An anthropology of Muslims in Europe - A modest attempt by Martijn
Greece may be on the verge of social disintegration, but the protests provide people a sense of ‘doing something’ and pride. A fantastic film and research by anthropologist Dimitris Dalakoglou and Ross Domoney.
Generaliseren van islam is wel heel gemakkelijk, menen islam-wetenschappers, want dan hoeft er niet gekeken te worden naar de vele manieren waarop moslims met hun islam omgaan. Een reactie van hoogleraren en andere wetenschappers op de stelling van Thierry Baudet.
The utopian beliefs of Islamism have been irrevocably changed by the processes of modernization—especially globalization—which have taken the philosophy into unmistakable new directions. A new book: Whatever Happened to the Islamists?: Salafis, Heavy Metal Muslims, and the Lure of Consumerist Islam, edited by Amel Boubekeur and Olivier Roy. Also includes a chapter of mine on modern Dutch Salafism.
On 2 November 2004 Mohammed Bouyeri killed Dutch writer and film director Theo van Gogh. He shot him, slit his throat and planted a knife in his chest with a letter to Ayaan Hirsi Ali attached to it. One of the most remarkable references in his letter (and again strongly contested by other Muslims) was to the Prophet as the ‘laughing killer’. Where does it come from and what does it mean?
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.
Een overzicht van moslims in de verkiezingen 2012. Met de Badr moskee, stemoverwegingen, democratie, enzovoorts.
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.
A report on the latest controversy about sharia4belgium and sharia4holland concerning the violence in Molenbeek (Brussels – Belgium) and the khilafah conference in Amsterdam.
Op vrijdag 1 juni wordt in Amsterdam het symposium Godsdienst onder druk? Vrijheid, angst en conflict gehouden. In mijn bijdrage, die ook zal verschijnen in het tijdschrift Religie & Samenleving, zal ik in het bijzonder ingaan op de angst voor het salafisme de hand van het begrip islamofobie in paradigma’s die we kunnen aantreffen in politiek, beleid en media en die betrekking hebben op migratie en het management van religie en in het bijzonder van moslims in Nederland.
