Syria: The Reckoning (part I and II)
Syria: The Reckoning – Al Jazeera English Filmmaker: Suhaib Abu Doulah Since its independence from France in 1946, Syria has been rocked by periods of political instability. As the colonial hold of the great...
An anthropology of Muslims in Europe - A modest attempt by Martijn
Syria: The Reckoning – Al Jazeera English Filmmaker: Suhaib Abu Doulah Since its independence from France in 1946, Syria has been rocked by periods of political instability. As the colonial hold of the great...
De afgelopen maanden hebben we veel discussie gezien over ‘salafisme’ mede naar aanleiding van een motie van Ahmed Marcouch. Afgelopen week heeft de regering haar standpunt bepaald met betrekking tot die moties. Kort gezegd...
Pieter Nanninga (Middle Eastern Studies, University of Groningen) elaborates on the reception of the Paris attacks among IS sympathisers.
Afgelopen maandag was ik aanwezig bij de herdenking voor de slachtoffers van de gewelddadige acties in Parijs, Beirut, Baghdad, Jeruzalem en Damascus. De herdenking was georganiseerd door islamitische organisaties in Rotterdam, onder andere SPIOR,...
Afgelopen woensdag kwam de Egyptische Moslimbroeder prediker Fadel Soliman naar Nederland. Ik had al eerder de gelegenheid gehad hem te ontmoeten in 2012 tijdens een zomerkamp waar hij drie dagen lang dawatraining gaf en...
When Amira Abase, Shamima Begum, and Kadiza Sultana left to Syria to join IS it made headlines in the UK. Were the girls groomed or should we not see them as victim but have...
Op 11 juni jl. hield BewustMoslim het symposium Duurzaam Islamitisch Activisme. Hier een impressie en mijn lezing.
Op basis van onderzoek van journalist Jeroen Kostense kwam KRO-NCRV’s Reporter gisteren met een uitzending over deradicalisering. Werkt de deradicaliseringsaanpak in Nederland wel? En wat is het eigenlijk, deradicalisering?
Danish filmmaker Nagieb Khaja went to Syria to speak to Western fighters and to one of Jabhat al-Nusra’s senior figures – the Australian / Egyptian cleric , Abu Sulayman Muhajir. In this remarkable film, made possible through long and patient negotiation for access, Nagieb finds out why young foreign Muslims are being drawn to the conflict in Syria, explores the reasons behind Jabhat al-Nusra’s fierce rivalry with ISIL and examines the implications of these developments for global security.
I have compiled a short (well, that was the intention haha) reading list about IS(IS) and the politics that come with it. Mainly based upon recent work in the public domain I found these readings very helpful and inspiring for my own thoughts and work. If you have suggestions to add to the list, don’t hesitate and contact me.