January 16, 2014 Anthropologist of religion and expert at the National Observatory of Secularism, Dounia Bazar addresses the issue of radical Islam in her latest work, ‘Countering Radical Islam’ in which she delivers the fruits of her fifteen years of analyses on this minority phenomena that nonetheless often gets conflated with the entirety of…
According to research from the Center for Asymmetric Threat Studies at the Swedish National Defense College, examinations were conducted concerning the preventative measures taken in Sweden against violent extremism and radicalism. As part of the studies, the researchers conducted extensive interviews with school personnel and police officers active in the Rosengård district. The vast majority…
Consumer culture in the Muslim world, or Muslims as a specific target group who participate actively in a consumer market, are rather new realms for academic researchers. For many Muslims, consumption plays an increasing role in identity formation. Their growing cultural and religious self-awareness transforms markets, advertising strategies and consumer behavior. Muslim consumer culture is…
In an international study carried out in Belgium, the Netherlands, and the UK, data reveals that most asylum speakers are victims of violence when they arrive in Europe. The University of Ghent collected and analyzed the data. 62% of asylum seekers and refugees were confronted with emotional/psychological violence, and 57% were confronted with sexual violence,…
A Muslim mother reacted severely after her child was placed into the care of lesbian foster parents in Trondheim. The municipality states that they think they have handled things correctly. The child has many psychological problems, as do the parents of the child, who experienced torture in their homeland. Jorid Midtlyng of the municipal council…
