Turning point Pim Fortuyn 3 – How Fortuyn made up Muslims
Fortuyn, ordinary people and not-racism Before we continue, it is good to take a closer look at how ideas about ‘race’ relate to Islam and culture, in this third part of the Turning Point...
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Turning Point Pim Fortuyn Series 2 – Shit from Kollum and the racialization of migrants and Muslims
After establishing the importance of Fortuyn in the Dutch political landscape in the first post of this series, I will now introduce the concept of racialization in this post and the next. Before I...
Turning Point Pim Fortuyn series – Pim Fortuyn and the racialization of Dutch Muslims: Introduction
In a series of posts based upon my Dutch essay of five years ago, I look at how Fortuyn reproduced the idea of Muslims as the ultimate Other and how his ideas were both a break with and a continuation from earlier periods. I do this on the basis of an analysis of his book (Against) The Islamization of our culture, my previous research in Gouda and my current research into interventions by Muslims in the public domain.
Anna Korteweg on the politics of integration, gender and race in relation to people labelled immigrants
Anna Korteweg is a professor of sociology and head of Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto. Anna Korteweg works on gender, Islam and immigrant integration in the Netherlands, Germany and Canada. Listen...
“Wij zijn familie” – Hoe de slogan ‘opvang in de eigen regio’ een gepolijste variant is van het xenofobe ‘eigen volk eerst’
Op 3 maart jongstleden sprake premier Rutte het Oekraïnse volk toe. “Wij zijn familie, in Europa” stelde hij. Niet zo vreemd dan dat Nederland momenteel weer veel vluchtelingen opvangt. Het is immers ‘onze eigen...
Zeven Amsterdamse partijen ondertekenen het Islamitisch Akkoord
In de aanloop naar de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen ondertekenen zeven Amsterdamse partijen het Islamitisch Akkoord waarmee zij aangeven moslimhaat en moslimdiscriminatie serieus te willen aanpakken.
Ummah for Earth – Women’s voices on climate change #iwd2022
Ummah 4 earth is an interesting initiative trying to raise awareness on global climate change from building on Muslim perspectives. It presents itself as “an alliance-led initiative, with the goal to empower Muslim communities...
Surveillance Serie deel 3: Moskeeën als risicoindicator bij de Belastingdienst
In deze derde aflevering van de Surveillance Serie ga ik in op het aspect risico-beheersing. Dat kwam in de vorige aflevering al aan bod toen het ging om de banken en hoe deze deden...
JOME 11.1 – The making of Islamic Authority in Europe
A new issue of the Journal of Muslims in Europe is out. It is a special issue edited by Thijl Sunier and Léon Buskens on Islamic authority-making among Muslim migrants in Europe. A list...
Greta Ferušić Weinfeld (1924 – 2022) – Surviving Auschwitz and the Siege of Sarajevo
On Monday 24 January 2022, Greta Weinfield-Ferušić passed away. As a Jewish woman from Bosnia Hercegovina, she survived Auschwitz and the siege of Sarajevo. Director: Haris Pašović Screenwriters / authors: Nihad Kreševljaković & Lejla...