Closer - Anthropology of Muslims in Europe

Closer Blog: Call for Papers:Practices of everyday life are central to discover the subjectivity of Muslims. This workshop seeks to explain the daily life choices and preferences in the context of subjectivity and self, looking at the questions concerning the religious-cultural-ethnic constructions of practices in which different perceptions are mediated on Muslims. Read more: CfP: Everyday Life Practices of Muslims in Europe: Consumption and Aesthetics

Closer Blog: Islamophobia as a concept, and as a social phenomenon, is difficult to grasp. In writing Xenophobia and Islamophobia in Europe, Raymond Taras joins a growing number of writers who are making interesting contributions to this topic. My review of his book at H-Net.Read more: Defining and Understanding Islamophobia in Europe – A Review

Closer Blog: In a racial tolerance map of the Washington Post Burma / Myanmar appears to be more 'racially tolerant' then India, Bangladesh, Thailand and China. Let's consider the genocide of the Rohingya Muslims.Read more: Rohingya: A Hidden Genocide in a ‘racially tolerant’ country?

Closer Blog: Amer Morgahi over de recente verkiezingen in Pakistan gewonnen door Sharif die mikt op economische vooruitgang in het instabiele Pakistan.Read more: Verkiezingen in Pakistan: ‘revolutie’ bleef uit

Closer Blog: My article in the special issue of Contemporary Islam on Moral Ambiguities and Muslim Lives: The moral maze: Dutch Salafis and the construction of a moral community of the faithful.Read more: The moral maze: Dutch Salafis and the construction of a moral community of the faithful