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Protected: de Volkskrant – Binnenland – Wij zullen nooit zwijgen

Posted on September 27th, 2007 by martijn.
Categories: Misc. News.

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Ramadan Festival | Lezing: Everything you want to know about Salafisme

Posted on September 27th, 2007 by martijn.
Categories: ISIM/RU Research.

Ramadan Festival | Lezing: Everything you want to know about Salafisme
Lezing: Everything you want to know about Salafisme

27 september 2007 – 18:00 uur

De AIVD noemt de streng islamitische stroming Salafisme staatsgevaarlijk, maar is deze angst wel terecht?

Samen met internationale gastsprekers Sadek Hamid (expert Groot-Brittannië) en Stéphane Lacroix (expert Saoedi-Arabië) behandelt Martijn de Koning deze veelbesproken stroming.

De lezing is in het Engels

Datum: 27 september
Aanvang: 18.00 uur
Locatie: WTC, Arnhem
Toegang: Gratis
Tel: 020-4752200
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Ramadan Festival | Lezing: Everything you want to know about Salafisme

Posted on September 27th, 2007 by .
Categories: ISIM/RU Research.

Ramadan Festival | Lezing: Everything you want to know about Salafisme
Lezing: Everything you want to know about Salafisme

27 september 2007 – 18:00 uur

De AIVD noemt de streng islamitische stroming Salafisme staatsgevaarlijk, maar is deze angst wel terecht?

Samen met internationale gastsprekers Sadek Hamid (expert Groot-Brittannië) en Stéphane Lacroix (expert Saoedi-Arabië) behandelt Martijn de Koning deze veelbesproken stroming.

De lezing is in het Engels

Datum: 27 september
Aanvang: 18.00 uur
Locatie: WTC, Arnhem
Toegang: Gratis
Tel: 020-4752200
Vrije inloop! U hoeft zich dus niet aan te melden!

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Protected: Kritiek op islam raakt Marokkanen al minder – telegraaf.nl [Binnenland]

Posted on September 27th, 2007 by martijn.
Categories: Misc. News.

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C l o s e r – Amr Khaled

Posted on September 25th, 2007 by .
Categories: Misc. News.

Amr Khaled is one of the most influential preachers at this moment; one has who little attention from the mainstream media. His work can be seen as plea for a Muslim renaissance, combining career, enjoying life and a pious lifestyle. Conservative in his message with a strong positive and empowering outlook in particular for the well-to-do youth.

A few years ago a Dutch language website appeared: Lifemakers.nl, spreading his message here. Amr Khaleds website already had a Dutch language section. It has been quiet for quite some time now with regard to their activities. Now there is also Dar al-Tarjama, also with a Dutch language section.

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Protected: AD.nl – Binnenland – Terrorist is druk met de interne strijd

Posted on September 24th, 2007 by martijn.
Categories: International Terrorism.

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New website: Digital Islam

Posted on September 22nd, 2007 by .
Categories: [Online] Publications, Blogosphere.

Very interesting, new website:

Digital Islam

Digital Islam is a research project that focuses on the Middle East, Islam, and digital media. It aims to analyze the various ways in which Islam and Muslim identities are articulated through information and communication technologies and the Internet. Its research materials include websites, digital videoclips, and videogames. The webpage digitalislam.eu provides free access to full texts and bibliographical database of research resources.

• Home – full text papers, articles, and news
• Call for Papers – call for papers for conferences, workshops, and publications
• Bibliography – bibliographical database of books, articles, and papers
• Websites – bibliographical database of websites related to Islam and digital media. The database contains both academic research websites and major Islamic websites.
• Video and games – database of videogames which take place in the Middle East, represent Arabs and Muslims, have been produced by Middle Eastern developers, or have an Islamic emphasis. The latter are marked with asterisk (*) and can be also viewed in a separate list.

Editors

Vit Sisler, editor-in-chief, is a Ph.D. candidate at the Institute of Information Studies of Charles University in Prague, where he is finishing his doctoral thesis about Islam and Islamic law on the Internet. He is also engaged in the research of social and political aspects of videogames, with emphasis given on the Middle Eastern games. Vit Sisler is a chair of workshop Religious Norms in Cyberspace which is annually held at the Cyberspace international conference in Brno, Czech Republic.
Vit Sisler’s homepage: http://uisk.jinonice.cuni.cz/sisler/

Tomas Tomanek, editor, is a master’s student at New Media Studies of Charles University in Prague.

Katerina Cechova, editor, is a master’s student at New Media Studies of Charles University in Prague, where she is finishing her thesis about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Internet.

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Protected: Twee uit Trouw

Posted on September 22nd, 2007 by martijn.
Categories: Misc. News.

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MEMRI: Saudi Cleric Salman Al-Odeh Slams Brother Osama bin Laden, Warns Him Hell Be Responsible for Deaths of Millions, Reminds Him He Must Face Allah

Posted on September 19th, 2007 by .
Categories: Internal Debates, International Terrorism.

MEMRI: Saudi Cleric Salman Al-Odeh Slams Brother Osama bin Laden, Warns Him Hell Be Responsible for Deaths of Millions, Reminds Him He Must Face Allah

The following are excerpts from a religious show featuring Saudi cleric Salman Al-Odeh, which aired on MBC TV on September 14, 2007.

“How Much Blood Has Been Shed, And How Many… Have Been Killed… In The Name Of Al-Qaeda?”

Salman Al-Odeh: “I say to my brother Osama [bin Laden]: How much blood has been shed, and how many innocent people, children, elderly, and women have been killed, displaced, or banished in the name of Al-Qaeda? Would you be pleased to meet Allah while you bear responsibility for hundreds or even millions of people?”

[…]

“The Prophet Muhammad said that anyone who killed even a bird unjustly would meet Allah on Judgment Day, and the bird would say to Allah: Ask so-and-do why he killed me unjustly. This religion protects the sanctity of the blood of even birds and animals. The Prophet Muhammad said about a prophet who burned an anthill: Just because one ant bit you, you burned an entire colony of ants that were praising Allah? This is all the more true when it comes to human beings.”

[…]

“My brother Osama bin Laden, the image of Islam is not at its best today. People all over the world say that Islam kills anyone who is not of this religion, and that Salafism kills any Muslim who does not believe in it – whereas the Prophet Muhammad refrained from killing even the hypocrites, about whom Allah said they would dwell in the lowest level of hell. The Prophet Muhammad said that the reason was so that people would not say that Muhammad kills his friends.”

“Is The Difference Not Clear Between One Who Kills And One Who Gives Life?”

“My brother Osama, what happened on 9/11 was the killing of several thousands, maybe less than 3,000, who died aboard the planes and in those towers, whereas there are unknown preachers, through whom Allah has guided hundreds of thousands of people, who have been enlightened by the light of Islam, and whose hearts have been filled with the love of Allah. Is the difference not clear between one who kills and one who gives life?”

[…]

“My brother Osama, the annihilation of an entire people, like what is happening in Afghanistan, through destruction and through hunger… This people has lost its entire infrastructure… Or the destruction of another people, like what is happening in Iraq… There are more than three million refugees in Jordan and Syria alone, apart from those who went to other countries in the East or West. The specter of civil war, which hovers over Afghanistan and Iraq, is not something about which Muslims are happy. The Prophet Muhammad heard about a man called Harb “war” and changed his name, because he loathed war. Our God said: Fighting is ordained for you, even though you hate it. This is a hateful thing to which people resort only when it is necessary, and when there is no other choice.

“Are [You] Determined to Come to Power, Even If it is Over the Bodies of Thousands and Hundreds of Thousands[?]”

“Who benefits from the attempts to change countries like Morocco, Algeria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, or any other country into countries governed by fear, where people feel unsafe? Should coming to power be the goal? Is it the solution? Are [you] determined to come to power, even if it is over the bodies of thousands and hundreds of thousands of policemen, soldiers, ordinary Muslims, or innocent people who are sometimes killed – and then you say that they will be resurrected according to their intentions. Indeed they will, but the question is how we shall be resurrected, and how we shall appear when we meet our God, when so much blood has been shed under our patronage, whether we like it or not.”

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Prinsjesdag…

Posted on September 19th, 2007 by .
Categories: Arts & culture, Blogosphere, Gender, Kinship & Marriage Issues, Multiculti Issues.

(foto: Telegraaf)

Naast de Troonrede is, denk ik, het allerbelangrijkste van prinsjesdag, de kleding. In het bijzonder van de vrouwen en dan weer in het bijzonder in hoedjes. Maar niet alleen. Als het erom gaat wie dit jaar het meest opvallendst was, denk ik dat mevrouw Vogelaar gewonnen heeft. Diverse weblogs (en in hun comments) weten in ieder geval melding te maken van haar outfit: hier, hier, hier, hier, hier, hier en hier. Haar kledingstuk wordt gezien als ‘islamitisch’ dan wel ‘islamiserend’ of ‘Marokkaans’ en vergeleken met een kaftan.

Ook Wilders en Verdonk reageren erop. Wilders die het ‘half-marokkaans’ noemt en Verdonk die het ‘kaftanachtig’ noemt en het vergelijkt met de kleding van imams en dat eigenlijk maar een slecht voorbeeld noemt voor de integratie.

Uiteindelijk is het niet Marokkaans, ook niet echt islamitisch volgens mij en ook geen kaftan (een lange jurk oorspronkelijk afkomstig uit Turkije die overigens ook door Marokkanen wordt gedragen, maar ook al lang haar intrede heeft gedaan in de ‘westerse‘ mode en net als andere kledingitems), maar een soort hybride creatie. Nu is hybriditeit eigenlijk de normaalste zaak van de wereld. Mensen en culturele repertoires mixen en daardoor ontstaan nieuwe culturele repertoires (zonder dat de oude helemaal verdwijnen). Hier gaat het ook om een doelbewust proces. Vogelaar wilde laten er zien dat allochtonen ook een belangrijke bijdrage kunnen leveren en dat er velen zijn die het goed doen in de maatschappij. De ontwerpster Houda el Fechka wilde een jurk maken op basis van een mix tussen twee culturen.

Op deze manier probeert zij een brug te slaan en een eenheid te creëeren. Wilders en Verdonk, zo blijkt uit hun reacties (en ook van sommige bloggers en hun commenters) creëeren juist bewust of onbewust een verschil door het als Marokkaans, islamitisch of als slecht voorbeeld voor integratie te benoemen. Hybriditeit kan dus door politieke groeperingen, andere machtsgroeperingen en individuen gebruikt worden om eenheid te creëreren waar die niet is, eenheid in stand te houden of juist om verdeeldheid te creëeren of in stand te houden. Zie hier het politieke gebruik van cultuur en identiteit.

Kennelijk hebben politieke groeperingen of andere machtsgroepen er belang bij dat hybriditeit bestaat. Deze wordt dus bewustmatig gecreëerd om een eenheid te vormen, van een volk die eigenlijk geen eenheid heeft.

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Counterterrorism Blog: Operation Niche: The Conviction of Mohammed Atif Siddique

Posted on September 19th, 2007 by .
Categories: International Terrorism, Religious and Political Radicalization, Religious Movements.

Counterterrorism Blog: Operation Niche: The Conviction of Mohammed Atif Siddique

In fact, the material collected by Siddique was a virtual encyclopedia of terrorist knowledge acquired over time by Al-Qaida and its associates. It was also a remarkable who’s-who lineup of some of the most high profile figures in the “homegrown terrorism” market hailing from Al-Qaida’s military leadership. Though Western academics have tended to focus on the much-vaunted role of Abu Musab al-Suri (a.k.a. Mustafa Setmariam Nasar) in this respect, actual case studies are consistently demonstrating that the teachings of other competing strategists have been far more influential in Al-Qaida circles, arguably none more so than those published by the late Saudi Al-Qaida commander Shaykh Youssef al-Ayyiri. Known to his supporters as “the Swift Sword,” al-Ayyiri (a.k.a. “Al-Battar”) reportedly first joined the Arab mujahideen fighting in Afghanistan at age 18.

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Protected: Brabants Dagblad – Modeshow voor oost en west

Posted on September 19th, 2007 by martijn.
Categories: Misc. News.

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Protected: Trouw, hetNieuws| wereld – Tv-serie vertelt Iraniërs over de Holocaust, zonder gaskamers

Posted on September 17th, 2007 by martijn.
Categories: Arts & culture.

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Protected: Trouw, hetNieuws| wereld – Tv-serie vertelt Iraniërs over de Holocaust, zonder gaskamers

Posted on September 17th, 2007 by martijn.
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Protected: Trouw, deVerdieping| overigeartikelen – Bij de taliban in Pakistan

Posted on September 17th, 2007 by martijn.
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Protected: Trouw, deVerdieping| overigeartikelen – Bij de taliban in Pakistan

Posted on September 17th, 2007 by martijn.
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Protected: de Volkskrant – Binnenland – Hof veroordeelt Samir A. tot vier jaar cel

Posted on September 17th, 2007 by martijn.
Categories: International Terrorism, ISIM/RU Research, Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues, Young Muslims.

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Protected: NRC Handelsblad – Ted Swedenburg/ISIM-lezing: Sinds Irak zijn de teksten heel expliciet

Posted on September 17th, 2007 by martijn.
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Protected: Monument Theo van Gogh beklad – telegraaf.nl [Binnenland]

Posted on September 16th, 2007 by martijn.
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Gegoochel met cijfers

Posted on September 14th, 2007 by .
Categories: Some personal considerations.

Het is altijd interessant om te zien hoe mensen met bepaalde cijfers aan de haal gaan. Even vergetend dat cijfers op zich helemaal niks zeggen als je de sociale en de onderzoekscontext niet kent. Ik heb er al eerder over geschreven.

Natuurlijk waren er deze week ook onvermijdelijke statistieken op basis van onderzoek onder moslims over afvalligheid, in opdracht van Nova. En ja hoor maar liefst 6% van de moslims vindt dat zij (als individu) geweld mogen gebruiken tegen afvalligen. Een duidelijk cijfer toch?

Nou nee niet echt.

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Posted on September 14th, 2007 by martijn.
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San Jose Mercury News – Jumping ahead of Al-Qaida on video

Posted on September 14th, 2007 by .
Categories: Blogosphere, International Terrorism.

San Jose Mercury News – Jumping ahead of Al-Qaida on video

By Joby Warrick
Washington Post
Article Launched: 09/12/2007 01:31:41 AM PDT

WASHINGTON – Early Tuesday morning, a South Carolina Web designer who works at home managed to scoop Al-Qaida by publicly unveiling its new video, a feat she has accomplished numerous times since 2002. Within hours, cable news stations were broadcasting images of Osama bin Laden commemorating the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and crediting the 50-year-old woman, who uses the pseudonym Laura Mansfield.

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NPR : Moved by Islam, Priest Embraces Two Faiths

Posted on September 14th, 2007 by .
Categories: Misc. News.

Can you be a Christian priest ànd a Muslim too. Some people think they can, others think they can not: NPR : Moved by Islam, Priest Embraces Two Faiths
Day to Day, September 12, 2007 · The Episcopal Church has suspended one of its priests, Ann Holmes Redding, for one year after her announcement this summer that she is both a Christian and a Muslim. A local Muslim leader’s speech to Redding’s church two years ago inspired her to begin attending Muslim prayer services while she was still serving her local diocese.

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ISIM Lezing: Muslim Fashion

Posted on September 13th, 2007 by .
Categories: Misc. News.

Annelies Moors en internationale gastsprekers bespreken hoe moslim(a)s omgaan met mode. De lezing wordt gecombineerd met een modeshow en de presentatie van het tijdschrift Fashion Theory.

Zaterdag 15 september om 18.00 uur – 20.00 uur in  Felix Meritis Amsterdam (Gratis / Lezing is Engelstalig)

Veel moslims, voornamelijk van de tweede en volgende generaties die in Nederland geboren zijn komen sneller in aanraking met mode en trends. Zij voelen zich vaak Nederlander en moslim tegelijk, waardoor de vele stijlen met elkaar in aanraking komen. Het is de vraag hoe zij hier mee omgaan, en wat dat voor invloed heeft op de islamitische mode. De economische mogelijk en onmogelijkheden van deze ontwikkeling is voor ons aanleiding voor deze lezing. Een internationaal panel bij deze lezing geeft helderheid over de bevindingen in andere landen.

Aan deze lezing is ook een iftar verbonden.

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ISIM : The Return of the Poets

Posted on September 13th, 2007 by .
Categories: Misc. News.

ISIM presents “The Return of the Poets” concert tour of the Londonese bands Mecca2Medina and Pearls of Islam.

1. October 2007, Ramadan Festival, Müllerpier, Rotterdam, 8.30 pm (after iftar)
2. October 2007, Imagine IC, Amsterdam Southeast, 8.30 pm (after iftar)
3. October 2007, Ramadan Night, Stadsschouwburg Utrecht, 7 pm, including iftar

Mecca2Medina is the most popular Muslim hiphop group in the UK. Hiphop is a progressively popular musical genre among Muslim musicians in Britain. A large number of these artists are black converts, with an African-American, Caribbean or African background. On its website Mecca2Medina states:

Although Islam is still the fastest growing religion worldwide, it is generally felt that Muslim children growing up in Western-influenced societies, have found it hard to readily recognise the beauty of the gift Allah (SWT) has generously bestowed upon them.

The work of Mecca2Medina expresses self confidence and pride; relates of European as well as transnational Islam. The three British-African band members offer their vision of a good Muslim via the music that fits them best: contemporary hiphop. Next to raising awareness and pride among Muslim youths, contemporary Islamic artists aspire to promote a positive image of Islam within Western societies as well, and so help to counter the negative image of Islam often diffused by Western media.

This is also the case with Pearls of Islam (supporting act), which represents the new trend of pious Muslimas expressing their religious commitment via music – going against the often heard and debated opinion that women have no place on stage. For the two Caribbean women of Pearls of Islam

their love for their religion is the most important thing.

The Pearls play nasheed: songs supported by percussion, a creative way to accommodate the orthodox ban on ‘music’.

De Muellerpier is vrij toegankelijk; voor het concert in de Bijlmer zijn toegangsbewijzen verkrijgbaar via Imagine IC (www.imagineic.nl); voor het concert in Utrecht kunnen kaarten worden gekocht via Marmoucha.

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