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Godsdienstvrijheid onder druk? Vrijheid, angst en conflict 0

Important Publications / ISIM/RU Research / Religious and Political Radicalization

Godsdienstvrijheid onder druk? Vrijheid, angst en conflict

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.

Closing the week 17 – Featuring Sex, Arab Women and Orientalism 1

Blogosphere / Gender, Kinship & Marriage Issues / Society & Politics in the Middle East

Closing the week 17 – Featuring Sex, Arab Women and Orientalism

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 the sex issue of Foreign Policy with reactions on Mona Eltahawy.

Muslim Brotherhood and Egyptian Politics 1

Society & Politics in the Middle East

Muslim Brotherhood and Egyptian Politics

During a debate at Georgetown University’s Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding a delegation of representatives from the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) was present. They spoke about the FJP’s vision for Egypt and a recent announcement that leading Muslim Brotherhood member Khairat al-Shater would run for president, despite earlier pledges by the party not to participate in the election. They also responded to questions from the audience.

Revisiting the Clash of Civilizations 0

International Terrorism / Multiculti Issues / Religion Other / Religious and Political Radicalization

Revisiting the Clash of Civilizations

In 1993 Huntington published his influential thesis the Clash of Civilizations? When used in political rhetoric combined with atrocities such as 9/11 messages such as these become seemingly incontestable because reality is reduced in such a way as to be seen as inherent in the way things are.