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C L O S E R – Hooligans!

Posted on June 30th, 2005 by .
Categories: Misc. News, Multiculti Issues.

Nou he he wat een gedoe over de Marokkaanse supporters a.k.a. hooligans bij de laatste wedstrijden van het Marokkaanse team. Marokko werd toch eigenlijk wel compleet zoekgespeeld door die Nigeriaanse kleerkasten, waar niet iedereen goed tegen kan. Het intellect van sommige spelers zit duidelijk in hun voetbalschoenen gezien de smerige overtredingen.

En dan die ‘supporters‘ kunnen er ook aardig wat van. Het stadion was nogal een puinhoop net zoals eerder in Utrecht na de wedstrijd… (ehh tegen wie ook alweer?).

Gelukkig zijn er mensen ook blij…het is namelijk koren op de molen van diegenen die toch al niks van moslims/marokkanen/buitenlanders moeten hebben. Daar doet dit gedoe weinig aan af. Een voorbeeld zijn uitspraken als deze:

Ook bij de wedstrijd turkije-china zijn op grote schaal vernielingen aangericht (en niet door de supporters van china�)

Die kankerislamieten kunnen zich gewoon nooit en nergens gedragen, niet op het veld en niet op de tribune.

Alle islamieten de wereld uit, te beginnen uit Nederland!

Want wat heeft dit eigenlijk te maken met het feit dat het om Marokkanen/moslims gaat? Is ten eerste vast gesteld of men moslim is? M.a.w. of men praktiserend is? Daarbij gaat het grotendeels om jongeren die hier geboren en opgegroeid zijn en dus (op z’n minst ook) blootgesteld zijn aan de NL-se cultuur. Dus opmerkingen als deze:

Toch denk ik dat we ons grote zorgen moeten maken omtrend een Troyaans paard. Nu weer dat achterlijke radicaal conservatief dier wat aan de macht is gekomen in Iran, die een islamitische wereldrevolutie predikt.
mijn reactie hierop: voorkomen is beter dan genezen, dus uitzetten die lui, voordat ze ons van binnenuit besmetten. Dan gelijk art 6 van de grondwet wijzigen (vrijheid van godsdienst) en daar iig de islam in verbieden.

slaan werkelijk als een tang op varken. Opvallend bij deze uitspraak is de link die wordt gelegd met uitspraken van Ahmadinejad over de islamitische wereldrevolutie. Dat gebeurt regelmatig in andere berichten ook. Ten eerste gaat het in Iran om sjiietische conservatieven en daarover de soennitische Marokkanen weinig van te verwachten hier. Ten tweede waar praten we nu over?

Gelukkig heeft Geert Wilders ook kamervragen gesteld aan Donner en Remkes net als bij eerdere voetbalrellen (toch? help me ff aan een link…) dan komt het wel weer goed… (Diezelfde Wilders die in zijn kamervragen over Amsterdamse scholen sprak over ‘de terreur van Marokkaanse jongeren en andere allochtone jongen’, maar zweeg over het feit dat uit het bewuste rapport blijkt dat Marokkaanse en andere allochtone jongeren net zo goed slachtoffer zijn en het niet nodig vind om ook het kleine groepje antillianen en surinamers te benoemen dat op een praktijkschool de knoet eronder houdt; ergo hij geeft daar blijkbaar niks om…maar dit is een ander onderwerp).

Maar kan het ff een tandje minder? Ja, allemaal! Het is flauwekul om die wedstrijd niet door te laten gaan vanwege een stel gladiolen die niet van andermans spullen kan afblijven. Het is vooral flauwekul omdat het totnutoe een WK is zonder wanklank, leuke wedstrijden, veel belangstelling en mooi weer. Alsof het gedrag van die supporters dat in ��n kan verpesten. We neigen weer naar een collectieve hysterie net als na die tasjesdief. Kan het ff een tandje minder? En kunnen we het even in perspectief blijven zien? HEt gaat hierom zogenaamde voetbalsupporters die het nodig vinden om er een zooitje van te maken. Het is dus voetbalgeweld…geen terreur, geen islamitisch geweld en geen Marokkaans geweld. Dat voetbalgeweld aangepakt moet worden is duidelijk laten we dat dan ook maar doen.

Ow ja en voor die Marokkaanse supporters die zo vervelend werden en van plan zijn te worden, laat je mede supporters genieten van de wedstrijden en de anderen ook. Ik heb een tip voor jullie, als jullie je agressie niet kwijt kunnen: lelahelmetal.com gekregen via Peter:

Dat is een website die dient ter promotie van Arabische metal bands. Wat te denken van deze jongens van Killer Zone uit Casablanca met hun onvervalste DeathGrind (voor de niet-kenners; veel heavier kan het niet meer) Een geschikt nummer om mee te beginnen is Birth of Ignorance. Leef je daar maar op uit en laat de goedbedoelende Marokkaanse en autochtone Nederlanders even met rust ok?

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TIME.com Inside the Mind of an Iraqi Suicide Bomber

Posted on June 29th, 2005 by .
Categories: International Terrorism.

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TIME.com: Inside the Mind of an Iraqi Suicide Bomber

One day soon, this somber young man plans to offer up a final prayer and then blow himself up along with as many U.S. or Iraqi soldiers as he can reach. Marwan Abu Ubeida says he has been training for months to carry out a suicide mission. He doesn’t know when or where he will be ordered to climb into a bomb-laden vehicle or strap on an explosives-filled vest but says he is eager for the moment to come. While he waits, he spends much of his time rehearsing that last prayer. “First I will ask Allah to bless my mission with a high rate of casualties among the Americans,” he says, speaking softly in a matter-of-fact monotone, as if dictating a shopping list. “Then I will ask him to purify my soul so I am fit to see him, and I will ask to see my mujahedin brothers who are already with him.” He pauses to run the list through his mind again, then resumes: “The most important thing is that he should let me kill many Americans.”

During a three-hour interview, he talked freely of his motivations but did not divulge any specifics about a prospective strike. He seemed articulate and candid, though he insisted on being photographed wearing a mask over his face to conceal his identity and chose a pseudonym, using the common Iraqi name Marwan and a historical one, that of Abu Ubeida al-Jarrah, a 7th century general who conquered Syria for Islam. The sincerity of his desire to make himself a “martyr” was attested to by several figures– a member of his organization, al-Qaeda in Iraq; a Baghdad-area commander of an insurgent unit that provides logistical support for al-Qaeda bombers; and a Sunni imam who is sometimes brought in to counsel bombers during their premission spiritual “purification”–whom TIME consulted through Iraqis with contacts inside the insurgency. His account provides a rare glimpse into the mind-set and preparation of one aspiring suicide bomber.

Marwan’s journey toward suicide murderer began just a few weeks after the fall of Saddam Hussein. Before the war, he had been one of Fallujah’s privileged young men: his father’s successful business earned enough–even during the difficult years when the West imposed economic sanctions on Iraq–to provide a good life for Marwan and his six brothers and four sisters. In high school, he was an average student but excelled in Koranic studies at the local mosque.

Unlike many other Sunnis in Fallujah, Marwan had little love for Saddam’s Sunni-led regime. Yet once the dictator fell, he turned against the Americans. “We expected them to bring Saddam down and then leave,” he says. “But they stayed and stayed.” Insurgents approached disaffected Fallujis like Marwan and urged them to join the resistance against the Americans. Many signed up, including one of Marwan’s older brothers.

Like other Iraqis who have joined extremist religious groups during the insurgency, Marwan severed connections with his family when he joined up. He says he will call them once before his suicide mission to say goodbye. Even though one of his brothers fights for another insurgent group and other siblings help the rebels with money and shelter, he says they all believe he has gone too far. “My family are not happy with my choice,” he says. “But they know they can’t change my path.”

Besides the Koran, he says, “I read about the history of jihad, about great martyrs who have gone before me. These things strengthen my will.” One popular source of inspiration for suicide bombers is The Lover of Angels, by Abdullah Azzam, one of Osama bin Laden’s spiritual mentors, which tells stories of jihadis who died fighting Soviet occupying troops in Afghanistan. And Marwan is listening to taped speeches that address subjects like the rewards that await warriors in heaven. In recent months, jihadist groups have also begun showing recruits lurid videos of successful suicide hits. A U.S. official in Baghdad who studies suicide terrorism says some volunteers even visit the sites of previous bombings for inspiration.

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Telegraph | News | 'My dream was to be a suicide bomber. I wanted to kill 20, 50 Jews. Yes, even babies'

Posted on June 29th, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Misc. News.

In the Telegraph: ‘My dream was to be a suicide bomber. I wanted to kill 20, 50 Jews. Yes, even babies’

A touching story by Manuela Dviri a journalist, playwright and writer whose son, Jonathan, was killed by a Hizbollah rocket seven years ago. She received the 2005 Peres Reward for Peace and Reconciliation for her involvement with Saving Children, an Israeli-Palestinian project which refers Palestinian children to Israeli hospitals for free treatment.

They are here, and still alive, because they changed their minds at the last moment, because they were arrested, or because, like Wafa, they did not succeed. They are kept in a kind of labyrinth, behind seven, or perhaps eight, iron doors and gates, at the end of long corridors to which few people are allowed access, and which are reached after climbing and descending one flight of stairs after another.

Their unarmed guard, a young, calm-looking blonde woman, calls them her “girls”. “There are 30 of them, between 17 and 30 years old, some of them are married and others aren’t, some of them have children,” she told me. “Their stories come out of the Thousand and One Nights. Some of them did it to make amends for a relative who was a collaborator, others to escape becoming victims of honour killings, and for the psychologically frail or depressed it was a good way to commit suicide and at the same time become ‘heroines’. Personally, I don’t judge them or hate them, because if I did I wouldn’t be able to look after them any more.”

One question has bothered me since my visit to that prison. The parents and the relatives of these failed martyrs, what happens to them afterwards? What do they feel after the tragedy, with that knowledge? I decided that I would ask Wafa’s father, Samir al-Biss. Samir is the owner of a tiny, shabby grocery shop. For many years, before the intifada, he worked as a day labourer in Israel. After the initial shock of his daughter’s martyrdom mission, he disconnected the telephone and now will not speak directly to anyone.

He has, however, allowed Wael, Wafa’s cousin, to answer on his behalf. “Wafa’s father is still in a state of shock,” Wael said. “He wishes to say that he can’t bring himself to believe that his daughter was going to blow herself up. He believes that she was put up to it and exploited by someone and that it’s not fair that the whole Palestinian population should be punished for what she has tried to do. The Palestinians don’t have to pay for her act,” he added sadly.

I tend to agree with him. Neither the Palestinian people nor the Israelis should have to pay for the fanatical acts of their extremists.

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Telegraph | News | ‘My dream was to be a suicide bomber. I wanted to kill 20, 50 Jews. Yes, even babies’

Posted on June 29th, 2005 by .
Categories: Misc. News.

In the Telegraph: ‘My dream was to be a suicide bomber. I wanted to kill 20, 50 Jews. Yes, even babies’

A touching story by Manuela Dviri a journalist, playwright and writer whose son, Jonathan, was killed by a Hizbollah rocket seven years ago. She received the 2005 Peres Reward for Peace and Reconciliation for her involvement with Saving Children, an Israeli-Palestinian project which refers Palestinian children to Israeli hospitals for free treatment.

They are here, and still alive, because they changed their minds at the last moment, because they were arrested, or because, like Wafa, they did not succeed. They are kept in a kind of labyrinth, behind seven, or perhaps eight, iron doors and gates, at the end of long corridors to which few people are allowed access, and which are reached after climbing and descending one flight of stairs after another.

Their unarmed guard, a young, calm-looking blonde woman, calls them her “girls”. “There are 30 of them, between 17 and 30 years old, some of them are married and others aren’t, some of them have children,” she told me. “Their stories come out of the Thousand and One Nights. Some of them did it to make amends for a relative who was a collaborator, others to escape becoming victims of honour killings, and for the psychologically frail or depressed it was a good way to commit suicide and at the same time become ‘heroines’. Personally, I don’t judge them or hate them, because if I did I wouldn’t be able to look after them any more.”

One question has bothered me since my visit to that prison. The parents and the relatives of these failed martyrs, what happens to them afterwards? What do they feel after the tragedy, with that knowledge? I decided that I would ask Wafa’s father, Samir al-Biss. Samir is the owner of a tiny, shabby grocery shop. For many years, before the intifada, he worked as a day labourer in Israel. After the initial shock of his daughter’s martyrdom mission, he disconnected the telephone and now will not speak directly to anyone.

He has, however, allowed Wael, Wafa’s cousin, to answer on his behalf. “Wafa’s father is still in a state of shock,” Wael said. “He wishes to say that he can’t bring himself to believe that his daughter was going to blow herself up. He believes that she was put up to it and exploited by someone and that it’s not fair that the whole Palestinian population should be punished for what she has tried to do. The Palestinians don’t have to pay for her act,” he added sadly.

I tend to agree with him. Neither the Palestinian people nor the Israelis should have to pay for the fanatical acts of their extremists.

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Protected: Het Parool – Radicalisme bereikt Marokko via Europa

Posted on June 28th, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Religious and Political Radicalization, Some personal considerations, Young Muslims.

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Protected: Reformatorisch Dagblad – Internet Editie

Posted on June 28th, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues, Young Muslims.

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Protected: Nederlandse GezinsRaad: Signalement 3: Allochtone gezinnen

Posted on June 27th, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Gender, Kinship & Marriage Issues, Multiculti Issues.

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Protected: nu.nl/algemeen | Lid Hofstadgroep in Amsterdam opgepakt (video)

Posted on June 24th, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues.

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Protected: nu.nl/algemeen | Lid Hofstadgroep in Amsterdam opgepakt (video)

Posted on June 24th, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues.

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BBC NEWS | UK | Terror arrest 'link' to killing

Posted on June 24th, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues.

BBC NEWS | UK | Terror arrest ‘link’ to killing

A man wanted in the Netherlands for terrorist-related offences has been accused of links to a group suspected of killing film-maker Theo van Gogh.

Racid Belkacem appeared at Bow Street Magistrates’ Court following his arrest in London on the back of an extradition request from the Dutch authorities.

Prosecutors alleged the 32 year-old Dutch national “maintained contact” with members of Hofstad group.

He was remanded in custody ahead of a further hearing on 1 July.

Mr Van Gogh, 47, was shot and stabbed to death in Amsterdam in November last year.

He had received death threats after making the film Submission which accused Islam of promoting violence against women.

Computer files

Mr Belkacem was held by officers from Scotland Yard’s extradition unit in a street in Whitechapel, east London, on Wednesday. He had arrived in the UK in January.

Police said the alleged offences against him involve firearms, forged documentation and terrorist-related recruitment.

Rosemary Fernandes, who detailed the allegations against Mr Belkacem in court, said computer files were found at his house in the Netherlands suggesting “the recruitment of persons for the Jihad”.

She said the authorities also discovered live ammunition and a blank-firing gun which could have been converted to take real bullets.

His lawyer, Mark Summers, indicated the defence would seek to challenge the validity of the extradition warrant.

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BBC NEWS | UK | Terror arrest ‘link’ to killing

Posted on June 24th, 2005 by .
Categories: Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues.

BBC NEWS | UK | Terror arrest ‘link’ to killing

A man wanted in the Netherlands for terrorist-related offences has been accused of links to a group suspected of killing film-maker Theo van Gogh.

Racid Belkacem appeared at Bow Street Magistrates’ Court following his arrest in London on the back of an extradition request from the Dutch authorities.

Prosecutors alleged the 32 year-old Dutch national “maintained contact” with members of Hofstad group.

He was remanded in custody ahead of a further hearing on 1 July.

Mr Van Gogh, 47, was shot and stabbed to death in Amsterdam in November last year.

He had received death threats after making the film Submission which accused Islam of promoting violence against women.

Computer files

Mr Belkacem was held by officers from Scotland Yard’s extradition unit in a street in Whitechapel, east London, on Wednesday. He had arrived in the UK in January.

Police said the alleged offences against him involve firearms, forged documentation and terrorist-related recruitment.

Rosemary Fernandes, who detailed the allegations against Mr Belkacem in court, said computer files were found at his house in the Netherlands suggesting “the recruitment of persons for the Jihad”.

She said the authorities also discovered live ammunition and a blank-firing gun which could have been converted to take real bullets.

His lawyer, Mark Summers, indicated the defence would seek to challenge the validity of the extradition warrant.

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BBC NEWS | UK | Dutch terrorism suspect arrested

Posted on June 22nd, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues.

BBC NEWS | UK | Dutch terrorism suspect arrested
A 32-year-old Dutch man wanted in the Netherlands on suspicion of raising his “own private army” has been arrested by anti-terrorism police in east London.

Racid Belkacem was arrested in a street in Whitechapel following an extradition request from the Dutch authorities.

He is accused of terrorist-related recruitment, firearms offences and forging documentation – all believed to have taken place in the Netherlands.

Mr Belkacem will appear before Bow Street magistrates on Thursday.

Mr Belkacem was arrested by officers from the Metropolitan Police’s extradition unit, aided by anti-terrorist police, at 1515 BST on Wednesday.

The alleged offences are not thought to have targeted the UK.

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BBC NEWS | UK | Dutch terrorism suspect arrested

Posted on June 22nd, 2005 by .
Categories: Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues.

BBC NEWS | UK | Dutch terrorism suspect arrested
A 32-year-old Dutch man wanted in the Netherlands on suspicion of raising his “own private army” has been arrested by anti-terrorism police in east London.

Racid Belkacem was arrested in a street in Whitechapel following an extradition request from the Dutch authorities.

He is accused of terrorist-related recruitment, firearms offences and forging documentation – all believed to have taken place in the Netherlands.

Mr Belkacem will appear before Bow Street magistrates on Thursday.

Mr Belkacem was arrested by officers from the Metropolitan Police’s extradition unit, aided by anti-terrorist police, at 1515 BST on Wednesday.

The alleged offences are not thought to have targeted the UK.

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C L O S E R: De inkt van de geleerde en het bloed van de martelaar door Dick Pels

Posted on June 22nd, 2005 by .
Categories: Internal Debates, Islam in the Netherlands, Religious and Political Radicalization, Young Muslims.

Ontvangen via Tareq van de MoslimMedia Yahoogroep.

De inkt van de geleerde en het bloed van de martelaar

Dick Pels
Dick Pels over Azzam, de pen, het bloed, scheiding kerk-staat enz. Zeer de moeite waard!

De institutionele machtenscheiding tussen wetenschap en staat is dus niet hetzelfde als de filosofische scheiding tussen wetenschap
en politiek, of for that matter die tussen rede en geloof. Ook hier moeten de harde onderscheidingen door zachtere worden vervangen. De modernistische opvatting van wetenschap, die zich zo sterk tegen
zowel religie als politiek heeft afgezet, onttrekt gemakkelijk allerlei onderhuidse continu�teiten aan het zicht. Een meer postmoderne en reflexieve benadering van de kennisvorming staat in elk geval sceptischer tegenover de universalistische claims van waarheid, ethische neutraliteit en objectieve feitelijkheid die het
wetenschappelijk rationalisme zo dierbaar zijn (en komt daarmee in zeker opzicht tegemoet aan de islamitische kritiek). De westerse
wetenschap blijkt politieker van inslag te zijn en meer geloofselementen in zich te dragen dan door modernisten en Verlichters doorgaans wordt erkend (11). Wie hierin een heilloos
relativisme ziet, dient te bedenken dat deze sceptische benadering van de wetenschappelijke waarheid nog veel scherper gekant is tegen de absolute openbaringswaarheden van de politieke islam. Voor radicalen die m�t Azzam de inkt van de geleerde laten ineenvloeien met het bloed van de martelaar, is deze vorm van veelgoderij zonder meer een influistering van de Duivel.

Dit artikel verscheen eerder in Civis Mundi. Tijdschrift voor
politieke filosofie en cultuur 44(3), juni 2005.
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Islam Online- Young Dutch Muslims Take the Lead

Posted on June 22nd, 2005 by .
Categories: Islam in the Netherlands, Multiculti Issues, Young Muslims.

Islam Online- News Section
Young Dutch Muslims Take the Lead

We need to remain Muslims and at the same time respect the other’s religion, race and color, said Budak.

By Nasreddine Djebbi, IOL Correspondent

ROTTERDAM, June 15, 2005 (IslamOnline.net) Young Dutch Muslims are now taking the lead from older generations and are qualified enough to steer the minority’s integration drive.

Young Dutch Muslims better understand the nature of society as they master the native language and are fully aware of its culture and laws,� Zekerya Budak, a young Muslim activist, told IslamOnline.net.

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Amsterdam University Press – Nederlandse moslims. Van migrant tot burger

Posted on June 22nd, 2005 by .
Categories: Important Publications, Islam in the Netherlands, Multiculti Issues, Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues, My Research, Religious and Political Radicalization.

Verschijnt binnenkort:

Nederlandse moslims. Van migrant tot burger onder redactie van Dick Douwes, Martijn de Koning en Welmoet Boender.

Nederlandse moslims is een prikkelend themaboek, over geloof, dagelijks leven en integratie van Nederlandse moslims en is geschreven als leidraad voor iedereen die een genuanceerd oordeel wil vormen in het debat over moslims in Nederland.

Het boek gaat over migratie en integratie, islamitische organisaties en geloofsbeleving, jongerencultuur en het islamdebat. De auteurs bekijken welke rol religieuze en andere waarden spelen en hoe deze veranderen.

Als aanvulling bevat het boek een cd-rom met geluids- en videofragmenten met onder meer Hirsi Ali en Ali B. Ook krijgt de lezer een kijkje in een moskee.

Om dit boek te bestellen, stuurt u een e-mail naar bestellingen@aup.nl
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C L O S E R Persbericht SMVH Samen maken wij de samenleving

Posted on June 22nd, 2005 by .
Categories: Multiculti Issues.

Misschien een wat soft project (?) maar juist omdat het op kleine schaal en op buurt- en wijkniveau wordt ingezet zeer de moeite waard denk ik, dit project van SMVH

Fondsen steunen project �Samen maken wij de samenleving�.
Het Oranje Fonds stelt 40.000,- euro beschikbaar voor het project �samen maken wij de samenleving�. Het project zal dit jaar van start gaan in de deelgemeentes Delfshaven en Feijenoord (Rotterdam). Het Oranje Fonds is het grootste, nationale fonds op sociaal gebied. Per jaar keert het ongeveer 15 miljoen euro uit aan organisaties en projecten in Nederland en op de Nederlandse Antillen en Aruba. Hierdoor bevordert het Oranje Fonds sociale cohesie, participatie, integratie en sociale veiligheid en vermindert het sociale uitsluiting. Ronald Van der Giessen, directeur: �Het Oranje Fonds wil met deze bijdrage een aanjaagfunctie hebben en voor de organisaties daadwerkelijk een verschil maken in de opzet en uitvoer van hun project.�

Daarnaast heeft het VSB fonds een bedrag van 7.500,- euro toegezegd. Het VSB fonds wil bijdragen aan het behoud en de verbetering van een leefbare Nederlandse samenleving, met het oog op een duurzame toekomst. Het VSBfonds doet dit door projecten te steunen die ervoor zorgen dat mensen kunnen deelnemen aan de samenleving en zich kunnen ontplooien.

Over het project; Het project �samen maken wij de samenleving� is in 2003 ontwikkeld door SMVA samenlevingsopbouw en studenten van de Hogeschool Rotterdam. Het kernaspect van het project is dat er op straat-, buurt- en wijkniveau wordt geinvesteerd in sociale integratie, veiligheid en leefbaarheid. In samenwerking met �partners uit de buurt� worden debatten, workshops en trainingen georganiseerd, voor en door de buurt. Het projectplan wordt uitgevoerd aan de hand van een fasemodel, waarbij per fase aandachtsgebieden aan bod komen. De kracht van het project zit o.a. in het feit dat er vanuit de straat, buurt of de wijk ontmoetingen tussen bewoners worden georganiseerd over thema�s die alle bewoners aangaan. Het met elkaar in debat gaan over maatschappelijke kwesties wordt vandaag de dag als negatief ervaren, vaak onderbouwd met het excuus van �mensen hebben geen zin meer in discussies�. Met elkaar in dialoog gaan over alledaagse thema�s die alle bewoners aangaan is echter de eerste stap naar een veilige en leefbare omgeving.
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NOVA – Zahra Blue Eyes Antisemitische film te koop in Turkse moskee

Posted on June 22nd, 2005 by .
Categories: Multiculti Issues.

Nova berichtte dat er een antisemitische film te koop is in Turkse moskeeen in Rotterdam, in Den Haag en in Amsterdam. Volgens hen wordt de film daar ook aan kinderen vertoond iets dat overigens niet uit de reportage blijkt (tenzij je de opmerking dat ook kinderen het een boeiende film vinden als bewijs ziet).

Het gaat om een film die in Iran is gemaakt en in het Turks is nagesynchroniseerd. De film heet ‘Zahra’s ogen’. Het verhaal gaat over een Palestijns meisje dat door een Isra�lische militair wordt ontvoerd en verminkt, want haar ogen worden getransplanteerd om een blind joods jongetje weer te laten zien.

NOVA – Antisemitische film te koop in Turkse moskee – klik hier voor de reportage

Behalve dat de film een staaltje onvervalste propaganda tegen de staat Isra�l behelst, wat niet strafbaar is, zou hij ook antisemitische passages bevatten die w�l onder het bereik van de strafwet vallen.

De film lijkt mij erg eenzijdige fictie vanuit Palestijns oogpunt. Niet perse iets mis mee ook al vinden we het misschien niet leuk. Maar ook anti-semitisch? Twee voorbeelden waren de joodse taxichauffeur die het meisje en haar opa verraadt en terugbrengt naar de Israeliers. Hij telt zijn geld en lacht erbij; dit zou het archetype van de Judas kunnen zijn. Een ander voorbeeld is als de vader van het jongetje zegt dat hij het Palestijnse meisje beschouwt als deel van zijn boomgaard waar hij vrij de vruchten van mag plukken. Dit zou de joden neerzetten als wereldheersers; ook zo’n anti-semitisch thema.

Nu zal zo’n eenzijdige film altijd wel stoelen op vooroordelen en stereotypen en of hij nou echt geschikt is voor kinderen daar heb ik zo mijn twijfels over. Verbieden? Of valt dit nog onder de vrijheid van meningsuiting?

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Protected: Elsevier.nl – De Koran, een verontrustend boek

Posted on June 20th, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Deep in the woods....

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C L O S E R – Deep in the woods…

Posted on June 20th, 2005 by .
Categories: Deep in the woods....

Sometimes people come up with things that are too bizarre. Crazy, but serious, ideas from politicians or whoever, that we should bury deep in the woods, or in the Nick Cave’s words:

Love is for fools and all fools are lovers
It’s raining on my house and none of the others
Love is for fools and God knows I’m still one
The sidewalks are filled with love’s lonely children
The sidewalk regrets that we had to kill them.

I came up with idea after reading the news on the ‘Allochtonen-playforest’; a project designed to increase the number of migrants visiting woods….the can play, cheer whatever? Great isn’t it? No it isn’t? Who comes up with ideas like that? It is insulting for migrants and if you want the xenohopia among native Dutch people, this ridiculous idea is exactly what is needed (and because of the insulting character of this idea I don’t think migrants will think well that is nice of our native dutch fellow citizens…). So please let’s bring this idea deep in the woods and bury it there.

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IRAQ: INSURGENTS' HOLY WAR MAP ON INTERNET

Posted on June 18th, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Misc. News.

IRAQ: INSURGENTS’ HOLY WAR MAP ON INTERNET

Baghdad, 16 June (AKI) – Muslim militants seeking to join the fighting in Iraq against the US-led coalition forces and their Iraqi government allies can now choose the best route to smuggle themselves into the country, simply by following detailed instructions available on the Internet. “The central border area between Syria’s Dir al-Zur province and Iraq’s al-Anbar province is the entry point most used by the mujahadeen,” says part of a lengthy message, posted on the Islamic “Firdaws” forum on the Internet. The message, entitled “The way towards the country of the two rivers,” a reference to Iraq and the two main rivers flowing through the country – the Tigris and the Euphrates – is signed by someone called al-Muhjhir al-Islami. It bears some resemblance to another message Adnkronos International (AKI) found on the site on 7 June, and may have been compiled by the same author.

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IRAQ: INSURGENTS’ HOLY WAR MAP ON INTERNET

Posted on June 18th, 2005 by .
Categories: Misc. News.

IRAQ: INSURGENTS’ HOLY WAR MAP ON INTERNET

Baghdad, 16 June (AKI) – Muslim militants seeking to join the fighting in Iraq against the US-led coalition forces and their Iraqi government allies can now choose the best route to smuggle themselves into the country, simply by following detailed instructions available on the Internet. “The central border area between Syria’s Dir al-Zur province and Iraq’s al-Anbar province is the entry point most used by the mujahadeen,” says part of a lengthy message, posted on the Islamic “Firdaws” forum on the Internet. The message, entitled “The way towards the country of the two rivers,” a reference to Iraq and the two main rivers flowing through the country – the Tigris and the Euphrates – is signed by someone called al-Muhjhir al-Islami. It bears some resemblance to another message Adnkronos International (AKI) found on the site on 7 June, and may have been compiled by the same author.

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Cairo Magazine – When the religious gets political

Posted on June 18th, 2005 by .
Categories: Internal Debates.

One of the major questions among Muslims is: Who has the right to issue a fatwa, and over what? This article from Cairo Magazine – When the religious gets political
goes into this important issue focusing on Al-Azhar.

In recent years, there has been a growing trend of �unofficial fatwas� being announced on state TV, satellite channels radio, newspapers and in mosques. For instance, earlier this year fatwas were issued banning yoga and ironing women�s pants�the latter because, according to the man who issued that fatwa, women are not allowed to wear pants in Islam.

Confusing the dispute is the lack of clear hierarchy between Al Azhar and Dar Al Iftaa, which is technically under Al Azhar�s jurisdiction yet supposed to be the sole source of fatwas. This has caused problem before. For instance, in January 2004, after Al Tantawi urged French Muslims to respect the ban on veils in public schools, Gomaa argued that the veil was an obligation for Muslims. Other religious scholars around the world also condemned Al Tantawi�s position.

Aboul Ela says the way people perceive fatwas has changed from the way they were perceived earlier in Islam’s history. “After the death of the Prophet Muhammed, Muslim scholars used fatwas to adapt to the changes of everyday life, because there are issues that are not mentioned in the Quran or the Sunna,” he explained. “Now people go and seek fatwas even if the issues are already mentioned in the Quran and are not debatable. The sheikhs don’t see how dangerous it is to issue a wrong fatwa.”

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Reuters AlertNet – CHRONOLOGY-Al Qaeda messages since Sept. 11, 2001

Posted on June 18th, 2005 by .
Categories: Misc. News.

On Reuters Alertnet a CHRONOLOGY of Al Qaeda messages since Sept. 11, 2001

WASHINGTON, June 17 (Reuters) – Ayman al-Zawahri, the No. 2 leader of the militant al Qaeda network, said in a videotape broadcast on Friday that reform and expelling “invaders” from Muslims countries could not happen peacefully.

Following is a chronology of major statements attributed to bin Laden or his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri.

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May the Force be with you…

Posted on June 18th, 2005 by .
Categories: Misc. News.

Well sometimes articles seem funny and interesting at the same time. This is one of them: alt.muslim – Star Wars: An Islamic Perspective by Irfan Rydhan

As most “Star Wars” fans know, director George Lucas took spiritual elements, which are common in most major world religions to create his epic saga of good vs. evil. As a Muslim, I always thought of the “Jedi” as what a true follower of Islam should be like. Never mind the fact Jedi masters with their North African style cloaks and scruffy beards look like Sufi Sheikhs, but they way they are taught to respect a greater power, fight for the defense of the innocent and honor a code of morals and ethics in order to bring about peace and justice to their society, is basically what Islam teaches all Muslims to strive for. So what really is the connection between these similar Islamic principles and the fictional “Jedi Order” of the Star Wars saga?

His conclusion (but read the whole article you lazy…):

From my brief amount of research and study into the “Star Wars” saga, I found many examples connecting the ideals and principles of Islam to that of the fictional Jedi Order. Some of the similarities were clearly visible (as with the relations between the Jedi master, apprentice and the Force to that of the Sufi Sheikhs, students and worshipping of Allah), while others were a bit more hidden and surprising finds (such as the term “Jeddi” and “Palawan” for Muslim knights and the story of “al-Khidr” � the green spiritual guru which has an uncanny resemblance to the Jedi Spiritual master “Yoda”)!

Even though Lucas himself is not a follower of any specific religion, he has used elements of Islam (as well as other world religions) to convey the universal understandings of good and evil. Combining that common thread of humanity with a futuristic space-age setting and exciting martial arts swordsmanship, came a creation that has inspired many, no matter their race, religion or culture. There is something about the “Star Wars” saga that everyone can relate to and enjoy. And I hope that those people who are searching for a “truth” within the mythology of “Star Wars”, will look a little deeper behind the fiction and find Al-Islam: A true way of life which emphasizes peace, justice and brotherhood for all humanity.

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