Human.nl – Bijna zo erg als de Denen

Posted on September 18th, 2008 by martijn.
Categories: Misc. News.

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Jonathan Israel, vooraanstaand Brits historicus en internationaal gerespecteerd kenner van de Verlichting, over Nederland, Spinoza en de Verlichting. Journalist/schrijver Max Pam en historica Amanda Kluveld zochten Jonathan Israel op in Oxford, waar hij Nederlandse geschiedenis doceert. Volgens hem hebben de Nederlanden een cruciale rol gespeeld in de verlichtingsbeweging en is het vooral de Nederlandse filosoof Spinoza geweest, die grote invloed heeft gehad op het moderne denken. De inzichten van Spinoza zijn volgens Israel nog altijd actueel, zeker als het gaat om de invloed van de religie, de gelijkheidsgedachte en de vrijheid van meningsuiting. In de loop van zijn studie is Israel steeds meer geinteresseerd geraakt in Nederland. Hij komt vaak in ons land en hij doet hier regelmatig onderzoek. Aan de hand van televisiefragmenten met onder anderen Pim Fortuyn, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, prinses Maxima en cabaretier Hans Teeuwen worden kwesties doorgenomen, die Nederland na de moorden op Fortuyn en Van Gogh in beroering brachten. Regie: Amanda Kluveld en Max Pam.

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AD.nl – Gouda – Cameraploeg mishandeld in Oosterwei

Posted on September 18th, 2008 by martijn.
Categories: Gouda Issues.

AD.nl – Gouda – Cameraploeg mishandeld in Oosterwei
Cameraploeg mishandeld in Oosterwei
Door RUUD F. WITTE
GOUDA – In de wijk Oosterwei is woensdagmiddag een cameraploeg mishandeld. De politie heeft direct daarna een verdachte, een 19-jarige Gouwenaar, aangehouden.

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DutchNews.nl – Labour senators oppose ethnic registration

Posted on September 18th, 2008 by martijn.
Categories: Multiculti Issues.

DutchNews.nl – Labour senators oppose ethnic registration
Thursday 18 September 2008

Labour members of the senate have dismissed a suggestion by the home affairs minister that police and justice officials should register the ethnic background of criminals, saying this is out of the question, reports Thursday’s Volkskrant.

Home affairs minister Guusje ter Horst (Labour) said in the Parool newspaper earlier this week that a ‘neutral analysis’ of ethnic origins could help in the fight against discrimination. At the moment, police register place of birth and nationality.

Han Noten, who leads the Labour group in the upper house of parliament, told the Volkskrant that the registration of ethnic origins contravenes the constitution. ‘You will not get it past us,’ the paper quoted him as saying.

MPs more receptive

But Wednesday’s Parool reports that a majority of MPs do back the plan. ‘It could be useful to study how things are going with a particular group,’ said Christian Democrat MP Madeleine van Toorenburg.

And Labour MP Attje Kuiken said that if the minister could prove it would be useful, her party ‘would not be opposed’.

Under the headline ‘Antilleans and Moroccans spring out’, the Parool reports that around 37% of all those suspected of committing a crime come from an ethnic minority background. The figures date from 2002.

Registration of the ethnicity of criminals was scrapped in 1974, the paper says.

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Dispute among Islam Scholars: Did Muhammad Ever Really Live? – SPIEGEL ONLINE

Posted on September 18th, 2008 by martijn.
Categories: Misc. News.

Dispute among Islam Scholars: Did Muhammad Ever Really Live? – SPIEGEL ONLINE – News – International
DISPUTE AMONG ISLAM SCHOLARS
Did Muhammad Ever Really Live?

A number of Islamic associations have put a quick end to their collaboration with a professor — and trainer of people who are supposed to teach Islam in German high schools — who has expressed his doubt that Muhammad ever lived. Islam scholar Michael Marx spoke with SPIEGEL ONLINE about what lies behind the debate and the historical person of the Prophet

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Yeh Hum Naheen – Say no to terrorism / this is not us

Posted on September 18th, 2008 by martijn.
Categories: International Terrorism.

Yeh Hum Naheen is originally a Pakistani movement opposing terrorism in the name of Islam. The musical movement is headed by producer Waseem Mahmood and many well known Pakistani artists are part of it such as Shafqat Amanat Ali, Deeyah, Ali Haider, Shuja Haider, Haroon, Hadiqa Kiyani,  Strings and Ali Zafar . The song Yeh Hum Naheen (meaning ‘say no to terrorism or this is not us) is written by Ali Haider. With the song the movement tries to spread the message that Pakistani people are against terrorism and reject prejudice and discrimination against the majority of the Muslims who have nothing to do with terrorism.

The message is being spread by video in particular on YouTube where different versions are shown, the most recent one showing Pakistani people reciting the lyrics, re-iterating that ‘This is not us’.

You can watch the video HERE.

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