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Tariq Ramadan: Symbols of Fear and the Swiss referendum
In the Guardian, Tariq Ramadan gives his perspective on the question I posed here yesterday: There are only four minarets in Switzerland, so why is it that it is there that this initiative has been la… more →
Eclectic Grounds
Why did Switzerland decide to ban minarets?
henrik wrote 2 weeks ago: Some reactions by the victorious camp in favour of the ban on minarets after the referendum on Sunda … more →
New study compares levels of prejudice, racism and discrimination in several European countries
henrik wrote 1 month ago: A new study by by the Amadeu Antonio Foundation and University Bielefeld compared levels and nature … more →
Negative group stereotypes: A self-fulfilling prophecy
henrik wrote 2 months ago: Reminding individuals of a negative stereotype about their social group decreases their confidence, … more →
Tony Blair: More American than the US President
henrik wrote 3 months ago: ‘The Situationist‘ recently featured research by Mahzarin Banaji and Thierry Devos on th … more →
Only in Tibet...
henrik wrote 4 months ago: On ResetDOC, Michael Dillon comments on violence by the Chinese government against the Uyghur popula … more →
"Sharia courts" in Europe - what's your opinion?
henrik wrote 5 months ago: Should “sharia courts” (i.e. Muslim laws within the legal framework of the state) be all … more →
Migration as conflict and reflection: Scheffer's 'The Unsettled Land'
henrik wrote 7 months ago: I recently saw a panel discussion involving Dutch sociologist and politician Paul Scheffer. In 2000, … more →
Despite crisis, more tolerance toward immigrants and Muslim citizens
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henrik wrote 7 months ago: Contrary to the 2008 “Racism and Extremism Monitor” in the Netherlands which observed a … more →
How to deal with terrorism - an ethics perspective
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henrik wrote 8 months ago: I like philosophical perspectives on cultural and social phenomena, because they go beyond explainin … more →
The Anglicisation of Dutch universities: inhibiting intercultural exchange?
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henrik wrote 9 months ago: A recent NRC article warned that “English takes over at Dutch universities“. I, a German … more →
Gays against immigrants? - the 'nationalisation' of gay rights
henrik wrote 9 months ago: Darkmatter recenty had an excellent post on a topic that has interested me for a while: it is about … more →
White gang violence
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henrik wrote 10 months ago: I was in Glasgow recently. When we were about to see a movie and I suggested a cinema a but further … more →
The discourse on Muslim veils in Britain
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henrik wrote 10 months ago: Golam Khiabany writes in Race & Class about the current British media discourse on Muslim women … more →
The rise of dual citizenship
henrik wrote 10 months ago: According to a recent article by Tanja Brøndsted Sejersen in the International Migration Review, dua … more →
Politics of citizenship and language: "Allochtoon" becomes "bicultural"
henrik wrote 10 months ago: The Dutch government seems to have adopted a new terminology for ethnic minorities in the Netherland … more →
Muslim 'hate monger' preaches peace
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henrik wrote 10 months ago: There has been considerable controversy about a speech by Khalid Yasin at the Islamic University Rot … more →
Immigrant Violence: Not ethnicity but social class is the issue
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henrik wrote 11 months ago: One of the biggest media frenzies in Germany last year was created by the populist re-election campa … more →
Islamophobia and manufactured Muslim threats
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henrik wrote 11 months ago: In early December the Anne Frank Foundation and Leiden University issued the annual ‘Racism an … more →
