Protected: Einde van de ramadan: 'Mabruk el aid'

Posted on November 15th, 2004 by martijn.
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Protected: Einde van de ramadan: ‘Mabruk el aid’

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The reform of Islam

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Categories: Research International.

Black Triangle: The reform of Islam

From Anthony Cox’ blog Black Triangle. “The New York Review of Books reviews nine books about Islam and discusses the forces for change within the Muslim world. The article suggests there are two reform movements already underway in the Muslim world and that current “centrism” from moderate Islamists is a transitional phase, as the religion regroups in order to confront modernism. One reform group is Al Qaeda.”

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Islamophobia: Liberal Prejudice – Notes Towards a Polemic

Posted on November 15th, 2004 by .
Categories: Some personal considerations.

Daily Moiders

Marc Mulholland writes for Crooked Timber (that’s why the trackback) but also has his own site: Daily Moiders. An interesting piece here from july 2004 about islamic reformation. On Crooked Timber the question is asked, after the ‘fuss’ about Qardawi, how do we think a islamic reformist looks like. Something like Calvijn? In Liberal Prejudice – Notes Towards a Polemic Mulholland talks about liberal islamophopia. “Liberals have a tendency to treat their own norms as self-evident and, as expression of ahistorical �rights�, not only universally applicable but necessary components of full human morality. Pre-liberal cultures are unacceptable unless reduced to fancy dress. Liberals in effect treat non-Liberal values as �false consciousness�, easily sloughed off by liberated humanity. In reality, cultural identities are not as easily shed as liberals like to think, and for the constituents of the group exposed to constant denigration, the caveats expressing regard for liberal or assimliable currents in the persecuted group are likely to be rejected as hypocrisy. Indeed, patronising homilies on the need to reform � liberals in the Christian tradition often unselfconsciously call for Reformation, as if the epoch that produced the Thirty Years War is owed universal respect � are more likely to reinforce the authority of archaic institutions as buttresses against cultural inundation. ”

Very interesting for several people in the Netherlands…and probably elsewhere…

[Also read the discussion on that piece of Mulholland on Crooked Timber: http://www.crookedtimber.org/archives/002209.html ]

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Pious criminality

Posted on November 15th, 2004 by .
Categories: Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues.

Muslims Under Progress…: Pious criminality

And what has been achieved by this Muslim who, in his pious delusion, murdered Theo van Gogh? Nothing. (I wouldn’t be surprised if he genuinely believes he was doing something worthy of Divine pleasure.)

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Yehya K. haalde radicale idee�n van internet

Posted on November 15th, 2004 by .
Categories: Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues.

nu.nl/internet | Yehya K. haalde radicale idee�n van internet

MSTERDAM – De 17-jarige Yehya K. die door de politie werd gearresteerd, eind september, was een ‘normale jongen’, aldus zijn ouders. Het Algemeen Dagblad opent maandagochtend met een portret van de jongen uit Sas van Gent. “Hij zat veel achter de computer, op internet. Ik weet niet wat hij daar allemaal deed”, zegt zijn vader.

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iFilm Most Popular Drama nr 1: Submission

Posted on November 15th, 2004 by .
Categories: Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues.

IFILM – Short Films: Submission

On ‘IFILM – Short Films’ Submission has reached the nr.1 position.

“Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh (yes, that van Gogh) was assassinated November 2, 2004, by a 26-year-old extremist Muslim of Dutch-Moroccan descent. The current theory is that he was taken down for his critical look at the treatment of Muslim women. It’s not a documentary, but a metaphorical look at the harsh realities of their lives. (In English with Dutch subtitles.)

What Does “Sacrilege” Mean in a Free Society?
One of our Muslim viewers shared his opinion on this film: “We, the Muslims, aren’t outraged by the supposed ‘message’ of the film, but by the disrespect of the Holy Quran, which has hurt us so much. …did they have to write the verses of Quran on the nude body of a female? …Muslims cannot even touch the holy Quran, let alone read it, without proper ablution… One has to be properly dressed, and treat [it] with utmost respect. It cannot be placed on the ground. If the holy book is old and worn out it cannot be just dumped into the bin. …I want to ask you, does freedom of expression mean hurting people’s feelings? If yes, then Ayan and Gogh have hurt the feelings of a billion people around the world.”

From a Dutch citizen living in the U.S.:
“Submission is about domestic abuse of women in Muslim households. The film makes it very clear that the Koran does not promote that kind of abuse. …I can only think of the millions of women suffering verbal and physical abuse in the name of a religion whose origins (the Koran) did not set out to hurt them.””

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