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Netkwesties – magazine over internet en samenleving

Posted on February 8th, 2005 by .
Categories: My Research, Young Muslims, Youth culture (as a practice).

Netkwesties – magazine over internet en samenleving
Internet van een aangekondigde dood

Internet verlaagde zowat alle drempels voor communicatie en publicaties. Het gevolg: Islam-sites met verschrikkelijke foto’s van Amerikaanse wreedheden in Irak, scheldpartijen over en weer met rechts-extremisten, maar ook verleiding van jonge tienermeisjes op MSN en samenscholing voor groepsverkrachting. Waar ligt de grens tussen woord en daad?

Hij dacht: ik sla haar dood en steek het huis in brand…

Maar doodslaan deed hij niet, want tussen droom en daad staan wetten in de weg en praktische bezwaren, en ook weemoedigheid, die niemand kan verklaren, en die des avonds komt, wanneer men slapen gaat.

Willem Elsschot – Het Huwelijk

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spiked-liberties | Article | Tying teenagers down

Posted on February 8th, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Youth culture (as a practice).

A very interesting article on Spiked Online: spiked-liberties | Article | Tying teenagers down

Young people developing unmediated relationships with one another, something that in the past caused little concern – indeed, was often seen as crucial to the rites of passage young people go through in order to grow up – is today seen as a problem.

The interesting question is of course: why do we do this? Stuart Waiton tries to find out why we want to stop young people ‘just hanging out’ with their friends?
by Stuart Waiton

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spiked-liberties | Article | Tying teenagers down

Posted on February 8th, 2005 by .
Categories: Youth culture (as a practice).

A very interesting article on Spiked Online: spiked-liberties | Article | Tying teenagers down

Young people developing unmediated relationships with one another, something that in the past caused little concern – indeed, was often seen as crucial to the rites of passage young people go through in order to grow up – is today seen as a problem.

The interesting question is of course: why do we do this? Stuart Waiton tries to find out why we want to stop young people ‘just hanging out’ with their friends?
by Stuart Waiton

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Protected: Fatima's Brief

Posted on February 8th, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Misc. News.

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Protected: Fatima’s Brief

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Controversial Issues: Music, Prophet’s Birthday, etc.

Posted on February 8th, 2005 by .
Categories: Internal Debates.

One of the main characteristics of young Muslims is that they want clear cut answers to all kinds of questions. This is not typical for young Muslims here however. We can see this everywhere and it is probably also not typical for Muslims only. Arabnews has some examples: Controversial Issues: Music, Prophet’s Birthday, etc.
Controversial Issues: Music, Prophet’s Birthday, etc

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Islamic tradition and the Web

Posted on February 8th, 2005 by .
Categories: Internal Debates, International Terrorism, Religious and Political Radicalization.

The Saudis are using a combination of traditional Muslim processes and modern technology to combat Islamist terrorism. One of the strategies the spread of reformed Islamist militant sympathisers through the internet. Read: Saudis ‘reform militants’ on web. This strategie is combined with ‘re-opening the gates of Ijtihad’ more traditional Islamic processes of hermeneutics, to help moderate Muslims combat terrorism. ‘Ijtihad’ allows for expanded dialogue and changes within Islam. The use of ‘ijtihad’ was stopped in Sunni Islam centuries ago. However, there is a growing movement among academics to revive ‘ijtihad’ or, “re-open its gates.” Read:
Analysis: Islamic tradition and the Web – (United Press International)

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C L O S E R – News and Blogs on the "Muslim Boys"

Posted on February 8th, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Misc. News.

C L O S E R

Two news-items and one blog about the ‘Muslim Boys’: “a pseudo-Islamic criminal gang operating in south London.” “a ruthless gang of black so-called Muslim converts known as the ‘Muslim Boys’.”

According to Indigo Jo’s Blogs (the most interesting and thorough source on this one):

The gang is said to intimidate imams into opening their mosques in the early hours of the morning so that the gang can pray, and to carry out “conversions” of local youths, particularly “feral” children without adult supervision, to Islam at gunpoint. At least one local young man is reported to have been murdered for resisting this “da’wah” in order to set an example to others.

David Cohen has a report on The rise of the Muslim Boys in Thisislondon. This article contains a reference to Richard Reid the “shoe bomber’ which is quite misleading; it has not got anything to with it, although he was involved with the Brixton Muslim community. The chairman of the (wahhabi) mosque distances himself from the violence of these people calling them:

criminals masquerading as Muslims

. The Brixton Mosque is pretty much the same as Salafipublications (the Dutch Selefiepublicaties) and Triod, acording to Indigo Jo’s, who are strongly opposed to Bin Laden cs.

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C L O S E R – News and Blogs on the “Muslim Boys”

Posted on February 8th, 2005 by .
Categories: Misc. News.

C L O S E R

Two news-items and one blog about the ‘Muslim Boys’: “a pseudo-Islamic criminal gang operating in south London.” “a ruthless gang of black so-called Muslim converts known as the ‘Muslim Boys’.”

According to Indigo Jo’s Blogs (the most interesting and thorough source on this one):

The gang is said to intimidate imams into opening their mosques in the early hours of the morning so that the gang can pray, and to carry out “conversions” of local youths, particularly “feral” children without adult supervision, to Islam at gunpoint. At least one local young man is reported to have been murdered for resisting this “da’wah” in order to set an example to others.

David Cohen has a report on The rise of the Muslim Boys in Thisislondon. This article contains a reference to Richard Reid the “shoe bomber’ which is quite misleading; it has not got anything to with it, although he was involved with the Brixton Muslim community. The chairman of the (wahhabi) mosque distances himself from the violence of these people calling them:

criminals masquerading as Muslims

. The Brixton Mosque is pretty much the same as Salafipublications (the Dutch Selefiepublicaties) and Triod, acording to Indigo Jo’s, who are strongly opposed to Bin Laden cs.

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Rendering Islam – Islam and Hip Hop go hand and hand

Posted on February 8th, 2005 by .
Categories: Misc. News.

Rendering Islam
Islam and Hip Hop go hand and hand
Rhythm Nation of Islam

pinning through a cipher of Muslim rap with the Bishop of Hip-Hop.

Eric K. Arnold Published: Wednesday, January 19, 2005

“I think that Islam itself is the unofficial religion of hip-hop,” proclaims Adisa Banjoko, the San Jose-based writer, publicist, radio show host of One Mic on KNEW-AM, and student of Gracie-style Brazilian jujitsu. “So much hip-hop has come to be that has referenced Islam, that many of the people themselves don’t even recognize it. Like, why is it that Biggie Smalls was going on about From Mecca to Medina? He’s not talking about Saudi Arabia.”

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