BBC NEWS | UK | Wife urged man to die a martyr

Posted on May 31st, 2007 by martijn.
Categories: International Terrorism, Religious and Political Radicalization.

BBC NEWS | UK | Wife urged man to die a martyr
Wife urged man to die a martyr
Yassin Nassari and Bouchra El Hor deny terrorism charges
A young mother urged her husband to die as a terrorist martyr and said their baby son could follow in his footsteps, the Old Bailey has heard. (more…)

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BBC NEWS | UK | Wife urged man to die a martyr

Posted on May 31st, 2007 by .
Categories: International Terrorism, Religious and Political Radicalization.

BBC NEWS | UK | Wife urged man to die a martyr
Wife urged man to die a martyr
Yassin Nassari and Bouchra El Hor deny terrorism charges
A young mother urged her husband to die as a terrorist martyr and said their baby son could follow in his footsteps, the Old Bailey has heard. (more…)

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Maroc Telecom & Youtube: Update at Maghrebism

Posted on May 30th, 2007 by martijn.
Categories: Morocco.

Maghrebism
Youtube is finally unblocked by Maroc Telecom!

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Maroc Telecom & Youtube: Update at Maghrebism

Posted on May 30th, 2007 by .
Categories: Morocco.

Maghrebism
Youtube is finally unblocked by Maroc Telecom!

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Posted on May 30th, 2007 by martijn.
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Posted on May 30th, 2007 by martijn.
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The struggle over the public spaces of internet: Maroc Telecom

Posted on May 29th, 2007 by .
Categories: Morocco.

States always try to control the public sphere. Sometimes it concerns messages that incite hatred or more subtle (?) by allowing only state controlled press or by banning certain movies. The internet therefore is always a challenge for states, whether it concerns democratic states or authoritarian states. The possibility for internet users to spread their own messages for example via Youtube or their own blogs, is a way to circumvent state control. No wonder states also try to control the internet. Reports over censorship are abundant: Youtube and Thailand, Google and China, Youtube and US, and we can go on.

A new episode in this continuous struggle over the internet as a public space for communication and contestation, can be found in Morocco. Dutch-Moroccan blogger Youssef living in London pointed me to the case of Maroc Telecom, a French-run internet provider, that blocks access to Youtube. Websites such as Google Earth and Livejournal have been blocked already. According to Youssef:

The King and the government told us about their new steps towards openness. Some steps were taken indeed but recently it seems that Morocco is sliding back to a state where media is heavily censored.
Not only the traditional media but also web-based media are being attacked.

The state of Morocco tries to portray itself as a liberal and open muslim country. An example for the rest of the Middle East and North Africa.
There is no reason in keeping up this charade if in the meantime the government practices the same tactics as the other countries in the region.
The king & government have to realize that progress is not only words. Saying that you’re progressing is not enough. You actually have to take action to progress.

Youssef is actively trying to remove the ban on Youtube, as do other bloggers as you can read on Global Voices (by Sami Ben Gharbia – a Dutch Tunesian blogger). You can also stay updated at MidEast Youth and Mashable.com. You can find the petition here. The considerable attention and actions of all these bloggers show that it is very difficult for a state to control everything; the state’s power is almost never absolute but instead challenged and contested. Moreover because for every internet restriction there will be at least one person who is trying to circumvent these restrictions as Youssef also clearly shows.

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Blogging the Qur’an

Posted on May 28th, 2007 by .
Categories: Misc. News.

Following ‘Blogging the Bible’ at Slate, Robert Spencer at Hot Air will be Blogging the Qur’an

To understand the motives and goals of Islamic jihad terrorists, one good place to start might be to explore what they themselves say about why they’re doing what they’re doing, and what they want. That in turn will lead you to the Qur’an or Koran, the Islamic holy book. The jihadists quote it frequently and portray themselves as those who are following “pure Islam,” the genuine article as it is taught in the Qur’an and Islamic tradition. So in the course of my work explaining the jihadists’ objectives, I’ve quoted the Qur’an a great deal – and hardly a day goes by without my being accused of “cherry-picking” violent passages, and quoting them “out of context.” Meanwhile, the Council on American Islamic Relations and other Muslim groups say that in order to understand the true, peaceful Islam, we should read the Qur’an.

Could be an interesting thing, although Spencer is severely one-sided and makes an important error in thinking in the above excerpt… Hat Tip: Kitab

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Protected: Brabants Dagblad – 'Goh, wat zal Wilders groeien'

Posted on May 26th, 2007 by martijn.
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Posted on May 26th, 2007 by martijn.
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The Jamestown Foundation – Al-Qaeda's Media Doctrine: Evolution from Cheerleader to Opinion-Shaper

Posted on May 26th, 2007 by martijn.
Categories: International Terrorism, Religious and Political Radicalization.

The Jamestown Foundation

Beyond its battlefield successes, therefore, al-Qaeda and its allies have scored an impressive media achievement, moving from the status of jihadi cheerleaders to that of highly modern and competent media operatives and propagandists whose focus is on influencing the Muslim audience. In addition to al-Sahab’s ability to dominate the international media for days at a time when it presents new audio or videotapes of bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri, it and the other media organizations it supports or cooperates with have established a pervasive media presence via the internet. This not only provides on-demand religious and military instruction and near real-time news coverage, but denies the militaries of the United States and its Western allies one pillar of their military doctrine—information dominance. The success of al-Qaeda and the Islamists in the media arena has denied Western military planners much of their previous ability to shape the battlefield environment by controlling information flows. Indeed, it may be that the U.S. military and its allies are now in the position of having to look for means with which to break the Islamists’ information domination on battlefields and contested regions across the Muslim world.

Michael Scheuer served as the Chief of the bin Laden Unit at the CIA’s Counterterrorist Center from 1996 to 1999. He is now a Senior Fellow at The Jamestown Foundation.

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The Jamestown Foundation – Al-Qaeda’s Media Doctrine: Evolution from Cheerleader to Opinion-Shaper

Posted on May 26th, 2007 by .
Categories: International Terrorism, Religious and Political Radicalization.

The Jamestown Foundation

Beyond its battlefield successes, therefore, al-Qaeda and its allies have scored an impressive media achievement, moving from the status of jihadi cheerleaders to that of highly modern and competent media operatives and propagandists whose focus is on influencing the Muslim audience. In addition to al-Sahab’s ability to dominate the international media for days at a time when it presents new audio or videotapes of bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri, it and the other media organizations it supports or cooperates with have established a pervasive media presence via the internet. This not only provides on-demand religious and military instruction and near real-time news coverage, but denies the militaries of the United States and its Western allies one pillar of their military doctrine—information dominance. The success of al-Qaeda and the Islamists in the media arena has denied Western military planners much of their previous ability to shape the battlefield environment by controlling information flows. Indeed, it may be that the U.S. military and its allies are now in the position of having to look for means with which to break the Islamists’ information domination on battlefields and contested regions across the Muslim world.

Michael Scheuer served as the Chief of the bin Laden Unit at the CIA’s Counterterrorist Center from 1996 to 1999. He is now a Senior Fellow at The Jamestown Foundation.

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de Volkskrant – Binnenland – Ter Horst gaat radicalisering meten

Posted on May 26th, 2007 by .
Categories: Religious and Political Radicalization.

de Volkskrant – Binnenland – Ter Horst gaat radicalisering meten
Ter Horst gaat radicalisering meten

Janny Groen

DEN HAAG – Minister Ter Horst van Binnenlandse Zaken gaat radicalisering in Nederland in kaart brengen. Het ministerie ontwikkelt een methode om radicalisering te meten. Dit staat in het Actieplan Polarisering en Radicalisering, dat naar verwachting volgende week vrijdag in de ministerraad wordt behandeld.

Het actieplan richt zich zowel op islamitische radicalisering als op rechts- en links-extremisme en op dierenrechtenactivisme. Ter Horst wil ook onderzoeken welke factoren kunnen leiden tot radicalisering. Zo wordt in de meting regionaal in kaart gebracht wat de arbeidsmarktpositie van jongeren is en of er sprake is van schooluitval.

‘Er zijn allerlei ideeën over het verband tussen discriminatie op de arbeidsmarkt en radicalisering, maar dit is nooit breed inzichtelijk gemaakt’, verklaart een woordvoerster van Binnenlandse Zaken. Ministeries hebben toegezegd voor de meting informatie aan te dragen, onder meer van politiekorpsen en de onderwijsinspectie. ‘Als alle informatie wordt gekoppeld, kunnen we mogelijk patronen ontdekken.’

Het blijft moeilijk vast te stellen wanneer radicalisering onderdeel is van jeugdcultuur en wanneer het serieus kan leiden tot ontwrichting van de samenleving, aldus Ter Horst donderdag bij de uitreiking van de essaybundel Radicaliserende Vrouwen. Dat zou volgens haar apart onderzoek vergen. Vermoedelijk in oktober kan de ‘nulmeting’ worden verricht.

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Posted on May 25th, 2007 by martijn.
Categories: Gender, Kinship & Marriage Issues, Religious and Political Radicalization.

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Radicaliserende vrouwen. Nederlandse communistische vrouwen (1946-1970) en Nederlandse islamitische vrouwen (1989-heden), een comparatieve analyse

Posted on May 25th, 2007 by .
Categories: Gender, Kinship & Marriage Issues, Religious and Political Radicalization.

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties – Radicaliserende vrouwen. Nederlandse communistische vrouwen (1946-1970) en Nederlandse islamitische vrouwen (1989-heden), een comparatieve analyse

In het eerste essay van deze bundel vergelijkt dr. Jolande Withuis de radicalisering van islamitische vrouwen nu met die van Nederlandse communistische vrouwen in de periode 1945-1965. Haar belangrijkste bevinding: moslimvrouwen en -meisjes die radicaliseren, doen dit sneller en anders dan mannen.Het tweede en derde essay zijn co-referaten op het eerste. Hoogleraar groepsdynamica Roel Meertens is deskundig op het gebied van sektevormingsprocessen. Hij schreef het essay ‘Radicaliserende moslims en moslima’s sociaal-psychologisch bekeken’. Het derde essay, ‘Door het patriarchaat uitgebuit’, is van schrijfster en columniste Nahed Selim (auteur van het boek ‘De vrouwen van de profeet’).

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Protected: Trouw, deVerdieping| podium – Marokkanendrama bestaat, erken het (opinie)

Posted on May 25th, 2007 by martijn.
Categories: Gouda Issues, Multiculti Issues, Young Muslims, Youth culture (as a practice).

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Posted on May 25th, 2007 by martijn.
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Protected: Netwerk – Nederlandse moslima voor Engelse rechter wegens terrorisme

Posted on May 25th, 2007 by martijn.
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Halleh Ghorashi: Why Ayaan Hirsi Ali is wrong – signandsight

Posted on May 24th, 2007 by .
Categories: Multiculti Issues.

An interesting article by Halleh Ghorashi on Signandsight: Why Ayaan Hirsi Ali is wrong – signandsight.

I first saw Ayaan Hirsi Ali in 2002, when she appeared in a discussion on Dutch television. At that time I saw a strong woman who fought for her ideas: someone who dared to distance herself from her traditional Islamic background and in so doing, positioned herself against the traditional Islamic community in the Netherlands. Her arguments on the incompatibility of Islamic belief and women’s emancipation were sharp.

I found Hirsi Ali’s approach to the emancipation of Islamic women attractive and identified with her for different reasons. Firstly because 18 years ago I left my homeland Iran as a refugee from an Islamic regime, whose suppression in the name of Islam I had experienced both because of my political background (as a leftist) and because of my gender. Secondly, I was also greatly concerned with the emancipation of women, particularly of women who share my own background: women from Islamic countries.

However, my identification with Ayaan did not last long. Someone I initially considered a pioneer for the emancipation of Islamic women turned out to hold dogmatic views that left little room for nuances. I soon realized that Ayaan had become part of the dominant “rightist” discourse on Islam in the Netherlands that pictures Islamic migrants as problems and enemies of the nation. Then I realized that our roads had diverged.

Read the rest at Signandsight.

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Vak M en Jong Oranje vs. Jong Marokko

Posted on May 23rd, 2007 by .
Categories: Multiculti Issues.

Supportersrellen in Tilburg bij de wedstrijd tussen Jong Oranje en Jong Marokko. In hoeverre is het van belang om te benoemen dat het hier om Marokkaanse jongens gaat? Immers, Nederland is bekend genoeg met hooligans en om dan nu specifiek Marokkaanse supporters eruit te pikken als zijnde Marokkanen is onzinnig.

Ex-voetballer Mohammed Allach, wijst echter in het AD op een belangrijk punt: (more…)

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de Volkskrant – Binnenland – Zutphense voor Britse rechter

Posted on May 23rd, 2007 by .
Categories: My Research, Religious and Political Radicalization.

de Volkskrant – Binnenland – Zutphense voor Britse rechter
Zutphense voor Britse rechter

Achtergrond Van onze verslaggeefsters Janny Groen, Annieke Kranenberg

AMSTERDAM – Gekleed in een zwarte gezichtssluier en met handschoentjes verscheen de Nederlands-Marokkaanse Bouchra el H. (24) in september 2006 voor een rechtbank in Londen. Ze noemde slechts haar naam en geboortedatum en luisterde zwijgend naar de aanklacht.

El H., opgegroeid in Zutphen, wordt door de Britse justitie verdacht van het achterhouden van informatie over ophanden zijnde terroristische activiteiten. Dat is strafbaar volgens de Engelse antiterrorismewet uit 2000.Vandaag begint in Londen de inhoudelijke behandeling van de zaak tegen de eerste Nederlandse moslima die in het buitenland wordt vervolgd voor een terroristisch delict.

El H.’s zaak is gevoegd met die van haar Syrisch-Britse echtgenoot Yassin N. (27), die ze in 2003 leerde kennen tijdens een stage in Engeland voor haar opleiding tot assistent exportmedewerker. Kort daarop staakte El H. haar studie aan het ROC Aventus in Zutphen. (more…)

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Protected: Trouw, deVerdieping| overigeartikelen – Khalil werkte ook voor de joden

Posted on May 22nd, 2007 by martijn.
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Protected: Trouw, deVerdieping| dossiers – azghari / Molukse lessen voor Marokkanen die radicaliseren

Posted on May 22nd, 2007 by martijn.
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