C L O S E R February 2005 Archives - 3/3 - C L O S E R

The Daily Star – Special Reports – Survey sheds new light on Arab views of West

Posted on February 5th, 2005 by .
Categories: Misc. News.

The Daily Star – Special Reports – Survey sheds new light on Arab views of West
Survey sheds new light on Arab views of West
Data reveals striking evidence of anti-american and anti-british opinions among young

AMMAN: A pioneering survey conducted recently in five Arab countries reveals important and often-surprising data on how Arabs perceive themselves and major Western powers, along with striking evidence of increasingly extremist anti-American and anti-British views among Arab youth.

The survey, entitled “The Arab Street Revisited: Research from Within,” revealed important new insights into how Arabs differentiate between political and cultural values in the West, and also among the different leading states of the West. The surveyed Arabs also differentiate between Western political values which they admire and covet (democracy, justice, rule of law, etc.) and Western foreign policies in the Middle East, which they generally reject and criticize.

Full survey results and analysis will be made available soon on the center’s Web site (http://www.css-jordan.org/)
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Blogging for democracy

Posted on February 5th, 2005 by .
Categories: Misc. News.

My blog’s in Cambridge, but my heart is in Accra : Ethan’s Weblog – My blog is in Cambridge, but my heart’s in Accra
A translation (by ‘Saudi Jeans’ a.k.a. Ahmed) of al-Hayat’s article by Amina Khairy, ‘An American Promotes Arabic Blogs as Alternative to the Lost Democracy’.

Protected: de Volkskrant – 'Vrouw zal Hirsi Ali vermoorden'

Posted on February 5th, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: International Terrorism, Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues, Religious and Political Radicalization, Young Muslims.

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Protected: de Volkskrant – ‘Vrouw zal Hirsi Ali vermoorden’

Posted on February 5th, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: International Terrorism, Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues, Religious and Political Radicalization, Young Muslims.

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Protected: Trouw, nieuws & achtergronden – Bush mag, Mohammed B. niet

Posted on February 5th, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Misc. News.

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Protected: 'Radicale jongeren moeten we redden'

Posted on February 5th, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Religious and Political Radicalization, Young Muslims.

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Protected: ‘Radicale jongeren moeten we redden’

Posted on February 5th, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Religious and Political Radicalization, Young Muslims.

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Protected: Extremisme de kop indrukken

Posted on February 5th, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Religious and Political Radicalization, Young Muslims.

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Muslim Networks from Hajj to Hip Hop Edited by miriam cooke and Bruce B. Lawrence

Posted on February 4th, 2005 by .
Categories: Important Publications.

Muslim Networks from Hajj to Hip Hop Edited by miriam cooke and Bruce B. Lawrence
Muslim Networks from Hajj to Hip Hop

Edited by miriam cooke and Bruce B. Lawrence
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And she's not Dead?

Posted on February 4th, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Internal Debates, Misc. News, Uncategorized.

In several places you can find the story of Hind (no not the Moroccan-Dutch singer). Mahmood’s Den, Virtually Islamic and MuslimWakeUp! are my sources.

No the story of Hind is this one:
Hind el-Hinnawy, a 27 year-old Egyptian costume designer who with one bold gesture scandalized a religiously conservative society wallowing in its own schizoid hypocrisy and had her baby in that ambivalent zone of civil (urfi) marriage, going on to file a paternity suit against the famous, or by now infamous, actor, Ahmed Al-Fishawy.

Mahmood’s Den has the shortest and best summary:

And she’s not dead? Her brother, father, uncle, boy next door didn’t kill her to “purify” her family’s name?

I can’t believe it.. what’s the (Arab) world coming to, when a woman has sex out of wedlock, has an [il]legitimate child and then sues the father for paternity and lives to not only tell the tale but challenges the age-old “honour killing” thing?

Have your own say. Mine is: good on you Hind.

Muslim Wake Up has covered the story very thorough.

And she’s not Dead?

Posted on February 4th, 2005 by .
Categories: Internal Debates, Misc. News, Uncategorized.

In several places you can find the story of Hind (no not the Moroccan-Dutch singer). Mahmood’s Den, Virtually Islamic and MuslimWakeUp! are my sources.

No the story of Hind is this one:
Hind el-Hinnawy, a 27 year-old Egyptian costume designer who with one bold gesture scandalized a religiously conservative society wallowing in its own schizoid hypocrisy and had her baby in that ambivalent zone of civil (urfi) marriage, going on to file a paternity suit against the famous, or by now infamous, actor, Ahmed Al-Fishawy.

Mahmood’s Den has the shortest and best summary:

And she’s not dead? Her brother, father, uncle, boy next door didn’t kill her to “purify” her family’s name?

I can’t believe it.. what’s the (Arab) world coming to, when a woman has sex out of wedlock, has an [il]legitimate child and then sues the father for paternity and lives to not only tell the tale but challenges the age-old “honour killing” thing?

Have your own say. Mine is: good on you Hind.

Muslim Wake Up has covered the story very thorough.

The Rosetta Stone on Nawal el Saadawi

Posted on February 4th, 2005 by .
Categories: Misc. News.

The Rosetta Stone
Me, Myself and Islam:

Finally, this is me an Egyptian, an Arab and a Muslim… an Egyptian by nationality, an Arab by language and a Muslim by faith… three different entities joined together in one man enjoying the aspects of the three cultures.

Discussion on Nawal Saadawi or better about Rosetta Stone who is supporting her…

Best Arab Blogs Awards

Posted on February 4th, 2005 by .
Categories: Misc. News.

Well the Best Arab Blogs Awards… the winners are announced:
Best Arab Blogs Awardsâ„¢ :: Results: 2004 Best Arab Blogs Awards

The masters of ceremony were to other bloggers, Mahmoud Den and Sabbah.

I do not read the Arab language, but the english language choices are excellent, for instance in best humor blogs: My little bubble!
If someone of you can read Moroccan-Arabic then please review the Moroccan winner: Bluesman.
Of course there is also Iraq’s number one (of course!) Baghad Burning from Riverbend

I have added a few to my link-list on the right of this page.

Handschud-fundamentalisme?

Posted on February 4th, 2005 by .
Categories: Misc. News.

Een Rotterdamse wethouder is van plan om alle moslima’s de hand te schudden. Aanvankelijk vatte ik dit op als symboliek: hij wil een brug slaan naar alle moslima’s vanuit de politiek…ach ja och arme sukkelaer zijn mijn oude geschiedenislerares tegen mij zeggen. Hij bedoelt het letterlijk. De norm in Rotterdam is dat we elkaar de hand geven? De vraag is of het daar wel om gaat; of dat soort zaken wel in expliciete normen moeten worden vastgelegd.
Wethouder schudt voortaan alle moslima’s de hand – telegraaf.nl [Binnenland]
Wethouder schudt voortaan alle moslima’s de hand

Brabants Dagblad – Opinie – Het feest dat mensen spiegel voorhoudt

Posted on February 4th, 2005 by .
Categories: Misc. News, Multiculti Issues, Religion Other, Some personal considerations.

Brabants Dagblad – Opinie – Het feest dat mensen spiegel voorhoudt
Het feest dat mensen spiegel voorhoudt

Donderdag 3 februari 2005 – Het station is weer versierd en overal in de stad wapperen de rood-wit-gele-vlaggen. Dit weekend zijn we weer onbereikbaar voor de rest van Nederland vanwege carnaval. Ieder jaar opnieuw vragen nuchtere buitenstaanders zich af wat die zuiderlingen toch bezielt om vier dagen te feesten om niets.

Wat is eigenlijk het nut van carnaval?
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FrontPage magazine.com :: A Muslim Scholar Takes on CAIR by Jamie Glazov

Posted on February 2nd, 2005 by .
Categories: Internal Debates.

FrontPage magazine.com :: A Muslim Scholar Takes on CAIR by Jamie Glazov
A Muslim Scholar Takes on CAIR
By Jamie Glazov
FrontPageMagazine.com | February 2, 2005

Frontpage Interview’s guest today is Prof. Khaleel Mohammed, Assistant Professor at the Department of Religious Studies at San Diego State University. He has sparked controversy within the Islamic community by arguing, as a Muslim himself, that the Koran says Israel belongs to the Jews.

Aljazeera.Net – European imams to receive funding

Posted on February 2nd, 2005 by .
Categories: Islam in the Netherlands, Young Muslims.

Aljazeera.Net – European imams to receive funding
European imams to receive funding

Wednesday 02 February 2005, 15:30 Makka Time, 12:30 GMT

Out of 1200 imams in France, 400 cannot speak French

France and The Netherlands will be investing funds into training local imams rather than bringing Muslim religious leaders from abroad.

Black Britain | Female circumcision

Posted on February 2nd, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Misc. News.

Black Britain | News | Daily News and Sport
Africaâ€™s Sheikhs & Imams meet to disavow FGM
Category: africa Dated: 02/02/2005
A two-day conference, hosted by the Djiboutian government will bring together the highest religious authorities in the Horn of Africa, to deny the traditional practice of female genital mutilation is linked to religion.

By uniting African religious leaders from countries, where FGM is widely practised, campaigners see it as an opportunity to permanently break the link between the cultural practice and Islam and also to reinforce the view that FGM is a violation of womenï¿½s rights.

Ms Kwateng-Kluvitse added, ï¿½a lot of the women from those practising communities do believe firmly that itï¿½s a religious obligation and if you say to women and girls that your prayers are not heard unless youï¿½ve been cut, or that youï¿½re not a good Muslim unless you do it, then we do need somebody who is a religious leader saying that this is not the case.ï¿½

Black Britain | Female circumcision

Posted on February 2nd, 2005 by .
Categories: Misc. News.

Black Britain | News | Daily News and Sport
Africaâ€™s Sheikhs & Imams meet to disavow FGM
Category: africa Dated: 02/02/2005
A two-day conference, hosted by the Djiboutian government will bring together the highest religious authorities in the Horn of Africa, to deny the traditional practice of female genital mutilation is linked to religion.

By uniting African religious leaders from countries, where FGM is widely practised, campaigners see it as an opportunity to permanently break the link between the cultural practice and Islam and also to reinforce the view that FGM is a violation of womenï¿½s rights.

Ms Kwateng-Kluvitse added, ï¿½a lot of the women from those practising communities do believe firmly that itï¿½s a religious obligation and if you say to women and girls that your prayers are not heard unless youï¿½ve been cut, or that youï¿½re not a good Muslim unless you do it, then we do need somebody who is a religious leader saying that this is not the case.ï¿½

Telegraph | News | Alert over Islamic terrorists who tried to kill bin Laden

Posted on February 2nd, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: International Terrorism.

Telegraph | News | Alert over Islamic terrorists who tried to kill bin Laden
Alert over Islamic terrorists who tried to kill bin Laden
By Philip Johnston, Home Affairs Editor
(Filed: 01/02/2005)

An Islamic terrorist organisation considered more extreme than Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaeda has taken root in Britain because of lax asylum procedures, security experts claim today.

Telegraph | News | Alert over Islamic terrorists who tried to kill bin Laden

Posted on February 2nd, 2005 by .
Categories: International Terrorism.

Telegraph | News | Alert over Islamic terrorists who tried to kill bin Laden
Alert over Islamic terrorists who tried to kill bin Laden
By Philip Johnston, Home Affairs Editor
(Filed: 01/02/2005)

An Islamic terrorist organisation considered more extreme than Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaeda has taken root in Britain because of lax asylum procedures, security experts claim today.

MaghrebOnline.NL, een wereld van kennis, verrijking en ontspanning!

Posted on February 2nd, 2005 by .
Categories: Islam in the Netherlands, Misc. News, Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues.

MaghrebOnline.NL, een wereld van kennis, verrijking en ontspanning!
Meer discriminatie van de moslimbevolking

AMSTERDAM (ANP) – Na de moord op Van Gogh is er meer sprake van discriminatie van Nederlandse moslims. Nieuws over terrorisme en de moord op de filmmaker versterkten het negatieve beeld dat mensen van de multiculturele samenleving hebben. Dat blijkt uit onderzoek van de Vrije Universiteit.

In Netherlands, Anti-Islamic Polemic Comes With a Price (washingtonpost.com)

Posted on February 1st, 2005 by .
Categories: Islam in the Netherlands, Misc. News, Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues, Religious and Political Radicalization.

In Netherlands, Anti-Islamic Polemic Comes With a Price (washingtonpost.com)
In Netherlands, Anti-Islamic Polemic Comes With a Price

On the “Dutch Ross Perot”: Geert Wilders.

Wilders’s transgression, according to the extremists demanding his death, is his insulting of Muslims in the Netherlands, with frequent denunciations of Islam. “Islam and democracy are fully incompatible,” he said in the interview. “They will never be compatible — not today, and not in a million years.”

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