Islamists shift focus to Europe as jihad enters third phase

Posted on November 19th, 2004 by .
Categories: Religious and Political Radicalization.

Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Simon Tisdall: World briefing

According to the French academic Gilles Kepel Bin Laden’s holy war, as originally conceived, is failing. Far from vanquishing the west, it has created a crisis in the heart of Islam, setting Muslim against Muslim.

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Germans fear Islamic unrest

Posted on November 19th, 2004 by .
Categories: Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues.

ISLAMIC preachers in Germany have been told that they may be ordered to deliver their sermons in German rather than in Arabic in an attempt to halt racist diatribes.

The move reflects Berlin�s fears that a spark of ethnic and religious unrest could leap from the Netherlands to Germany, a country with more than three million Muslims.

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Gun moslima's eigen sexualiteit – Naema Tahir

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

Liberales.be – Gun moslima’s eigen sexualiteit – Naema Tahir

�Moslims doen niet aan seks�, sprak een van mijn opvoeders, �wij krijgen onze kinderen van Allah.� Op mijn dertiende wist ik niet wat seks was, maar deze �wijze� woorden stelden me wel gerust. Ze bevestigden wat ik al vermoedde, namelijk dat moslims en koninklijke families niet aan seks deden. Deze mensen waren immers heilig, en seks was vies, iets voor de minder verheven westerlingen.

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Gun moslima’s eigen sexualiteit – Naema Tahir

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

Liberales.be – Gun moslima’s eigen sexualiteit – Naema Tahir

�Moslims doen niet aan seks�, sprak een van mijn opvoeders, �wij krijgen onze kinderen van Allah.� Op mijn dertiende wist ik niet wat seks was, maar deze �wijze� woorden stelden me wel gerust. Ze bevestigden wat ik al vermoedde, namelijk dat moslims en koninklijke families niet aan seks deden. Deze mensen waren immers heilig, en seks was vies, iets voor de minder verheven westerlingen.

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Verkohlte Kircht�rme, verbrannte Moscheen

Posted on November 19th, 2004 by .
Categories: Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues.

Frankfurter Rundschau online

Ein Land im Kriegszustand. Man sucht nach Erkl�rungen. Der 32 Jahre alte Doktorand Martijn de Koning ist einer der gefragtesten Gespr�chspartner in diesen Tagen. Sein Dissertationsthema: Junge Moslems und der Islam in den Niederlanden. In seinem Arbeitszimmer an der Freien Universit�t Amsterdam baute ein Fernsehteam Kamera und Beleuchtung auf. St�ndig klingelt das Telefon, immer neue Anfragen. Warum sich junge Moslems pl�tzlich radikalisieren? De Koning verweist darauf, dass die Betroffenen nicht zu den eigentlichen Verlierern des Einwanderungsprozesses geh�ren. Es sind Ausl�nder der zweiten Generation, mit guter Schulbildung, exzellenten Sprachkenntnissen. Dies gilt f�r Mohamed B. ,den mutma�lichen M�rder von Theo van Gogh, ebenso wie f�r die inzwischen festgenommen anderen Mitglieder seiner Gruppe.

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Mohammed The Last Prophet Animated Islam comes to US screens

Posted on November 18th, 2004 by .
Categories: Islamnews.

Religion News Blog : Animated Islam comes to US screens
An animated film of the life of the Prophet Mohammed is the latest attempt to improve the interaction of Muslims in US society.

The movie, Mohammed: The Last Prophet, began screenings on the religious holiday, Eid, when Muslims celebrate the end of the fasting month of Ramadan.

According to the film’s distributors, the idea behind the movie is to educate and entertain both Muslims and non-Muslims about Islam and its history.

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Nothing Islamic About Human Sacrifice

Posted on November 18th, 2004 by .
Categories: International Terrorism.

Religion News Blog : Nothing Islamic About Human Sacrifice
Suicide bombings. Assassinations. The wholesale murder of prisoners. The mass slaughter of 9/11. Videotaped beheadings and the execution studios recently discovered in Fallujah. We describe it as ”Islamic terrorism.”

And we’re wrong.

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Anger over call for Muslim public holiday

Posted on November 18th, 2004 by .
Categories: Islamnews.

Religion News Blog : Anger over call for Muslim public holiday

BERLIN – German opposition and government members reacted with anger Wednesday to calls by the Greens party – which serve in Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder’s coalition – for establishing a Muslim holiday in the country.

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Posted on November 17th, 2004 by .
Categories: Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues.

NRC Krantenarchief

Niet wat in de (koran)teksten staat is bepalend voor iemands handelen, maar welke betekenis mensen aan die teksten geven in concrete omstandigheden, meent Thijl Sunier.

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Godslastering vs. persoonlijke krenkingen

Posted on November 17th, 2004 by .
Categories: Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues.

NRC Krantenarchief

Het woord krenking is een prachtig woord dat enorm lekker in de mond in ligt. Je voelt ook bijna de pijn die je veroorzaakt bij het ‘krenken’.
Sjoerd de Jong in NRC: Onze gevoeligheid voor collectieve krenkingen over etniciteit of godsdienst is afgenomen, zeker. Maar onze gevoeligheid voor pers��nlijke krenkingen lijkt alleen maar te zijn toegenomen. Geen groter affront dan wanneer iemand de `integriteit’ van je persoon of werk in twijfel trekt. Kom niet aan mij, want dan kom je aan het laatste taboe mijn bedoelingen.

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Opinie – Integratie moslim vordert, voor wie het wil zien

Posted on November 17th, 2004 by .
Categories: Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues.

Brabants Dagblad – Opinie – Integratie moslim vordert, voor wie het wil zienDinsdag 16 november 2004 – Vijftien jaar geleden, na het doodvonnis voor Salman Rushdie, lieten in Nederland alleen wat fundamen- talistische moslims van zich horen. Na de moord op Theo van Gogh was dat wel anders. Moslims in Nederland hebben een eigen voorhoede en zijn meer ge�ntegreerd dan menigeen denkt, vindt arabist Leemhuis.

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STANDING UP FOR ISLAM: Muslim comics

Posted on November 17th, 2004 by .
Categories: Internal Debates.

STANDING UP FOR ISLAM: Muslim comics, like many blacks and Jews before them, are creating humor born of despair

“I’m an American,” he boomed inside a Chicago comedy club on a recent night. “But I’m an American Muslim, and, in fact, I consider myself a very patriotic American Muslim, which means I would die for this country …”

He pauses for a second and lowers his voice.

“… by blowing myself up.”

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Rifo79

Posted on November 16th, 2004 by .
Categories: Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues.

Marokko Community – Ik eis retificatie………….

Hoe komen ze erop dat ik mohammed B, vanwaar halen ze deze informatie VANDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN.
Is dit nou de media vanwaar wij onze nieuws vandaan moeten halen, als dat zo is dan is dat diep en diep triest.
Zomaar mensen beschuldigen omdat ze toevalig een teintelligent zijn om mee tekunnen discusseren over alles en nog wat.

Triest……….

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Posted on November 16th, 2004 by .
Categories: Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues.

NPR : Europe, Islam’s New Front Line: The NetherlandsIn the Netherlands, the recent murder of controversial filmmaker Theo Van Gogh by an Islamic extremist has revealed a climate of deep mistrust between Muslims and traditional Dutch society. In the last two weeks, nearly a dozen mosques and churches have been attacked in a wave of religiously motivated reprisals, and passions on both sides have run high.

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Soefikoor / Liever zingen dat islam om liefde en vrede gaat

Posted on November 16th, 2004 by .
Categories: Islam in the Netherlands.

Trouw, religie & filosofie – Soefikoor / Liever zingen dat islam om liefde en vrede gaat

,,Er zijn moslims die niet deugen”, zegt koorleidster Karima Yousfi (1981). ,,En dan kunnen wij wel zeggen dat islam om vrede en liefde gaat, maar wie gelooft dat? Daarom zingen wij, zo kunnen we het gevoel overbrengen van wat islam ook kan zijn.”

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Moskee�n hebben last van radicale jongeren

Posted on November 16th, 2004 by .
Categories: Religious and Political Radicalization.

Radio TV West, Nieuws uit Zuid-Holland noord

DEN HAAG – Drie Marokkaanse moskee�n in Den Haag hebben radicale moslimjongeren die kritiek hadden op de imams verboden in de moskee�n te spreken. De betreffende jongeren zouden de imams te gematigd vinden. Volgens ��n imam willen de jongeren de relatie tussen moslims en niet-moslims ontwrichten. Om hoeveel radicale jongeren het precies gaat, is niet duidelijk. Sinds het spreekverbod bezoeken de jongeren de moskee�n niet meer.
De situatie is al langer gaande, maar uitgerekend op de dag van de belegering van het Haagse Laakkwartier verketterde een radicale jongere de imam van de Al Islam moskee. Hij beschuldigde de imam van het toevoegen van verzinsels aan de Islam. Daarna gebeurde hetzelfde in drie andere moskee�n. De geestelijken werden in het openbaar belachelijk gemaakt.
De radicale jongeren zijn zelfs niet meer welkom bij de imam van de As-Soennah moskee. Opmerkelijk is dat ze de als orthodox bekend staande imam ook sterk bekritiseerden. Een andere imam denkt dat de jongeren aangemoedigd worden tot hun daden.

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

Posted on November 15th, 2004 by martijn.
Categories: Gouda Issues.

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Protected: Einde van de ramadan: ‘Mabruk el aid’

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The reform of Islam

Posted on November 15th, 2004 by .
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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