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Film: Dochters van Malakeh
‘Dochters van Malakeh’ toont hoe vrouwen in het hedendaagse Iran proberen om zeggenschap over hun eigen leven te houden.
EO – Straat Dawah op Urk
Dawah is de islamitische ‘uitnodiging tot het geloof’. Oftewel zending en missiewerk vanuit de islam. De EO zond een reportage uit over Straat-Dawah; een club jonge moslims die onder meer zending verrichtte op Urk. Zowel de EO als Straat-Dawah werken hier vanuit een specifiek religieus-sociaal engagement en morele ambitie.
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
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.
Een impressie van het Nationaal Islamcongres 2012: 'Een imaan-boost'
Gisteren vond in Amsterdam het derde Nationaal Islamcongres plaats, georganiseerd door het islaminstituut Dar Al ‘Ilm. Ditmaal in de Theaterfabriek. Hier een impressie.
De premoderne horden van David Pinto
Pinto stelt hier een ideaalbeeld van de Nederlandse samenleving tegenover alle mogelijk negatieve stereotyperingen van de allochtoon. Het is wensdenken wat Pinto hier doet. Ja, het is heel erg met die allochtonen. En ‘wij’ zijn dus echt superieur ten opzichte van die pre-moderne horden. Niet de slechte integratie van allochtone jongeren is het probleem; figuren als Pinto zijn onderdeel van het probleem.
Faith, Fit and Fun – Islam & Sports
Both sports and religion have socializing institutions and sports is often used as a means to socialize, educate and discipline people. Although Islam is often connected with seriousness and discipline and sports with playfulness and joy, the two have more in common than we might realize.
Closer is Open Again
Last week the site had some technical difficulties resulting in a complete disappearance of all posts and pages. Everything is up and running again.
Folk Devils: He is a Salafist!
In the case of Brussels and France people quickly pointed out that the perpetrators were salafists as a synonym for radical Muslims and Islam. The dichotomy between liberal Islam and radical Islam therefore emphasizes the need for reform in Islam, but in practice actually prevents that. The unreflected, taken for granted use of the label salafism says more about current society and politics in Europe than about Islam and Muslims and mainly serves the political elite.