On Saturday April 6th, at 5.30 in the morning, a mosque in the Dutch town of Enkhuizen was found on fire. Firemen were said to have been able to quell the fire quickly, but were apparently unable to save the building. The mosque, housed in a former school building at the Tureluurshof, was targeted by arsonists before, in 2011. The...
Dutch politicians and other prominent citizens have participated in a video protesting against the ongoing Israeli practice of administrative detention of Palestinian civilians. In this short film by Dutch filmmaker Abdelkarim El-Fassi, former prime minister Dries van Agt and members of Dutch Parliament Harry van Bommel of the Socialist Party and Tofik Dibi of the Green Left, have expressed their...
Every now and then, there must be a bit of good news to share. Well, we have some for you now. The Musical Intifada has installed three new features: a section in the Dutch language, mobile phone optimization and a Ustream channel for live video broadcasts. Read on to find out more about these new items. It will please...
A book review by Songül Arslan, Wijblijvenhier.nl – Als het om een oplossing voor het Israëlisch-Palestijns vraagstuk gaat, dan is een democratische, seculiere Israëlisch-Palestijnse staat waarin iedereen vredig en met respect voor elkaar en elkaars fundamentele rechten samenleeft een grote utopie. De vraag tegenwoordig is of ‘twee staten, twee volkeren’ ook niet een utopie is. Hoewel de arts-schrijver Tariq...
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