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De kost gaat voor de baat uit 2

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De kost gaat voor de baat uit

Er is een potentie goed nieuws vanuit het PVV-front voor allochtonen. De PVV (gesteund door de VVD) wil namelijk exact weten hoeveel geld allochtonen de staat kosten en hoeveel ze opleveren. Dit betekent dus dat als deze kosten-baten analyse voor het verleden en de toekomst positief uitvalt, de PVV een groot deel van haar bezwaren tegen migratie en allochtonen laat vallen. In feite is het echter compleet onzinnig, vooral omdat er een cirkelredenering aan ten grondslag ligt.

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Closing the week 29

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 with special attention for current debates in the Netherlands.

The Politics of Dutch Tolerance 1

Headline / Multiculti Issues

The Politics of Dutch Tolerance

Tolerance is perhaps one of the main mythical characteristics of Dutch society. Mythical in the sense that it is a sacred narrative concerning how the Netherlands and the Dutch people came to have their present form. It can be traced back to the Dutch golden era, the 17th century and is still an important issue in debates and the relationship between different people. The discourse on tolerance however is blinding us for structural differences and forms of exclusion, in particular in a time when the idea of tolerance is transformed, from something that a dominant group is able to give to a minority group, to something the dominant group demands from the minority group.

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Blogosphere

Closing the week 28

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 with special attention for the Uighurs Muslims and Marwa el Sherbini.

The tragic death of Marwa El Sherbini 14

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The tragic death of Marwa El Sherbini

Probably most of you by now read about the tragic story of Marwa El Sherbini. Now there are a number of ways in which this event can be framed. We can talk about a terrorist attack at the German constitutional state, we can talk about an act of heroïsm: the husband who tries to save the woman he loves and/or the mother of his children, we can talk about how Russian culture influences Alex’s decision to kill her or how German culture is to blame. We can talk about it as proof of a serious breach in the safety procedures of the court room. But this doesn’t happen. In general we see two frames: headscarf-martyr and the angry Muslim.

Rebelle – Art, feminism and Muslim women 2

Arts & culture / Gender, Kinship & Marriage Issues

Rebelle – Art, feminism and Muslim women

From postering activists to virtual cyber art. Forty years of art
history are on display in Rebelle. According to the press statement, while the topic of art and feminism has both champions and opponents, everyone is in agreement about one thing: feminism permanently changed the artistic landscape. The exhibition includes three contributions from Middle Eastern feminist artists: Shadi Ghadirian, Gülsün Karamustafa and Parastou Forouhar.

Sheikh Google, Sharia & Arbitrage 0

Multiculti Issues

Sheikh Google, Sharia & Arbitrage

Flink wat ophef zo her en der over Civitas rapport geschreven door Denis MacEoin waarin aangetoond zou worden dat er niet 5 maar 85 shariarechtbanken zijn en dat de uitspraken van deze rechtbanken haaks staan op de Europese rechtsbeginselen. En wat een ongelooflijk rioolonderzoek is dat eigenlijk. Maar los van dat, waarom eigenlijk geen sharia arbitrage in Nederland als tegenwicht tegen de, al dan niet vermeende, islamisering?