel of afstel? Een update van een eerder bericht over de ‘training’ van Nederlandse militairen in Mali in Operatie Flintlock, onderdeel van Enduring Freedom.
