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Category: Notes from the Field

Riots, Ritual and Rage – 'Salafists' and PRO-NRW in Germany 2

Activism / Notes from the Field

Riots, Ritual and Rage – 'Salafists' and PRO-NRW in Germany

Last week several Muslims were arrested in Germany after riots during a protest against a demonstration of the German radical right wing party PRO-NRW. During the election campaign for the regional elections in Nord-Rhein Westfalen, PRO NRW organized a demonstration nearby a Salafist mosque in Solingen whereby the demonstrators showed the Muhammad Cartoons.During their counter-protests the Salafists, according to the reports, attacked police and injured four of them.

De Al-Haddad Hutspot 4

Activism / Blogosphere / Notes from the Field / Public Islam

De Al-Haddad Hutspot

Enkele weken geleden nodigde de Islamitische Studentenvereniging Amsterdam de Brits-Palestijnse prediker en islamitisch schriftgeleerde Haitham Al-Haddad uit voor een lezing. Dat leidde tot de nodige commotie en de Vrije Universiteit verbood zijn bezoek. Daarna volgde een debat met hem in De Balie met onder meer Tofik Dibi. Hier een overzicht van de commotie en het debat.

Tandenstokers, visum en vrouwen – Een verhaal van twee sheikhs 1

Gender, Kinship & Marriage Issues / ISIM/RU Research / Notes from the Field / Public Islam

Tandenstokers, visum en vrouwen – Een verhaal van twee sheikhs

In discussies over de relatie tussen secularisme en religie speelt het lichaam een belangrijke rol. Het lichaam is voor vrijwel alle religieuze en secularistische instituties een ideaal veld om religiositeit te stimuleren volgens hun eigen agenda en opvattingen. Dit zien we deels terug in de recente controverses over de komst van islamitische predikers Al Maghraoui en Al-‘Arifi naar Nederland.

Manji, Dibi and S4H/S4B – Not the back of the bus 2

Activism / Internal Debates / ISIM/RU Research / Notes from the Field

Manji, Dibi and S4H/S4B – Not the back of the bus

Irshad Manji is on tour to promote her new book Allah, Liberty and Love – The Courage to Reconcile Faith and Freedom. She was in the Netherlands this week and during a debate with Green Left MP Tofik Dibi in De Balie a group of about 20 Muslim activists of Shariah4Belgium and Shariah4Holland entered the room and disturbed the debate. An overview of the reactions and a short reflection in terms of theatrical resistance, spectacle and activism.

Mesa 2011 Making Islamic Authority 0

ISIM/RU Research / Notes from the Field

Mesa 2011 Making Islamic Authority

Mesa 2011 ended last Sunday. It was a rewarding conference this year in Washington DC. I met several new people, saw some old colleagues back after quite a while and attended several interesting panels. On Sunday morning I participated in a round table discussion with Gudrun Kraemer, Free University Berlin – Mirjam Kuenkler, Princeton University – Thomas Pierret, University of Edinburgh – and Hilary Kalmbach, University of Oxford; the latter also being the convenor and chair of this session. The title of this panel was Mapping Change in Islamic Authority: Shifting Cultures of Knowledge, Learning, and Practice. I’m not going to summarize this panel for you but I will share with you my notes which I used for a brief talk and ideas that came up in the discussion.