The changing patterns of contemporary immigration have initiated a new form of majority nationalism. In recent years, liberal democracies have introduced immigration and citizenship policies that are designed to defend the majority culture. This trend is fed by fears of immigration-some justified, some paranoid-which explain the rise of extreme right-wing parties in the West. Liberal…
A new book titled, A History of Conversion to Islam in the United States, Volume 1: White American Muslims before 1975, has been recently published by the religious scholar Patrick Bowen. It is available at these following links: http://www.brill.com/products/book/history-conversion-islam-united-states-volume-1 http://www.amazon.co.uk/372/dp/9004299947
A new book, titled “Muslims and Political Participation in Britain” has recently been released by Timothy Peace of University of Stirling. The first link below is the link to purchase the book, and the second link is a PDF which contains a discount code to apply to the book purchase. http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415725316/ Muslims and Political Paricipation…
SALAFISM Utopian Ideals in an Unruly Reality By Martijn de Koning, Joas Wagemakers en Carmen Becker Three Dutch expert academics on Islam published a book on Salafism in the Netherlands, named “Salafism: Utopische Idealen in een Weerbarstige Praktijk” (English: Salafism: Utopian Ideals in an Unruly Reality). Salafism has been a highly debated current in Dutch…
August 4, 2014 Germany is proud of its culture of democracy and the rule of law. But how proud should it be of the way it treats those who help Syrian refugees threatened by starvation and mass murder at home to enter the country? In 2013 and 2014, several German-based Syrians have been tried in…
