Muslims have yet to realize their full political potential through voting, organizing, and coalition building. More and more, however, a new generation of activists and community leaders is engaging the political process as full participants, motivated both by the desire to make a difference and a sense of civic duty. Ironically, Islamophobic rhetoric so common…
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“A new study entitled “Post-migrant Germany” set out to investigate attitudes on national identity in Germany. According to the results, these attitudes are ambivalent: people in Germany are open-minded, yet many in mainstream society have major reservations with respect to Muslim immigrants.” Claudia Mende reports for Qantara.de. [Click for Qantara’s Summary of the Report in…
Why would you become a jihad activist? Three reasons. A group researchers from Radboud University Nijmegen and the University of Amsterdam presented their study among radical Muslims and why they’re interested in extremist ideologies. Three conclusions can be drawn. 1. Democracy is hypocrisy: events and the way the USA and other western governments have responded…
Why do so called second generation ‘social climbers’, identify with their ethnicity? When do these adult children of immigrants, who reached high educated levels, identify in ethnic terms and why? How do their identifications develop over time? Many in the Netherlands wonder why children of immigrants, especially when they are higher educated, ‘still’ identify with…
