Gender Concerns International – Violence against Women: Personal and Political dimension of Violence and The Role of Migrant Women

Posted on February 11th, 2007 by .
Categories: Gender, Kinship & Marriage Issues.

Gender Concerns International
The best strategy to combat violence against women is to get organized and form a wider international solidarity platform, concludes Sabra Bano, director Gender Concerns International as the chair of the discussion on the theme of personal and political dimension of violence against women and the Role of Migrant Women in Europe.

The Discussion Forum was organized by Dona Daria, Rotterdam and Gender Concerns International, The Hague on 5th February. The chief guest Dr. Nawal El Saadawi linked all forms of violence against women to the development of patriarchy and talked about the diminishing of matriarchal society. She referred to various forms of defacing and disfiguring of a female body as a systematic and pre-calculated practice to mutilate women’s power over their brains. Referring to violence she mentioned about her experience as from being a young Egyptian village girl to becoming an author of 43 books, receiving many international prestigious awards and to the candidacy for the presidential post in the last election in Egypt.

“The price for freedom of expression on issues that raise the public opinion and potentially can unite people to demand justice is always too high”, Says El Saadawi. Even at the age of 76 now Dr. Nawal el Saadawi was brought to a court in Cairo on 28th January this year, she disclosed, answering a question during the discussion.

Other Speakers as Drs. Suaad Abdulrehman and Belgi Ahmetaj spoke about the efforts of migrant women in Europe to combat personal and political violence against women and emphasized the need for forming and strengthening Solidarity Actions to address all forms of violence against women. At this occasion the need to highlight the violence against those women that are caught in various political conflicts was emphasized. In particular the situation of women in Kashmir who suffer 60 years of invisibility of violence and abuse was discussed in detail and the initiative to launching the Hello Sirs! Campaign was considered important and timely. Prior to the discussion the Forum was opened up by the welcoming address of Gerda Nijssen, director Dona Daria. The hall was full to its capacity and the audience-panel interaction was excellent during the question-answer session. It was a well organized, fruitful and an inspiring event.

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de Volkskrant – Als de jihad roept, ga ik

Posted on February 11th, 2007 by .
Categories: International Terrorism, Religious and Political Radicalization, Young Muslims.

de Volkskrant – Als de jihad roept, ga ik
Als de jihad roept, ga ik

de Volkskrant, Het Vervolg, 10 februari 2007 (pagina 26)
Janny Groen en Annieke Kranenberg

Moad en Michele, een smoorverliefd islamitisch stel uit kringen van de Hofstadgroep, verschijnen eind februari voor de rechter. Ze zouden een aparte terroristische organisatie vormen. ‘Ze produceerden een eigen ideologisch brouwsel’. Een reconstructie. Door Door Janny Groen en Annieke Kranenberg

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Clingendael Security and Conflict Programme | Jihadi terrorists in Europe

Posted on February 11th, 2007 by martijn.
Categories: International Terrorism, Religious and Political Radicalization, Young Muslims.

CSCP – Clingendael Security and Conflict Programme | Publications
Press Release:

Jihadi terrorists in Europe, their characteristics and the circumstances in which they joined the jihad: an exploratory study, Edwin Bakker

Much has been published about Islamist or jihadi terrorism in recent years. In particular the Al-Qaeda network has been studied in detail. Less attention has been given to specific characteristics of jihadi terrorists and the circumstances in which they joined the violent jihad.

The latest Clingendael Security Paper, ‘Jihadi terrorists in Europe’, aims to contribute to a better understanding of the individuals and networks that have been behind jihadi terrorist activities in Europe (31 foiled and ‘successful’ plots and attacks between September 2001 and September 2006). To this end, it identifies about 250 terrorists and their networks, and investigates their characteristics and the circumstances under which they joined the violent jihad. (more…)

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Clingendael Security and Conflict Programme | Jihadi terrorists in Europe

Posted on February 11th, 2007 by .
Categories: International Terrorism, Religious and Political Radicalization, Young Muslims.

CSCP – Clingendael Security and Conflict Programme | Publications
Press Release:

Jihadi terrorists in Europe, their characteristics and the circumstances in which they joined the jihad: an exploratory study, Edwin Bakker

Much has been published about Islamist or jihadi terrorism in recent years. In particular the Al-Qaeda network has been studied in detail. Less attention has been given to specific characteristics of jihadi terrorists and the circumstances in which they joined the violent jihad.

The latest Clingendael Security Paper, ‘Jihadi terrorists in Europe’, aims to contribute to a better understanding of the individuals and networks that have been behind jihadi terrorist activities in Europe (31 foiled and ‘successful’ plots and attacks between September 2001 and September 2006). To this end, it identifies about 250 terrorists and their networks, and investigates their characteristics and the circumstances under which they joined the violent jihad. (more…)

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Moslimpredikers en de 'ware' islam

Posted on February 11th, 2007 by martijn.
Categories: Gouda Issues, Religious and Political Radicalization, Young Muslims.

Het Nederlands Dagblad wist afgelopen wek te melden dat er zo’n 20 ‘radicaal-islamitische’ jongerenpredikers actief zijn in de regio. Deze zouden een niet gewelddadige vorm van het salafisme verspreiden. Ze zouden niet alleen actief zijn in de Randstad maar, en in toenemende mate, ook in de regio: Amersfoort, Apeldoorn, Assen, Breda, Culemborg, Den Bosch, Ede, Enschede, Gouda, Heerlen, Leerdam, Roermond, Tiel en Utrecht. De bijeenkomsten worden bezocht door vooral Marokkaanse jongeren tussen de 16 en 25 jaar. De predikers zouden werken vanuit bestaande salafistische centra zo blijkt in het ND: As Soennah-moskee in Den Haag, de El Tawheed-moskee in Amsterdam en de Al Fourqaan-moskee in Eindhoven. De lezingen zouden gematigd zijn met een sterk anti-westerse boodschap (interessante combinatie?).
Deze predikers zouden moeilijk aan te pakken zijn zo blijkt uit antwoorden van de minister naar aanleiding van Kamervragen.

Ik moet eerlijk zeggen dat ik niet goed snap waarom men hier nu mee komt. (more…)

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Moslimpredikers en de ‘ware’ islam

Posted on February 11th, 2007 by .
Categories: Gouda Issues, Religious and Political Radicalization, Young Muslims.

Het Nederlands Dagblad wist afgelopen wek te melden dat er zo’n 20 ‘radicaal-islamitische’ jongerenpredikers actief zijn in de regio. Deze zouden een niet gewelddadige vorm van het salafisme verspreiden. Ze zouden niet alleen actief zijn in de Randstad maar, en in toenemende mate, ook in de regio: Amersfoort, Apeldoorn, Assen, Breda, Culemborg, Den Bosch, Ede, Enschede, Gouda, Heerlen, Leerdam, Roermond, Tiel en Utrecht. De bijeenkomsten worden bezocht door vooral Marokkaanse jongeren tussen de 16 en 25 jaar. De predikers zouden werken vanuit bestaande salafistische centra zo blijkt in het ND: As Soennah-moskee in Den Haag, de El Tawheed-moskee in Amsterdam en de Al Fourqaan-moskee in Eindhoven. De lezingen zouden gematigd zijn met een sterk anti-westerse boodschap (interessante combinatie?).
Deze predikers zouden moeilijk aan te pakken zijn zo blijkt uit antwoorden van de minister naar aanleiding van Kamervragen.

Ik moet eerlijk zeggen dat ik niet goed snap waarom men hier nu mee komt. (more…)

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