An anthropology of Muslims in Europe - A modest attempt by Martijn
Niet voor het eerst en waarschijnlijk ook niet voor het laatst, maar vorig jaar was er de nodige discussie over de rol van religieuze organisaties in het publieke domein. Zo was Mirjam Bikker (ChristenUnie)...
Together with my colleague Maria Vliek I have published a chapter on the Dutch counterterrorism and counterextremism policies from the 1950s onwards. In this chapter, we trace the Dutch ‘broad approach’ to counterterrorism and extremism by focusing on the interaction between extremist groups, politics, public debate, and the subsequent development of preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE) policy and legislation.
Het heeft even geduurd na ons seminar in Leuven, maar het is er dan toch. Wat begon met het idee van één van mijn voormalige studenten, Vera Crienen, om collega’s bij elkaar te brengen...
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...
The text below was my lecture at the annual symposium of the department of Islamstudies at Radboud University, 14 June 2021. In my presentation today I will focus in particular on the reactions among...
Dit position paper is geschreven voor het Rondetafelgesprek van de Tweede Kamer op 15 september 2021 met als thema Veilige moskee. Het is gebaseerd op een working paper dat een overzicht biedt van het...
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...
It took us six years, but I’m very pleased to announce that, at last, our book: Islamic Militant Activism in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany – ‘Islands in a sea of disbelief’ (Palgrave 2020)...
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...
So, my end of the year list (beneden de Nederlandse posts!) 5) Throughout 2016 and 2017 I shifted my academic focus a little more to Islamophobia and racialization. The work of W.E.B. du Bois...
