Eurozine: Lila Abu-Lughod – The Muslim woman. The power of images and the danger of pity

Posted on November 1st, 2006 by .
Categories: Gender, Kinship & Marriage Issues, Multiculti Issues.

Lorenz has brought to my attention (via Disparate) an interesting article by Lila Abu-Lughod (The Muslim woman. power of images and the danger of pity) at Eurozine.com.

In the common Western imagination, the image of the veiled Muslim woman stands for oppression in the Muslim world. This makes it hard to think about the Muslim world without thinking about women, sets up an “us” and “them” relationship with Muslim women, and ignores the variety of ways of life practiced by women in different parts of the Muslim world. Anthropologist Lila Abu-Lughod emphasizes that veiling should not be confused with a lack of agency or even traditionalism. Western feminists who take it upon themselves to speak on behalf of oppressed Muslim women assume that individual desire and social convention are inherently at odds: something not borne out by the experience of Islamic society.

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Islamofobie – Het 'zij – wij' perspectief onder de loep

Posted on November 1st, 2006 by martijn.
Categories: Multiculti Issues.

Op haar weblog heeft Anja Meulenbelt een interessant stukje geschreven over Islamofobie als zelfbedieningswinkel. Ook al heeft het perspectief dus zeer zinvolle bijdragen te geven; uiteindelijk is veel te simplistisch, averechts en hanteert het grotendeels dezelfde uitgangspunten als de islam-bashers. Kort gezegd komt Meulenbelts uiteenzetting over islamofobie hier op neer:

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Islamofobie – Het ‘zij – wij’ perspectief onder de loep

Posted on November 1st, 2006 by .
Categories: Multiculti Issues.

Op haar weblog heeft Anja Meulenbelt een interessant stukje geschreven over Islamofobie als zelfbedieningswinkel. Ook al heeft het perspectief dus zeer zinvolle bijdragen te geven; uiteindelijk is veel te simplistisch, averechts en hanteert het grotendeels dezelfde uitgangspunten als de islam-bashers. Kort gezegd komt Meulenbelts uiteenzetting over islamofobie hier op neer:

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The Ottowa Citizen: Lessons from Holland

Posted on November 1st, 2006 by .
Categories: Multiculti Issues, Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues, Religious and Political Radicalization, Young Muslims, Youth culture (as a practice).

Lessons from Holland
Lessons from Holland – Dan Gardner, The Ottawa Citizen
Europe’s challenge: The murders of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh and politician Pim Fortuyn, as well as the Danish cartoon riots, have led some to declare that Western Europe is in the throes of a new clash of civilizations pitting Muslim immigrants against non-Muslims. Senior writer Dan Gardner visited Holland and Denmark recently and found that, while there are some serious problems, the situation is not as bleak as it is often depicted.
It’s also a good way to stop integration in its track. A young man whose parents came from Morocco, who was born in the Netherlands and has never lived anywhere else, will naturally feel ties to the land he knows and the land he thinks he knows through his parents. This is the story of immigrants everywhere. As time and generations pass, the links to the new country grow stronger while those to the old wither.

But if you tell this young man over and over he is Moroccan, and you tell him Moroccans are criminals and troublemakers, he may well decide you are right. He is 100-per-cent Moroccan. To hell with Holland and to hell with you.

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