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New Book – Producing Islamic Knowledge: Transmission and dissemination in Western Europe 1

New Book – Producing Islamic Knowledge: Transmission and dissemination in Western Europe

How do Muslims in Europe acquire discursive and practical knowledge of Islam? How are conceptions of Islamic beliefs, values and practices transmitted and how do they change? Who are the authorities on these issues that Muslims listen to? How do new Muslim discourses emerge in response to the European context?

This book addresses the broader question of how Islamic knowledge (defined as what Muslims hold to be correct Islamic beliefs and practices) is being produced and reproduced in West European contexts.

Closing the Week 40 – Featuring the Re-/De-colonization of the Netherlands Antilles 10-10-10 1

Closing the Week 40 – Featuring the Re-/De-colonization of the Netherlands Antilles 10-10-10

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 special attention for ‘the end of the Netherlands Antilles’.

PseudoJournalisten en PseudoDeskundigen over Wilders 8

PseudoJournalisten en PseudoDeskundigen over Wilders

Of het nu Trouw, GPD-bladen zoals ED, De Limburger en Stentor, of NU.nl, AD, Spitsnieuws, Parool, DePers, Wereldomroep, Telegraaf, en Elsevier allemaal hebben ze de kop ‘Deskundigen steunen Wilders’ of varianten daarop. Nou hebben Hans Jansen, Simon Admiraal en Syrisch-Amerikaanse psychiater Wafa Sultan best wat te melden over islam en moslims, in feite zijn het pseudo-wetenschappelijke charlatans op dit gebied. En de journalisten doen het niet beter.