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Valentine in Saoedi Arabia: Despite religious restrictions, Saudis mark lovers’ day

Posted on February 15th, 2005 by .
Categories: Misc. News.

Islam :: Despite religious restrictions, Saudis mark lovers’ day

Beyond the ban, it’s a challenge for couples to be together on Valentine’s or any other day because of strict segregation of the sexes. Dating consists of long phone conversations and the rare tryst. Men and women cannot go for a drive together, have a meal or talk on the street unless they are close relatives. Infractions are punished by detentions.

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Expatica – Cohen: depolarise debate over Islam

Posted on February 13th, 2005 by .
Categories: Islam in the Netherlands, Misc. News.

Expatica – Living in, moving to, or working in the Netherlands, plus Dutch news in English
Cohen: depolarise debate over Islam

11 February 2005

AMSTERDAM — Amsterdam Mayor Job Cohen has said the debate about Muslims and extremism should be conducted “in a more balanced way” in the Netherlands to avoid further polarisation between the Muslim community and the rest of society.

He said the debate’s aggression — in part being driven by the emergence of a real right-wing in the Netherlands — posed the danger of alienating the majority of Muslims who had integrated and “done well” in the Netherlands.

“There is a need for a depolarisation of the debate,” he said.

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Protected: Fatima's Brief

Posted on February 8th, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Misc. News.

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Protected: Fatima’s Brief

Posted on February 8th, 2005 by martijn.
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C L O S E R – News and Blogs on the "Muslim Boys"

Posted on February 8th, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Misc. News.

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Two news-items and one blog about the ‘Muslim Boys’: “a pseudo-Islamic criminal gang operating in south London.” “a ruthless gang of black so-called Muslim converts known as the ‘Muslim Boys’.”

According to Indigo Jo’s Blogs (the most interesting and thorough source on this one):

The gang is said to intimidate imams into opening their mosques in the early hours of the morning so that the gang can pray, and to carry out “conversions” of local youths, particularly “feral” children without adult supervision, to Islam at gunpoint. At least one local young man is reported to have been murdered for resisting this “da’wah” in order to set an example to others.

David Cohen has a report on The rise of the Muslim Boys in Thisislondon. This article contains a reference to Richard Reid the “shoe bomber’ which is quite misleading; it has not got anything to with it, although he was involved with the Brixton Muslim community. The chairman of the (wahhabi) mosque distances himself from the violence of these people calling them:

criminals masquerading as Muslims

. The Brixton Mosque is pretty much the same as Salafipublications (the Dutch Selefiepublicaties) and Triod, acording to Indigo Jo’s, who are strongly opposed to Bin Laden cs.

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C L O S E R – News and Blogs on the “Muslim Boys”

Posted on February 8th, 2005 by .
Categories: Misc. News.

C L O S E R

Two news-items and one blog about the ‘Muslim Boys’: “a pseudo-Islamic criminal gang operating in south London.” “a ruthless gang of black so-called Muslim converts known as the ‘Muslim Boys’.”

According to Indigo Jo’s Blogs (the most interesting and thorough source on this one):

The gang is said to intimidate imams into opening their mosques in the early hours of the morning so that the gang can pray, and to carry out “conversions” of local youths, particularly “feral” children without adult supervision, to Islam at gunpoint. At least one local young man is reported to have been murdered for resisting this “da’wah” in order to set an example to others.

David Cohen has a report on The rise of the Muslim Boys in Thisislondon. This article contains a reference to Richard Reid the “shoe bomber’ which is quite misleading; it has not got anything to with it, although he was involved with the Brixton Muslim community. The chairman of the (wahhabi) mosque distances himself from the violence of these people calling them:

criminals masquerading as Muslims

. The Brixton Mosque is pretty much the same as Salafipublications (the Dutch Selefiepublicaties) and Triod, acording to Indigo Jo’s, who are strongly opposed to Bin Laden cs.

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Rendering Islam – Islam and Hip Hop go hand and hand

Posted on February 8th, 2005 by .
Categories: Misc. News.

Rendering Islam
Islam and Hip Hop go hand and hand
Rhythm Nation of Islam

pinning through a cipher of Muslim rap with the Bishop of Hip-Hop.

Eric K. Arnold Published: Wednesday, January 19, 2005

“I think that Islam itself is the unofficial religion of hip-hop,” proclaims Adisa Banjoko, the San Jose-based writer, publicist, radio show host of One Mic on KNEW-AM, and student of Gracie-style Brazilian jujitsu. “So much hip-hop has come to be that has referenced Islam, that many of the people themselves don’t even recognize it. Like, why is it that Biggie Smalls was going on about From Mecca to Medina? He’s not talking about Saudi Arabia.”

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The Daily Star – Special Reports – Survey sheds new light on Arab views of West

Posted on February 5th, 2005 by .
Categories: Misc. News.

The Daily Star – Special Reports – Survey sheds new light on Arab views of West
Survey sheds new light on Arab views of West
Data reveals striking evidence of anti-american and anti-british opinions among young

AMMAN: A pioneering survey conducted recently in five Arab countries reveals important and often-surprising data on how Arabs perceive themselves and major Western powers, along with striking evidence of increasingly extremist anti-American and anti-British views among Arab youth.

The survey, entitled “The Arab Street Revisited: Research from Within,” revealed important new insights into how Arabs differentiate between political and cultural values in the West, and also among the different leading states of the West. The surveyed Arabs also differentiate between Western political values which they admire and covet (democracy, justice, rule of law, etc.) and Western foreign policies in the Middle East, which they generally reject and criticize.

Full survey results and analysis will be made available soon on the center’s Web site (http://www.css-jordan.org/)
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Blogging for democracy

Posted on February 5th, 2005 by .
Categories: Misc. News.

My blog’s in Cambridge, but my heart is in Accra : Ethan’s Weblog – My blog is in Cambridge, but my heart’s in Accra
A translation (by ‘Saudi Jeans’ a.k.a. Ahmed) of al-Hayat’s article by Amina Khairy, ‘An American Promotes Arabic Blogs as Alternative to the Lost Democracy’.

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Protected: Trouw, nieuws & achtergronden – Bush mag, Mohammed B. niet

Posted on February 5th, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Misc. News.

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And she's not Dead?

Posted on February 4th, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Internal Debates, Misc. News, Uncategorized.

In several places you can find the story of Hind (no not the Moroccan-Dutch singer). Mahmood’s Den, Virtually Islamic and MuslimWakeUp! are my sources.

No the story of Hind is this one:
Hind el-Hinnawy, a 27 year-old Egyptian costume designer who with one bold gesture scandalized a religiously conservative society wallowing in its own schizoid hypocrisy and had her baby in that ambivalent zone of civil (urfi) marriage, going on to file a paternity suit against the famous, or by now infamous, actor, Ahmed Al-Fishawy.

Mahmood’s Den has the shortest and best summary:

And she’s not dead? Her brother, father, uncle, boy next door didn’t kill her to “purify” her family’s name?

I can’t believe it.. what’s the (Arab) world coming to, when a woman has sex out of wedlock, has an [il]legitimate child and then sues the father for paternity and lives to not only tell the tale but challenges the age-old “honour killing” thing?

Have your own say. Mine is: good on you Hind.

Muslim Wake Up has covered the story very thorough.

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And she’s not Dead?

Posted on February 4th, 2005 by .
Categories: Internal Debates, Misc. News, Uncategorized.

In several places you can find the story of Hind (no not the Moroccan-Dutch singer). Mahmood’s Den, Virtually Islamic and MuslimWakeUp! are my sources.

No the story of Hind is this one:
Hind el-Hinnawy, a 27 year-old Egyptian costume designer who with one bold gesture scandalized a religiously conservative society wallowing in its own schizoid hypocrisy and had her baby in that ambivalent zone of civil (urfi) marriage, going on to file a paternity suit against the famous, or by now infamous, actor, Ahmed Al-Fishawy.

Mahmood’s Den has the shortest and best summary:

And she’s not dead? Her brother, father, uncle, boy next door didn’t kill her to “purify” her family’s name?

I can’t believe it.. what’s the (Arab) world coming to, when a woman has sex out of wedlock, has an [il]legitimate child and then sues the father for paternity and lives to not only tell the tale but challenges the age-old “honour killing” thing?

Have your own say. Mine is: good on you Hind.

Muslim Wake Up has covered the story very thorough.

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The Rosetta Stone on Nawal el Saadawi

Posted on February 4th, 2005 by .
Categories: Misc. News.

The Rosetta Stone
Me, Myself and Islam:

Finally, this is me an Egyptian, an Arab and a Muslim… an Egyptian by nationality, an Arab by language and a Muslim by faith… three different entities joined together in one man enjoying the aspects of the three cultures.

Discussion on Nawal Saadawi or better about Rosetta Stone who is supporting her…

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Best Arab Blogs Awards

Posted on February 4th, 2005 by .
Categories: Misc. News.

Well the Best Arab Blogs Awards… the winners are announced:
Best Arab Blogs Awardsâ„¢ :: Results: 2004 Best Arab Blogs Awards

The masters of ceremony were to other bloggers, Mahmoud Den and Sabbah.

I do not read the Arab language, but the english language choices are excellent, for instance in best humor blogs: My little bubble!
If someone of you can read Moroccan-Arabic then please review the Moroccan winner: Bluesman.
Of course there is also Iraq’s number one (of course!) Baghad Burning from Riverbend

I have added a few to my link-list on the right of this page.

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Handschud-fundamentalisme?

Posted on February 4th, 2005 by .
Categories: Misc. News.

Een Rotterdamse wethouder is van plan om alle moslima’s de hand te schudden. Aanvankelijk vatte ik dit op als symboliek: hij wil een brug slaan naar alle moslima’s vanuit de politiek…ach ja och arme sukkelaer zijn mijn oude geschiedenislerares tegen mij zeggen. Hij bedoelt het letterlijk. De norm in Rotterdam is dat we elkaar de hand geven? De vraag is of het daar wel om gaat; of dat soort zaken wel in expliciete normen moeten worden vastgelegd.
Wethouder schudt voortaan alle moslima’s de hand – telegraaf.nl [Binnenland]
Wethouder schudt voortaan alle moslima’s de hand

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Brabants Dagblad – Opinie – Het feest dat mensen spiegel voorhoudt

Posted on February 4th, 2005 by .
Categories: Misc. News, Multiculti Issues, Religion Other, Some personal considerations.

Brabants Dagblad – Opinie – Het feest dat mensen spiegel voorhoudt
Het feest dat mensen spiegel voorhoudt

Donderdag 3 februari 2005 – Het station is weer versierd en overal in de stad wapperen de rood-wit-gele-vlaggen. Dit weekend zijn we weer onbereikbaar voor de rest van Nederland vanwege carnaval. Ieder jaar opnieuw vragen nuchtere buitenstaanders zich af wat die zuiderlingen toch bezielt om vier dagen te feesten om niets.

Wat is eigenlijk het nut van carnaval?
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Black Britain | Female circumcision

Posted on February 2nd, 2005 by .
Categories: Misc. News.

Black Britain | News | Daily News and Sport
Africa’s Sheikhs & Imams meet to disavow FGM
Category: africa Dated: 02/02/2005
A two-day conference, hosted by the Djiboutian government will bring together the highest religious authorities in the Horn of Africa, to deny the traditional practice of female genital mutilation is linked to religion.

By uniting African religious leaders from countries, where FGM is widely practised, campaigners see it as an opportunity to permanently break the link between the cultural practice and Islam and also to reinforce the view that FGM is a violation of women�s rights.

Ms Kwateng-Kluvitse added, �a lot of the women from those practising communities do believe firmly that it�s a religious obligation and if you say to women and girls that your prayers are not heard unless you�ve been cut, or that you�re not a good Muslim unless you do it, then we do need somebody who is a religious leader saying that this is not the case.�

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Black Britain | Female circumcision

Posted on February 2nd, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Misc. News.

Black Britain | News | Daily News and Sport
Africa’s Sheikhs & Imams meet to disavow FGM
Category: africa Dated: 02/02/2005
A two-day conference, hosted by the Djiboutian government will bring together the highest religious authorities in the Horn of Africa, to deny the traditional practice of female genital mutilation is linked to religion.

By uniting African religious leaders from countries, where FGM is widely practised, campaigners see it as an opportunity to permanently break the link between the cultural practice and Islam and also to reinforce the view that FGM is a violation of women�s rights.

Ms Kwateng-Kluvitse added, �a lot of the women from those practising communities do believe firmly that it�s a religious obligation and if you say to women and girls that your prayers are not heard unless you�ve been cut, or that you�re not a good Muslim unless you do it, then we do need somebody who is a religious leader saying that this is not the case.�

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MaghrebOnline.NL, een wereld van kennis, verrijking en ontspanning!

Posted on February 2nd, 2005 by .
Categories: Islam in the Netherlands, Misc. News, Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues.

MaghrebOnline.NL, een wereld van kennis, verrijking en ontspanning!
Meer discriminatie van de moslimbevolking

AMSTERDAM (ANP) – Na de moord op Van Gogh is er meer sprake van discriminatie van Nederlandse moslims. Nieuws over terrorisme en de moord op de filmmaker versterkten het negatieve beeld dat mensen van de multiculturele samenleving hebben. Dat blijkt uit onderzoek van de Vrije Universiteit.

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In Netherlands, Anti-Islamic Polemic Comes With a Price (washingtonpost.com)

Posted on February 1st, 2005 by .
Categories: Islam in the Netherlands, Misc. News, Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues, Religious and Political Radicalization.

In Netherlands, Anti-Islamic Polemic Comes With a Price (washingtonpost.com)
In Netherlands, Anti-Islamic Polemic Comes With a Price

On the “Dutch Ross Perot”: Geert Wilders.

Wilders’s transgression, according to the extremists demanding his death, is his insulting of Muslims in the Netherlands, with frequent denunciations of Islam. “Islam and democracy are fully incompatible,” he said in the interview. “They will never be compatible — not today, and not in a million years.”

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VARA – De Leugen Regeert

Posted on January 28th, 2005 by .
Categories: Misc. News.

zo en dan ga ik nu VARA – De Leugen Regeert kijken met Peter Plasman. Hij is advocaat van de verdachte van de moord op Theo van Gogh en geeft commentaar op de berichtgeving rondom Mohammed B. deze week.

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Netwerk – Vanavond in Netwerk

Posted on January 27th, 2005 by .
Categories: Misc. News.

Netwerk – Vanavond in Netwerk
Mijn ISIM / Rights at Home collega Laila al-Zwaini hoopt (volgens Netwerk) dat de stemhokjes leeg blijven. Zij ziet in de verkiezingen een legitimatie voor de Amerikanen om in Irak te blijven.

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Le Monde.fr : Tariq Ramadan se dit victime de la malveillance de l’ambassadeur de France � La Haye

Posted on January 27th, 2005 by .
Categories: Misc. News.

The French newspaper Le Monde has also an article on the interference of the French ambassador in the Netherlands with the visit of Ramadan (see yesterday on this blog):
Le Monde.fr : Archives
Tariq Ramadan se dit victime de la malveillance de l’ambassadeur de France � La Haye

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Le Monde.fr : Tariq Ramadan se dit victime de la malveillance de l'ambassadeur de France � La Haye

Posted on January 27th, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Misc. News.

The French newspaper Le Monde has also an article on the interference of the French ambassador in the Netherlands with the visit of Ramadan (see yesterday on this blog):
Le Monde.fr : Archives
Tariq Ramadan se dit victime de la malveillance de l’ambassadeur de France � La Haye

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Tariq Ramadan and the French embassy in the Netherlands

Posted on January 26th, 2005 by .
Categories: Internal Debates, Islam in the Netherlands, Misc. News.

In this article in Dutch by the daily Trouw, Kustaw Bessems reports how the French embassy pressured people like Paul Scheffer, Olivier Roy and Micha�l Zeeman not to talk to Tariq Ramadan.

All these people were scheduled to appear at the literature festival Winternachten in a debate the situation of mutual distrust in the east en the west.

According to the French embassy Ramadan is a dangerous person; a wolf in sheeps clothes. On Dhimmiwatch and Campuswatch and on Frontpage Magazine there are several articles with the same allegations most of them linked to problems he had getting into (or not into) the US.

On Oumma.com you can the reaction of Ramadan to these events (in French). Both articles, are placed below as well.
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