Add to ORKGIf I really would know the answer to that question, I would not be standing here. I would probably be sitting, in whatever capacity, in the office of the Prime Minister. But even someone who does not really know the answer to this question may nevertheless be able to analyze a few factors that contribute to the present mess we are in. The religion of Islam, and the Dutch reactions to it, are definitely parts of the problem. Islamic communities, if sufficiently large, develop two types of elite. I use `elite' here not only in its meaning of `a group that has a power out of proportion to its size', but also in the meaning of ‘a small group that thinks of itself as superior to all others'. The first elite are the Muslim religious professio...
Since the beginning of this century, Muslim immigrants have become the subject of a heated debate in...
In February 1988, the Dutch government published a policy document on imams and their training. In p...
In public debate and academic discussions about Islam in Western society, reference is often made to...
埼玉県越谷市The Netherlands was regarded as a country that had succeeded in accepting immigrants because o...
The Dutch attitude towards Islamist movements or “political Islam” is as much determined by internal...
The discussion about the position of religious leaders was already ongoing in the Netherlands before...
The Netherlands has often been characterized as an open, tolerant country that changed into the oppo...
he release of the anti-Islam movie “Fitna” by the Dutch Member of Parliament Geert Wilders, early 20...
In the Netherlands and in other Western countries one finds a hostile image of Islam. Only recently ...
What are the reasons behind the failure of the Islamic theology and imam-training programmes at the ...
In the European Union, besides the Netherlands, France is the only other country with a substantial...
Islam is a fast-growing religion in the Netherlands. Although this growth is of fairly recent origin...
National and international events in which Muslims have been engaged have triggered heated debates o...
What are the reasons behind the failure of the Islamic theology and imamtraining programmes at the D...
Imams serving in the Netherlands are confronted with diverse expectations. While practising Muslims ...
Since the beginning of this century, Muslim immigrants have become the subject of a heated debate in...
In February 1988, the Dutch government published a policy document on imams and their training. In p...
In public debate and academic discussions about Islam in Western society, reference is often made to...
埼玉県越谷市The Netherlands was regarded as a country that had succeeded in accepting immigrants because o...
The Dutch attitude towards Islamist movements or “political Islam” is as much determined by internal...
The discussion about the position of religious leaders was already ongoing in the Netherlands before...
The Netherlands has often been characterized as an open, tolerant country that changed into the oppo...
he release of the anti-Islam movie “Fitna” by the Dutch Member of Parliament Geert Wilders, early 20...
In the Netherlands and in other Western countries one finds a hostile image of Islam. Only recently ...
What are the reasons behind the failure of the Islamic theology and imam-training programmes at the ...
In the European Union, besides the Netherlands, France is the only other country with a substantial...
Islam is a fast-growing religion in the Netherlands. Although this growth is of fairly recent origin...
National and international events in which Muslims have been engaged have triggered heated debates o...
What are the reasons behind the failure of the Islamic theology and imamtraining programmes at the D...
Imams serving in the Netherlands are confronted with diverse expectations. While practising Muslims ...
Since the beginning of this century, Muslim immigrants have become the subject of a heated debate in...
In February 1988, the Dutch government published a policy document on imams and their training. In p...
In public debate and academic discussions about Islam in Western society, reference is often made to...