An anthropology of Muslims in Europe - A modest attempt by Martijn
Zeer verheugd dat op 2 december mijn boekje over islamofobie uitkomt bij KifKif. In de maatschappelijke debatten rond racisme en discriminatie roepen weinig woorden zo’n hevige reacties op als het woord ‘islamofobie’. Verwacht geen...
On Wednesday evening 13 November 2019 prof. dr. Esra Özyurek (London School of Economics and Political Science) will deliver a lecture: ‘Rethinking empathy: Emotions triggered by the Holocaust among the Muslim-minority in Germany’. Professor...
As I was cycling through the beautiful Bommelerwaard and resting near the water (yes, there is a reason I’m cycling here and not in the Tour de France), the thought occurred that it was...
Inleidende lezing tijdens de boekpresentatie van Radicalization in Belgium and the Netherlands – Critical perspectives on violence and security (Bloomsbury, 2019) 12 juni jongstleden. Mede namens Nadia Fadil en Francesco Ragazzi heet ik u...
Martijn de Koning Joas Wagemakers In het rapport ‘Salafisme in Nederland belicht’ bespreken Maurits Berger, Merel Kahmann, Siham el Baroudi en Ahmed Hamdi, het wetenschappelijk onderzoek naar het fenomeen salafisme in de periode 2004...
Vijftien jaar salafisme onderzoek in Nederland Wat zijn de laatste wetenschappelijke (en empirische) inzichten over de concrete manifestatievormen van het salafisme in Nederland? Voor het beantwoorden van deze vraag hebben het Verwey-Jonker Instituut en...
A new channel 4 documentary presented by Dr Myriam François and directed by Anna Hall which looks into whether age-old marriage laws in the UK need to be updated once again. Britain is not...
Today the FRA published its Second European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey (EU-MIDIS II) Muslims – selected findings. FRA is the EU’s independent body for delivering fundamental rights assistance and expertise to the EU...
The integration of Muslim immigrants in Western Europe is making clear progress. By the second generation at the latest, the majority have entered mainstream society. Interesting findings but one that is also problematic in the sense that it reproduces the idea of Islam and Muslims as an integration issue.
This video features a lecture by Mayanthi L. Fernando, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Cruz. In this talk she talk examines how Muslim French – i.e. those committed to practicing Islam...
