Chatroom Revolutionaries Iran's dissidents and exiles discover the Web

Posted on September 10th, 2004 by martijn.
Categories: Misc. News.

Chatroom Revolutionaries Iran�s dissidents and exiles discover the Web.

“”Got a Mullah?” asks a stainless steel coffee mug for sale on the Web. Emblazoned alongside the question is a cartoon of a giant hand clenching two irritated-looking clerics who resemble Iran�s late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

One click away, a heather gray, 100-percent cotton T-shirt proclaiming “Free All Political Prisoners in Iran NOW!” features a famous image of Ahmad Batebi, an Iranian film student sentenced to 15 years for anti-mullah activities. The widely reproduced image shows Batebi�s “crime”: holding aloft a bloodstained shirt that belonged to a friend beaten by regime forces.”

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Chatroom Revolutionaries Iran’s dissidents and exiles discover the Web

Posted on September 10th, 2004 by .
Categories: Misc. News.

Chatroom Revolutionaries Iran�s dissidents and exiles discover the Web.

“”Got a Mullah?” asks a stainless steel coffee mug for sale on the Web. Emblazoned alongside the question is a cartoon of a giant hand clenching two irritated-looking clerics who resemble Iran�s late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

One click away, a heather gray, 100-percent cotton T-shirt proclaiming “Free All Political Prisoners in Iran NOW!” features a famous image of Ahmad Batebi, an Iranian film student sentenced to 15 years for anti-mullah activities. The widely reproduced image shows Batebi�s “crime”: holding aloft a bloodstained shirt that belonged to a friend beaten by regime forces.”

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Iraqis seek a voice via blogs

Posted on September 10th, 2004 by .
Categories: Misc. News.

BBC NEWS | Technology | Iraqis seek a voice via blogs

I guess I am not the only one who is blogging. “Nearly all the information from Iraq is filtered by politicians or the media. But there is at least one way to get the news straight from Iraqis themselves, via online journals or blogs.”

Iraqis seek a voice via blogs

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Between veils and videos, change and Arab women

Posted on September 10th, 2004 by .
Categories: Internal Debates.

The Daily Star – Opinion Articles – Between veils and videos, change and Arab women

As I said before here on this blog, never underestimate the power of women. So here and below an entry on women.

“Looking at the Arab world through a particular cultural lens, two images often come to mind: that of bearded men marching to heaven via the gate of martyrdom; and motionless, veiled women lost in limbo, whose earthly lives are controlled by males and who, upon reaching heaven, see a “men only” sign posted.”

Between veils and videos, change and Arab women

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Voices from Iraq: women speak out

Posted on September 10th, 2004 by .
Categories: Internal Debates.

BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | Voices from Iraq: Women speak out

“Iraqi women face tough choices in their country following the US-led invasion and occupation.

While many remain determined to build new lives for themselves in the country, others fear continuing instability and its effects on their families. ”

Voices from Iraq: Women speak out

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Oraties / Koranreciet is een genot

Posted on September 10th, 2004 by .
Categories: Research International.

Trouw, religie & filosofie – Oraties / Koranreciet is een genot

Deze week kreeg Nederland er officieel drie islamdeskundige hoogleraren bij: Fred Leemhuis in Groningen, Gerard Wiegers en Abdulkader Tayob in Nijmegen. In hun oraties duiken ze in het verleden van de islam, maar hoe zien zij het heden?

Oraties / Koranreciet is een genot

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The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of a martyr

Posted on September 10th, 2004 by .
Categories: Misc. News.

Sister Soljah
The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of a martyr

Recently I have updated my blogroll (see the right part of this blog) with several very nice and interesting blogs from muslims. The one I am referring to here, is only one of them but I could not resist the slogan….which is originally a saying by the prophet Mohammed (I think it is). He probably did not refer to me as I am not a muslim, nevertheless I consider myself to be a scholar on islam. I would hope more people complied with this slogan, than with other slogans.

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Being a Muslim and an Academic

Posted on September 10th, 2004 by .
Categories: Internal Debates.

islamicate: Being a Muslim and an Academic

Although I am not a Muslim and not an islamic scholar, some ‘professing dismay’ is familiar to me a few years now. That’s why this article from LA Times is quite interesting: “Professing Dismay” Since 9/11, a scholar of Islam finds himself in demand — for the wrong reasons”. It is blogged by Islamicate.

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