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.
Last weekend a line ref at an amateur soccer game was killed by three young male soccer players. According to anthropologist Jeffrey Schwerzel in the confused Netherlands, the case of the murdered line ref only serves to confirm and perhaps sharpen the lines along which our fragmented society has divided itself.
Dutch migration policy for unauthorized migrants who cannot leave is inhumane and irresponsible. By using a dichotomy between us (clean and rational) and them (filthy, irritating) and treating migrants as technicalities Dutch bureaucracy is covering its sticking open wounds.
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.
France’s Muslim community has called on President François Hollande to make “a solemn statement” to stem what it sees as anti-Islam crusades.
Woningcorporatie Eigen Haard ging in op woonwensen van moslims. Het Parool noemde dit halalwoningen en haalde zo secularistische gevoeligheden omhoog. Hier een overzicht van multicultureel bouwen in Nederland en van de discussie naar aanleiding van de publicatie in Het Parool.
In Academics one may expect to find openminded people. Zihni Özdil however realized that academics culture sometimes has quite a narrow spectrum. Especially in the ‘humanities’ field. Academics who are willing to listen to, let alone agree on, viewpoints that take established frameworks to task seem to be scarce. Together with others he has made a top 10 list of ignorant / racist remarks.
Prof. dr. Smalhout, u kent ‘m wel de islam en migratie specialist van de Telegraaf. Heeft geen moeite om migratie en migranten te vergelijken met nazi-duitsland en de Wehrmacht.
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.
