C L O S E R

C l o s e r: Huiselijk geweld, Blijf van mijn lijf-huizen

Posted on January 20th, 2005 by .
Categories: Gender, Kinship & Marriage Issues, Multiculti Issues.

C L O S E R

Er zijn nogal wat indianenverhalen over het aantal moslimvrouwen in de blijf van mijn lijf huizen en ook over wat mensen er over beweren.
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Trouw, religie & filosofie – Tentoonstelling / In het kielzog van manlief naar Mekka

Posted on January 20th, 2005 by .
Categories: Islam in the Netherlands, Islamnews, Multiculti Issues.

Trouw, religie & filosofie – Tentoonstelling / In het kielzog van manlief naar Mekka
Tentoonstelling / In het kielzog van manlief naar Mekka

Wat mannen tijdens de bedevaart naar Mekka dragen weet iedereen: twee witte, ongezoomde lappen stof. Hoe zit het echter met de pelgrimerende moslima’s? Een kleine, maar boeiende tentoonstelling in Leiden geeft uitsluitsel.

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Trouw, opvoeding & onderwijs – Islamschool te laat met lesplan religie

Posted on January 20th, 2005 by .
Categories: Islam in the Netherlands, Multiculti Issues.

Trouw, opvoeding & onderwijs – Islamschool te laat met lesplan religie

AMSTERDAM – Islamscholen zijn al minstens drie jaar te laat met de ontwikkeling van een nieuwe methode voor godsdienstlessen. Deze was door minister Van der Hoeven toegezegd in reactie op vrees dat de islamscholen te weinig doen aan integratie. Het aantal islamscholen stijgt gestaag.

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Het Marokkaans manifest

Posted on January 19th, 2005 by .
Categories: Islam in the Netherlands, My Research.

Het Marokkaans manifest
Het Marokkaanse Initiatief
V��r Sociale Cohesie en Burgerschap
T�gen Discriminatie en Marginalisatie

…is dinsdag gepresenteerd. De link hierboven leidt naar het manifest, maar staat ook hieronder. Ben benieuwd naar reacties…

Wij, Marokkaanse vrouwen, mannen, ouderen en jongeren, hebben met kracht onze afkeuring uitgesproken over de moord op Theo van Gogh, net zoals wij dat gedaan hebben na de moord op Pim Fortuyn. Wij hebben ondubbelzinnig afstand genomen van de gebeurtenissen die daar op volgden: aanvallen op scholen, kerken en moskee�n en het verdacht maken van bevolkingsgroepen. Wij willen dat deze cirkel van haat wordt doorbroken. Wij willen respect en tolerantie terug in de samenleving. Wij of onze ouders zijn hier gekomen als arbeidsmigrant. Als Marokkaanse gemeenschap hebben wij in de afgelopen decennia een belangrijke bijdrage geleverd aan de opbouw van Nederland. Samen met anderen hebben wij Nederland gemaakt tot wat het nu is, in economisch, sociaal en cultureel opzicht. Dit land is net zo goed van ons als van alle andere groepen die hier wonen, ongeacht hun etnische achtergrond of hun religieuze overtuiging.
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Nearly two million Muslim pilgrims flock to city of tents

Posted on January 19th, 2005 by .
Categories: Misc. News.

Nearly two million Muslim pilgrims flock to city of tents
Nearly two million Muslim pilgrims flock to city of tents

Well yes, the Hadj is in full speed or something like that. Must be very impressive and probably gives people a boost in religiousness and a sense of belonging…

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Daily Times – Site Edition Deconstruction � Derrida�s lasting legacy �Suroosh Irfani

Posted on January 19th, 2005 by .
Categories: Important Publications, Internal Debates, Some personal considerations.

Daily Times – Site Edition
INSIGHT: Deconstruction � Derrida�s lasting legacy �Suroosh Irfani

With thanks to I d e a n t: Derrida and God.

Suroosh Irani’s very interesting article Deconstruction – Derrida’s lasting legacy. As Ideant correctly states:

The article succinctly summarizes the uses and abuses of deconstruction, but more importantly, gives us a glimpse into a man’s quest for understanding the Divine in his own terms, free from the indoctrination of religious as well as secular fanaticism and formulas.

More people should do that…
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Times Online – Britain Britain's online imam declares war as he calls young to jihad

Posted on January 19th, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Internal Debates, International Terrorism, Religious and Political Radicalization, Young Muslims.

Times Online – Britain
Britain’s online imam declares war as he calls young to jihad

Large article in Times on Omar Bakri Mohammed who is issuing a call to arms..

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Times Online – Britain Britain’s online imam declares war as he calls young to jihad

Posted on January 19th, 2005 by .
Categories: Internal Debates, International Terrorism, Religious and Political Radicalization, Young Muslims.

Times Online – Britain
Britain’s online imam declares war as he calls young to jihad

Large article in Times on Omar Bakri Mohammed who is issuing a call to arms..

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Ross Mayfield's Weblog: The Network's Interpretation of Islam

Posted on January 19th, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Internal Debates, Islamnews.

Ross Mayfield’s Weblog: The Network’s Interpretation of Islam
The Network’s Interpretation of Islam

On Ross Mayfield’s Weblog an abstract of a discussion about the consequences for islam in the web-era.

The original discussion is here: OPEN AFFORDANCES: a multi-disciplinary panel on the possibilities and impossibilities of the internet

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Ross Mayfield’s Weblog: The Network’s Interpretation of Islam

Posted on January 19th, 2005 by .
Categories: Internal Debates, Islamnews.

Ross Mayfield’s Weblog: The Network’s Interpretation of Islam
The Network’s Interpretation of Islam

On Ross Mayfield’s Weblog an abstract of a discussion about the consequences for islam in the web-era.

The original discussion is here: OPEN AFFORDANCES: a multi-disciplinary panel on the possibilities and impossibilities of the internet

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Centrum voor Islamitische Theologie aan de VU

Posted on January 14th, 2005 by .
Categories: Internal Debates, Islam in the Netherlands, Multiculti Issues, Young Muslims.

Persbericht van de Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam over een islamopleiding.

VU wil helpen bij inburgering Islam

Bij de opening van de Vrije Universiteit in 1880 sprak de oprichter van de VU, Abraham Kuyper, uit, dat de VU een universiteit wilde zijn voor de christen, de jood en de mohammedaan. Die woorden blijken nu in het 125e lustrumjaar van de VU verrassend actueel. In de huidige situatie wil de VU graag nadrukkelijk een bijdrage leveren aan de inburgering van de islam in Nederland. Vanaf 1 juli kan de VU een �kop� op de standaardinburgering verzorgen voor mensen die als imam in Nederland willen gaan werken (nieuwkomers) of al in Nederland werkzaam zijn (oudkomers). Daarnaast wil de universiteit de islam-variant van de huidige opleiding Religie en Levensbeschouwing vanaf september uitbreiden. Per 1 september a.s. heeft de VU een Centrum voor Islamitische Theologie, dat kortlopende cursussen gaat aanbieden en de islamvariant van de opleiding tot geestelijk verzorger/voorganger verder gaat ontwikkelen. In die studie worden (moslim)studenten zo opgeleid dat ze aan de slag kunnen in vele beroepen waarin theologische vorming wordt gevraagd, zoals in het pastoraat binnen de krijgsmacht, de gezondheidszorg, justiti�le instellingen, en de moskee.
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Rotterdams Dagblad – Droomreis Mekka werd Malika fataal

Posted on January 14th, 2005 by .
Categories: Misc. News.

Mobiele editie
Droomreis Mekka werd Malika fataal

Door Abdel Ilah Rubio
Rotterdam _Het zou een van de mooiste ervaringen in haar leven worden, de pelgrimreis naar Mekka. Maar het pakte onverwachts anders uit. De 27-jarige Malika Laziz uit Rotterdam kwam maandag, op weg naar de heilige islamitische stad in Saudi-Arabi�, tragisch om het leven bij een busongeluk. Van de andere veertig pelgrimreizigers in de bus, voornamelijk Rotterdammers, raakten er 29 gewond. Het incident vond plaats op 90 kilometer afstand van de stad Medina.

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Expatica – Worker order for DHC-rappers who dissed Hirsi Ali

Posted on January 14th, 2005 by .
Categories: Important Publications, Multiculti Issues, Some personal considerations, Young Muslims, Youth culture (as a practice).

Expatica – Living in, moving to, or working in the Netherlands, plus Dutch news in English
Rappers face court for Hirsi Ali threats

The Boys from DHC faced court and the public prosecutor demanded a working order. I wrote an article about this diss trying to explain it in relation to the global hiphopculture and Dutch youth culture.
We can see this diss as an attempt of some young Moroccans who are born and raised in Holland to express their feelings and to participate in the integrationdebate. The analogy with American hiphop is the feeling of discrimination and oppression. It is expressed in a way that fits Dutch youth culture and the Dutch hiphopculture. We can say oh their they go again and ‘blame the system’ but you can also pay attention and see how deep the feelings of disrespect by dutch natives are with the boys. And be fair, is the way the integrationdebate is going in which young muslims have nothing to say anymore about their own religion, in which muslims can be called goatfuckers and their prophet a pedophile and where a politician wants to eat the headscarfs raw (is that a good english expression?), more constructive than this Hirsi Ali Diss?

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NPR : Role of Islam vs. National Identity in Tsunami Aid

Posted on January 13th, 2005 by .
Categories: Internal Debates, Misc. News.

NPR : Role of Islam vs. National Identity in Tsunami Aid
An interesting topic this islam vs. national identity. Islam seems not be supernational in all circumstances.

Day to Day, January 12, 2005 · Does national identity trump faith in the Muslim world’s tsunami aid efforts? NPR’s Eric Weiner reports that some observers in the Muslim world have charged that oil-rich states of the Persian Gulf have not done enough to help fellow Muslims affected by the tsunami. That’s led to a debate about what role national identity plays in determining relationships between Muslim countries.

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Protected: Nederlandse moslims richten eigen partij op: MDP.nl en AEL.nl

Posted on January 13th, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Islam in the Netherlands, Multiculti Issues, Some personal considerations.

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Lankans see 'Allah' written in picture -DAWN – International; 11 January, 2005

Posted on January 13th, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Misc. News.

Lankans see ‘Allah’ written in picture

Lankans see ‘Allah’ written in picture -DAWN – International; 11 January, 2005

COLOMBO, Jan 10: God signed His name in the tsunami that battered Sri Lanka and other countries on Dec 26, and sent it as punishment because humans have been ignoring His laws, Sri Lankan Muslims say.

Proof, according to Mohamed Faizeen, manager of the Centre for Islamic Studies in Colombo, is a satellite picture taken seconds after the tsunami smashed into Sri Lanka’s west coast near the town of Kalutara and as it was receding.

“This clearly spells out the name ‘Allah’ in Arabic,” Mr Faizeen said, pointing to the shape of the waves – a gigantic “E” complete with whorls and side waves that do indeed appear to combine to resemble the Arabic script for the name “Allah”.
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Lankans see ‘Allah’ written in picture -DAWN – International; 11 January, 2005

Posted on January 13th, 2005 by .
Categories: Misc. News.

Lankans see ‘Allah’ written in picture

Lankans see ‘Allah’ written in picture -DAWN – International; 11 January, 2005

COLOMBO, Jan 10: God signed His name in the tsunami that battered Sri Lanka and other countries on Dec 26, and sent it as punishment because humans have been ignoring His laws, Sri Lankan Muslims say.

Proof, according to Mohamed Faizeen, manager of the Centre for Islamic Studies in Colombo, is a satellite picture taken seconds after the tsunami smashed into Sri Lanka’s west coast near the town of Kalutara and as it was receding.

“This clearly spells out the name ‘Allah’ in Arabic,” Mr Faizeen said, pointing to the shape of the waves – a gigantic “E” complete with whorls and side waves that do indeed appear to combine to resemble the Arabic script for the name “Allah”.
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World News Article | Reuters.co.uk

Posted on January 13th, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: International Terrorism.

World News Article | Reuters.co.uk
German police arrest 22 suspected Islamists
Wed Jan 12, 2005 02:37 PM GMT
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ULM, Germany (Reuters) – Police have arrested 22 people in a series of pre-dawn raids across Germany in pursuit of Islamic extremists suspected of helping militant groups and recruiting fighters for “holy war”.

The operation was one of the biggest of its kind in Germany, which has stepped up surveillance of suspected extremists among its Muslim population of more than three million since the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.

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World News Article | Reuters.co.uk

Posted on January 13th, 2005 by .
Categories: International Terrorism.

World News Article | Reuters.co.uk
German police arrest 22 suspected Islamists
Wed Jan 12, 2005 02:37 PM GMT
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ULM, Germany (Reuters) – Police have arrested 22 people in a series of pre-dawn raids across Germany in pursuit of Islamic extremists suspected of helping militant groups and recruiting fighters for “holy war”.

The operation was one of the biggest of its kind in Germany, which has stepped up surveillance of suspected extremists among its Muslim population of more than three million since the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.

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Protected: NRC Handelsblad – Binnenland: Moskee�n: we zwegen film dood

Posted on January 12th, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Islam in the Netherlands, Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues.

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Expatica – New Year's Eve 'plot' to kill Dutch MP Hirsi Ali

Posted on January 12th, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: International Terrorism, Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues, Young Muslims.

Expatica � Living in, moving to, or working in the Netherlands, plus Dutch news in English
New Year’s Eve ‘plot’ to kill Dutch MP Hirsi Ali

AMSTERDAM � Members of the suspected terror network Main City Group were planning to murder MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali at midnight on New Year’s Eve, it was reported on Wednesday.
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Expatica – New Year’s Eve ‘plot’ to kill Dutch MP Hirsi Ali

Posted on January 12th, 2005 by .
Categories: International Terrorism, Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues, Young Muslims.

Expatica � Living in, moving to, or working in the Netherlands, plus Dutch news in English
New Year’s Eve ‘plot’ to kill Dutch MP Hirsi Ali

AMSTERDAM � Members of the suspected terror network Main City Group were planning to murder MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali at midnight on New Year’s Eve, it was reported on Wednesday.
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Dutch Pilgrim Killed in Bus Crash

Posted on January 11th, 2005 by .
Categories: Uncategorized.

Pilgrim Killed in Bus Crash
Yousif Muhammad, Arab News

MADINAH, 11 January 2005 � One pilgrim was killed and 33 were injured, nine of them seriously, in a bus accident on Hijra road between Makkah and Madinah. The accident occurred when one of the rear tires of the bus burst.

The bus was carrying 38 pilgrims of Dutch and Arab nationalities. The bus had covered 190 kilometers when the accident occurred.
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Buitenhof -> Afleveringen -> G7: de schulden bevriezen -> Items -> Column: Radicale moslimjongeren en hun ouders

Posted on January 9th, 2005 by .
Categories: Islam in the Netherlands, Religious and Political Radicalization.

Buitenhof -> Afleveringen -> G7: de schulden bevriezen -> Items -> Column: Radicale moslimjongeren en hun ouders
Column: Radicale moslimjongeren en hun ouders

column van Marion van San bij Buitenhof. Zie ook de entrie van gister over het ‘terroriseren’ van ouders door ‘radicale’ kinderen
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Aan alle (gesubsidieerde!) moslimorganisaties in Nederland

Posted on January 9th, 2005 by .
Categories: Islam in the Netherlands, Multiculti Issues.

Aan alle (gesubsidieerde!) moslimorganisaties in Nederland
MediaControle

Een Open Brief aan moslimorganisaties in Nederland. Er zitten enkele elementen die typisch zijn in het huidige debat; als ik tijd heb, kom ik daar in de komende week nog wel op terug.

De redactie van MediaControle werd gevraagd de onderstaande open brief te publiceren. Het is een tekst die gebaseerd is op een Engelstalige open brief aan het adres van moslimorganisaties in de VS.

Aan alle (gesubsidieerde!) moslimorganisaties in Nederland
MediaControle, 8 januari 2005

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