Debating Islam as a Peaceful Religion
The Oxford Student Union took up the issue of the role of Islam in violence by having a debate about whether or not Islam is a peaceful religion.
An anthropology of Muslims in Europe - A modest attempt by Martijn
The Oxford Student Union took up the issue of the role of Islam in violence by having a debate about whether or not Islam is a peaceful religion.
Bangladesh where has cracked down on migration from neighbouring Myanmar, closing its border, refusing to support asylum seekers and turning back boats. This creates, or rather increases the predicaments of the Rohingya trying to flee from the violence against them in nearby Burma / Myanmar.
Een indringende oproep van ontvoerde Nederlandse journaliste Judith Spiegel en haar man Boudewijn Berendsen uit Jemen.
De Amerikaanse acteur en rapper Mos Def, tegenwoordig Yasiin Bey, heeft samen met de mensenrechtenorganisatie Reprieve een schokkende video gemaakt om dwangvoeding voor Gitmo gevangenen in beeld te brengen.
A short impression of my research trip to London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leicester in England.
So, can controversial media language shape the way we see a story? Can words like “illegal immigrant”, “terrorist” and “Islamist” be weapons in a war of ideas?
nav berichten over moslimjongeren die afreizen naar Syrië om deel te nemen aan gewapende strijd, organiseert OntdekIslam op zaterdag 7 juli de Groene Vogels conferentie met sprekers en discussie.
Naar aanleiding van de onthullingen van klokkenluider Snowden is er opnieuw discussie over veiligheid vs. privacy. Maar gaat het daar wel echt om?
From drone strikes to the massacre at al-Majalah, secret U.S. military actions inside Yemen are exposed in “Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield,” is a documentary film by Jeremy Scahill and Rick Rowley. Here you see interviews with Scahill, Saleh bin Fareed and Nasser al-Awlaki, who lost his son, cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, and 16-year-old grandson to U.S. drone strikes.
In the video, What Kind of Asian are you? Scott plays a friendly jogger who is very interested in guessing the heritage of Stella, an Asian American woman. Here is part II.