Opening prayer rooms, mosques, Muslim schools, or even kebab shops is becoming an issue of ‘values’, and I am not referring here to economic ones. The values are often referred to as  ‘western values’ and they appear to come..
Topics: anthropology, Australia, Camden, Civilization, democracy, Democracy and Justice, Ethnic Minorities, Freedom, Immigration, Islam, Islam and Christianity, Islam in Europe, Islamic School, Islamophobia, Journalism, Kate McCulloch, Muslims, Neocon, OZ, Politics, Religion, Research, sociology

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Recently, two British scholars, Dr. June Edmunds and Prof. Anthony Glees have clashed over the popular topic of Islamic extremism within, in this case, British universities. This has been since 2006 a very ‘hot’ topic for the press and a...
Topics: Academia, anthropology, democracy, Democracy and Justice, Ethics, Ethnic Minorities, Europe, Islam, Islam in Europe, jihad, Journalism, Muslims, Neocon, Politics, Religion, Research, Research Metodology, Terrorism, University

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 Today another 200 Rohingya refugees have been rescued while drifting away in a wooden boat near the coast of Indonesia. It is pretty clear that the Rohingya are becoming the ‘Roma gypsy‘ of Southeast Asia, and similar to the case of Roma.
Topics: anthropology, democracy, Democracy and Justice, Ethics, Ethnic Minorities, Europe, Freedom, Genocide, Immigration, India, Islam, Islam in Europe, jihad, Muslims, Politics, Refugees, Religion, Research, sociology, South Asia, Terrorism

{"title":"Rohingya Muslims and injustice: a security issue?","post_url":"http:\/\/marranci.wordpress.com\/2009\/02\/03\/rohingya-muslims-and-injustice-a-security-issue\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/marranci.wordpress.com\/feed\/","author":null,"date":"2009-02-03 03:45:32","summary":"\u00a0Today another 200 Rohingya refugees have been rescued while\u00a0drifting\u00a0away in a wooden boat near the coast of Indonesia. It is pretty clear that the\u00a0Rohingya are becoming the ‘Roma gypsy‘ of Southeast Asia, and similar to the case of Roma."}

I have discussed and provided some information about the quite unknown tragedy of Rohingya Muslims elsewhere in this blog. Normally, Rohingya Muslims make news only when there is a dearth of other stories. Today, more people know who the Rohingya...
Topics: abuse, Academia, anthropology, Bangladesh, Burma, Democracy and Justice, Ethnic Minorities, Ethnographies, Freedom, Genocide, Human Rights, Immigration, Islam, Malaysia, Muslims, Myanmar, Politics, Refugees, Research, Rohingya Muslims, sociology, South Asia, Thailand

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I am pleased to inform my friends and readers that my latest book Understanding Muslim Identity Rethinking Fundamentalism, is finally on the bookshelf of (more or less virtual) book shops.Another book on Islamic fundamentalism?’ I can hear the...
Topics: Academia, anthropology, book, democracy, Democracy and Justice, dignity, Ethnic Minorities, Europe, extremism, fundamentalists, Gaza, Gender, identity, Islam, Islam and Christianity, Islam in Europe, Islamophobia, Israel/Palestine, jihad, justice, Macmillan, marranci, Muslims, Palgrave, Prison, Religion, Research, Research Metodology, Robert Spencer, sociology, South Asia, Sunni, Terrorism, University

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