Wie leidt de dans…

Posted on March 9th, 2005 by .
Categories: Misc. News.

Interessant commentaar in Trouw over dr. Kaou thar Darmoni, een Tunesische deskundige in de orientaalse dans. Zij stelt dat in de emancipatie van vrouwen, de man de norm is geweest.

Op de Internationale vrouwendag poneerde zij de stelling dat de vrouwen hier het contact met hun vrouwelijke kracht hebben verloren. Daaraan schrijft zij toe dat zo weinig van haar seksegenoten door het ‘glazen plafond’ zijn gebroken en de weinige vrouwen die wel tot de top doordrongen zo vaak op ‘half-mannen’ lijken.

En misschien nog wel provocerender:

Volgens Darmoni kunnen de vrouwen in Nederland nog het nodige van de Arabische cultuur leren, hoe vrouwonvriendelijk die ook is. Daarmee gaf ze tevens aan dat onze dominante cultuur wel degelijk iets van immigranten kan opsteken.

Nou niet gelijk in voorspelbare reflexen schieten, laat het eerst even rustig op je in werken (dan tot 10 tellen) en geef dan je reactie.

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Dutch women's rights activist says Islam dangerous to women

Posted on March 9th, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Islam in the Netherlands, Islamnews.

An article on Hirsi Ali in the Free New Mexican: Dutch women’s rights activist says Islam dangerous to women

“Muslim religion is many things but it’s certainly not friendly to women,” she said at the European Parliament, warning the West that it “shouldn’t indulge in and buy fallacies from Muslims.”

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Dutch women’s rights activist says Islam dangerous to women

Posted on March 9th, 2005 by .
Categories: Islam in the Netherlands, Islamnews.

An article on Hirsi Ali in the Free New Mexican: Dutch women’s rights activist says Islam dangerous to women

“Muslim religion is many things but it’s certainly not friendly to women,” she said at the European Parliament, warning the West that it “shouldn’t indulge in and buy fallacies from Muslims.”

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Islam's Culture War – Christianity Today Magazine

Posted on March 9th, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Important Publications.

A review article Islam’s Culture War in Christianity Today Magazine on Why the Rest Hates the West from church historian Meic Pearse.

Pearse argues that Western culture has changed so much since the Enlightenment that Western “common sense” is no longer self-evident to other cultures. Islamic cultures believe the West is “barbaric,” showing lack of respect for the past, religion, family, and honor, while overindulging in sports, entertainment, and sex.

Woodberry agrees somewhat with this but he also argues:

I have recently been served a tv diet of American professional wrestling and the exhibitionism of former basketball player Dennis Rodman in a Pakistani airport and in an Arab-operated airplane, so I appreciate the author’s critique. But we should not overemphasize cultural issues. A Pew survey in June 2003 that reported growing Islamic rage at the United States also found that Muslims are attracted to democratic freedoms. A poll of 50 countries found that people even in monarchies (like Jordan and Kuwait) and more authoritarian states (like Uzbekistan and Pakistan) desire freedom of expression and of the press, multiparty systems, and equal treatment under the law.

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Islam’s Culture War – Christianity Today Magazine

Posted on March 9th, 2005 by .
Categories: Important Publications.

A review article Islam’s Culture War in Christianity Today Magazine on Why the Rest Hates the West from church historian Meic Pearse.

Pearse argues that Western culture has changed so much since the Enlightenment that Western “common sense” is no longer self-evident to other cultures. Islamic cultures believe the West is “barbaric,” showing lack of respect for the past, religion, family, and honor, while overindulging in sports, entertainment, and sex.

Woodberry agrees somewhat with this but he also argues:

I have recently been served a tv diet of American professional wrestling and the exhibitionism of former basketball player Dennis Rodman in a Pakistani airport and in an Arab-operated airplane, so I appreciate the author’s critique. But we should not overemphasize cultural issues. A Pew survey in June 2003 that reported growing Islamic rage at the United States also found that Muslims are attracted to democratic freedoms. A poll of 50 countries found that people even in monarchies (like Jordan and Kuwait) and more authoritarian states (like Uzbekistan and Pakistan) desire freedom of expression and of the press, multiparty systems, and equal treatment under the law.

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