This thesis explores how Pim Fortuyn, Geert Wilders and Thierry Baudet manage to be both controversial and successful with their language. It places their rhetoric within contexts of populism,...Show moreThis thesis explores how Pim Fortuyn, Geert Wilders and Thierry Baudet manage to be both controversial and successful with their language. It places their rhetoric within contexts of populism, Orientalism, and Foucault's concept of discourse.Show less
This thesis discusses the secular-Islamic feminist paradigm in the Middle East, specifically in Turkey, and the thesis focusses on the current feminist debate between secular and Islamic feminists...Show moreThis thesis discusses the secular-Islamic feminist paradigm in the Middle East, specifically in Turkey, and the thesis focusses on the current feminist debate between secular and Islamic feminists in Turkey.Show less
In dit onderzoek wordt getracht in kaart te brengen hoe de term salafisme zijn weg heeft gevonden naar het Nederlands politiek debat en hoe deze term hierbinnen wordt gebruikt. Het kwalitatief...Show moreIn dit onderzoek wordt getracht in kaart te brengen hoe de term salafisme zijn weg heeft gevonden naar het Nederlands politiek debat en hoe deze term hierbinnen wordt gebruikt. Het kwalitatief onderzoek schetst een beeld van de gevolgen van het gebruik van deze term voor de groep mensen die het meest hiermee wordt geassocieerd.Show less
As long as Moroccan Dutch migrants have been present in the Netherlands, discussions have been taking place about the influence of the Moroccan state in the religious sphere in the Netherlands. The...Show moreAs long as Moroccan Dutch migrants have been present in the Netherlands, discussions have been taking place about the influence of the Moroccan state in the religious sphere in the Netherlands. The official Islam of the state entails following the Malikite school of law, Asharite tradition of theology and Sufism. At the same time, some mosques with largely Moroccan Dutch attendees are known to outspokenly preach the same traditions. Both the Moroccan state and two examples of such mosques in the Netherlands produce discourses on reasons for following these specific traditions and how they relate to the national Moroccan identity. The influence of Morocco on these mosques in advocating a certain Islamic tradition is unclear. By studying both discourses, it may be concluded that the discourses on Islam of the Moroccan state and the two mosques are characterized by different national contexts, wider ongoing debates and positions of power within the wider society.Show less
