C L O S E R November 2004 Archives - 3/7 - C L O S E R

Europe, Islam's New Front Line: Germany

Posted on November 25th, 2004 by martijn.
Categories: Research International.

NPR : Europe, Islam’s New Front Line: Germany

The death of a Dutch filmmaker, at the hands of a suspected Muslim extremist, has Germans anxious that religious unrest will spread to their own country. NPR’s Sylvia Poggioli continues a five-part series on Europe as the emerging battlefield in the struggle to define Muslim identity.

Europe, Islam’s New Front Line: Germany

Posted on November 25th, 2004 by .
Categories: Research International.

NPR : Europe, Islam’s New Front Line: Germany

The death of a Dutch filmmaker, at the hands of a suspected Muslim extremist, has Germans anxious that religious unrest will spread to their own country. NPR’s Sylvia Poggioli continues a five-part series on Europe as the emerging battlefield in the struggle to define Muslim identity.

ï¿½My Islamï¿½ on the Internet

Posted on November 25th, 2004 by .
Categories: Internal Debates.

IslamOnline – Art & Entertainment Section

By Tarek. A Ghanem
As a medium, the Internet, with its setting and structure, seems to favor modernist Islam. For the Internet, with its basic notion of unlimited access to all, provides equal footing for the qualified and the commoner alike. There is now the boundless and self-perpetuating electronic space where everyone is free to publish their interpretation and judgment. The Qurï¿½an and the Sunnah are being discussed on popular forums, unlike the in the 7th century, for example, when the discussion of such topics was confined to ï¿½qualifiedï¿½ and specialized scholars. Oversimplification and then absolutization seem to be the order of the day. This has led to what Hofheinz has termed ï¿½My Islamï¿½: a lingo spread on discussion forums and personal web sites wherein generalizations and statements like ï¿½the Islam I knowï¿½ï¿½ ï¿½Islam as everyone knows isï¿½ are familiar; hence, ï¿½My Islamï¿½.

Letter to Osama Bin Laden

Posted on November 23rd, 2004 by .
Categories: Internal Debates.

ReligionResearch Islam Blog

Dr. Sarah Badran wrote a letter to Osama Bin Laden: ” There is among people one whose words about this world’s life may please you greatly and who calls on God to witness what is in his heart; yet such a one is most stubborn in dispute. And when he turns his back, he goes about the earth, spreading corruption and destroying tillage and progeny, and God does not love corruption. (Quran 2:204-205)”

Don’t know if he listens…
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Posted on November 23rd, 2004 by .
Categories: Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues.

Trouw, nieuws & achtergronden – Aboutaleb krijgt dezelfde waarschuwing als Hirsi Ali

Open brief aan de wethouder van Amsterdam: Abou Taleb’, staat sinds zondagmiddag vier uur boven aan de prikborden van ‘MoslimsinNederland-deenigeechte’, ‘Moslimstudenten’ en ‘Nederlandse moslims’. Het zijn prikborden waar eerder al de brief aan Hirsi Ali van de moordenaar van Theo van Gogh met trots werd gepresenteerd. Nu wordt de Amsterdamse wethouder uitgemaakt voor ‘hardnekkige ongelovige’. ,,Geachte Zindiq, Het is uitermate verbolgend op de manier waarop u in Amsterdam uw functie uitoefend.” Zindiq is een woord voor ketter.

Posted on November 23rd, 2004 by .
Categories: Multiculti Issues.

Trouw, nieuws & achtergronden – Geen verplicht handjes schuddenDrie zoenen ter begroeting in Nederland, twee in Frankrijk, en in Egypte lopen mannen gearmd over straat. Azough wil maar zeggen: elk land en elke bevolkingsgroep heeft zo zijn gewoonten. ,,Laten we daar niet te ingewikkeld over doen.” Om even terug te komen op rabbijn Evers: deze gaf haar weliswaar geen hand, maar ging daarna wel stevig en respectvol met haar in debat.

Wat Azough wel graag wil weten: de imam in kwestie, Ahmad Salam uit Tilburg, kwam enkele jaren geleden in opspraak wegens vrouwvijandige teksten. ,,Denkt hij daar nog zo over? Want als die niet-uitgestoken hand een signaal van mï¿½ï¿½r is, dan is dat natuurlijk ernstig. Spreek hem aan op wat hij in de moskee zegt. Laten we verder niet hypocriet zijn. Dus niet orthodoxe moslims iets verwijten waar we ons bij orthodoxe joden niet druk om maken.”

Posted on November 23rd, 2004 by .
Categories: Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues.

Trouw, nieuws & achtergronden – Theo van Gogh – Moord op Van Gogh verandert ook DuitslandOok Duitsland is na de moord op filmmaker Theo van Gogh veranderd. Tienduizenden moslims demonstreerden gisteren in Keulen voor vrede en tegen geweld. Inzet van het maatschappelijke debat is de al dan niet mislukte integratie van minderheden.

Verdonk diskwalificeert zich?

Posted on November 23rd, 2004 by .
Categories: Islam in the Netherlands.

Trouw, nieuws & achtergronden – Commentaar – November 2004 – Verdonk diskwalificeert zich

Minister Verdonk (VVD) diskwalificeert zich als minister van integratie, nu zij telkens laat blijken geen boodschap te hebben aan de gevoeligheden van de moslims in ons land. Een week geleden zei ze dat wij ons in het publieke debat niet moeten aanpassen aan het lagere incasseringsniveau van de moslims, zaterdag toonde ze weinig begrip voor de weigering van een imam haar op grond van zijn geloofsovertuiging een hand te geven.

Terror probes turn up an even more zealous brand of Islamic militancy

Posted on November 22nd, 2004 by .
Categories: Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues.

Religion News Blog : Terror probes turn up an even more zealous brand of Islamic militancy

An ultra-radical Islamic ideology mixing zealot-like devotion and holy war creed is drawing more scrutiny in anti-terrorist probes from the Middle East to Europe ï¿½ with increasing indications that its base on the fringes of Islamic extremism could be widening.

In existence since the 1960s, al-Takfir wa al-Hijra has offered intellectual inspiration to al-Qaida and other militant groups. But authorities now worry about followers becoming more aggressive with recruitment and retaliation against perceived foes of Islam, such as Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh.

Terrorists raise cash online, expert says

Posted on November 22nd, 2004 by .
Categories: International Terrorism.

SR.com: Terrorists raise cash online, expert says

Under cross-examination by defense attorney Chuck Peterson, Paz acknowledged that he has some of the same materials that were identified in court posted on his own Web site.

Those include ï¿½The Intifada and the New Tartars,ï¿½ a searing anti-Israel lecture given by extremist Saudi Sheikh Safar Alhawali, for which Al-Hussayen helped arrange a three-hour live Internet broadcast. Paz said the lengthy anti-Jewish, anti-Israel and anti-American diatribe has since been published as a book.

ï¿½I downloaded it from the Internet, from Alhawali’s Web site,ï¿½ he said.

But Paz said he posts extremist material, including graphic pictures he downloaded from an Islamist Web site, for use by researchers around the world ï¿½ not to advocate their content.

ï¿½They do not appear here on Islamist Web sites,ï¿½ Paz said.

ï¿½No, they appear on your Web site,ï¿½ Peterson responded. ï¿½Yes,ï¿½ Paz said.

Protected: Onder islamologen

Posted on November 22nd, 2004 by martijn.
Categories: Islam in the Netherlands.

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Posted on November 22nd, 2004 by .
Categories: Internal Debates.

Islam becoming weekend affair, The Milli Gazette, Vol.5 No.15, MG109 (1-15 Aug 04)
Religion, for most of the baby-boomers, my contemporaries, has become a weekend thing, where offering Friday prayers means absolution from everything that is required of a Muslim. One only needs to drive around town on a Friday to find traffic jams on the streets housing the fashionable, mostly air-conditioned mosques, yet the same mosques witness fewer, if any, visitors during morning prayers.

There are many similarities between Islam and Hinduism: Cleric

Posted on November 21st, 2004 by .
Categories: Religion Other.

deepikaglobal.com – National News Detail

Delivering a lecture on +Simalirities between Hinduism and Islam, organised by the Jamiat-E-Ahle Hadees, Gulbarga unit here today Dr Zakir Naik said there was sinister move by the British rulers to breed discontent between Hindus and Muslims in the country. The vested interests spread misconception about Muslims in the minds of Hindus and vice versa and one should realise it before, it is too late, to ensure peaceful living in the country, he said.

Duitse moslims demonstreren tegen terrorisme

Posted on November 21st, 2004 by .
Categories: International Terrorism.

nu.nl/algemeen | Duitse moslims demonstreren tegen terrorisme

KEULEN/HAMBURG – Duizenden moslims zijn zondag in de Duitse stad Keulen de straat opgegaan om te demonstreren tegen terreur en geweld in naam van de islam. De Turks-Islamitische Unie en andere vertegenwoordigingen van de Turkse gemeenschap in de Bondsrepubliek hadden tot de betoging opgeroepen.

Protected: Gezochte Syriï¿½r gaf les aan Haagse moslims

Posted on November 21st, 2004 by martijn.
Categories: Religious and Political Radicalization.

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Mohammed Basel al-Issa

Posted on November 20th, 2004 by .
Categories: Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues.

De LEUGENS van de HAAT-SJEIK – telegraaf.nl [Binnenland]

Nogal tendentieus artikel, maar strip dat even en je hebt weer wat extra info (hoop ik)

Protected: 'Het is mooi als martelaar te sterven'

Posted on November 20th, 2004 by martijn.
Categories: Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues.

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Protected: ‘Het is mooi als martelaar te sterven’

Posted on November 20th, 2004 by martijn.
Categories: Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues.

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Posted on November 20th, 2004 by .
Categories: Islam in the Netherlands.

Brabants Dagblad – Opinie – De islam kan heel wel modern zijn

Vrijdag 19 november 2004 – ‘De islam en moderniteit zijn incompatibel’. Deze stelling, in verschillende varianten, wordt in Nederland met enige regelmaat en met kracht geponeerd. Herman Beck ontmaskert deze ‘wijsheid’ als een drogreden.

Muslim braves Europe's secular zealots

Posted on November 19th, 2004 by martijn.
Categories: Multiculti Issues.

A Muslim braves Europe’s secular zealots

TORONTO As a young Canadian Muslim who has called for reform in Islam, I’ve been traveling throughout North America and Europe over the past year. Last week, I toured France and Spain. God help me.
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I didn’t expect a warm reception from fellow Muslims. But now, I’m also not sure that liberal Muslims like me fit comfortably in a secular European crowd. I say this even after the murder of Theo van Gogh, the Dutch filmmaker, who the police say was shot and stabbed by a Muslim extremist. Van Gogh had exercised his right to criticize Islam – a right that I, as a modern Muslim, defend unequivocally.

Muslim braves Europe’s secular zealots

Posted on November 19th, 2004 by .
Categories: Multiculti Issues.

A Muslim braves Europe’s secular zealots

TORONTO As a young Canadian Muslim who has called for reform in Islam, I’ve been traveling throughout North America and Europe over the past year. Last week, I toured France and Spain. God help me.
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I didn’t expect a warm reception from fellow Muslims. But now, I’m also not sure that liberal Muslims like me fit comfortably in a secular European crowd. I say this even after the murder of Theo van Gogh, the Dutch filmmaker, who the police say was shot and stabbed by a Muslim extremist. Van Gogh had exercised his right to criticize Islam – a right that I, as a modern Muslim, defend unequivocally.

Study: Ramadan practices changing

Posted on November 19th, 2004 by .
Categories: Internal Debates.

CULTURE DIGEST: Target stores reject Salvation Army kettles; Spiritual collegians have better emotional health; More teens having plastic surgery; Study: Ramadan practices changing – (BP)

“The new Ramadan has changed our customs beyond recognition,” he wrote. “What has become of neighbors exchanging plates before iftar? What has become of the people in a neighborhood coming together for talk and discussion after taraweeh prayers? Couldn’t we bring back some of these customs in place of an hour or two of satellite TV? Wouldn’t we all be richer if we did?”

Islam and the West: Essays dispense with hidden mythologies

Posted on November 19th, 2004 by .
Categories: Important Publications.

The Daily Star – Book Reviews – Islam and the West: Essays dispense with hidden mythologies

The stated aim of “Shaping the Current Islamic Reformation” is to steer a middle course between the two extremes of academia and the media. According to its jacket, it seeks to “go beyond the media presentation of the impact of a politicised notion of Islam in the region and to consider the reality that lies behind current issues in the region and the role that an embedded Islam has played or may play.” Admittedly a book should never be judged by either its cover or its jacket, but editor B. A. Roberson’s introductory essay goes on to reaffirm that the book’s objective is to attempt to offer a more balanced view of the region than traditionally presented in the Western media “from news to film which very often trades on the incompatibility of Islamic or Muslim culture and ideas with modernity.
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Posted on November 19th, 2004 by .
Categories: Misc. News.

The Muslim News
The supposed neutrality of the prison service in France towards the ethnic and religious backgrounds of prisoners is widely blamed by Muslim inmates as a prime cause of racist and discriminatory treatment, according to new research.

The Events of September 11 and the Arab Media: The New Antisemitic Myth

Posted on November 19th, 2004 by .
Categories: International Terrorism.

Special Report – No. 9

Since the release of MEMRI’s study – and regardless of the information accumulated about the identities of the perpetrators – officials, journalists, and religious leaders throughout the Arab and Muslim world have continued to claim that the perpetrators of the attacks (of 9/11) were not Arabs or Muslims. The claim that American and or Jewish/Israeli elements carried out the attacks has become an accepted, albeit false, and common myth in the Arab world, to the point that U.S. President George W. Bush and Secretary of State Colin Powell have been accused of masterminding the attacks.

This updated report, which is based on research compiled over the past five months, reveals another trend that has emerged in the Arab media whereby Arab writers have begun to base their fictitious allegations on the widely discredited “research” of Western sources such as former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke and Holocaust denier Roger Garaudy. The apparent intent of the Arab writers is to add credibility to their false allegations by relying on Western sources whose claims they erroneously believe will be readily accepted by a Western audience.

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