Date of source: Monday, October 14, 2024
Background for the Mikado Library, the Katholiek Documentatie Centrum and the Historisch Documentatiecentrum voor het Nederlands Protestantisme.
This brief provides background to books and documents Cornelis Hulsman provided to the Mikado Library, Aachen, on October 10, 2024.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 11, 2024
The Director of the Islamic Sheikhdom of Croatia, Shaykh ʿAzīz Hasanović, stated that there is no denying the efforts made by Dār al-Iftāʾ in Egypt to counter accusations of Islamophobia, which have been steadily increasing. This is especially true in light of the increasing number of racist...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 13, 2024
Following Dr. Naẓīr ʿAyyād’s appointment as Egypt’s next grand muftī and chairman of the General Secretariat for Fatwā Authorities Worldwide, Dār al-Iftāʾ released a biography detailing his prior posts.
Date of source: Friday, February 12, 2016
Fūʾād Bilqāsimī, the national leader of the Islamist organization Sharia4Belgium and a Moroccan-Belgian, has chosen to take his case to the Belgian Supreme Court in protest of a ruling made by the Court of Appeal a few weeks prior, which sentenced Bilqāsimī to 12 years in prison and a fine of €30,...
Date of source: Saturday, May 11, 2024
The board of the Arab-West Foundation decided in its meeting on April 22, to adopt this statement with steps that are believed to be necessary to end the cycle of violence and reach a moment in which Israelis and Palestinians can live together in peace. This statement was written by Cornelis...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 21, 2023
Germany's interior minister, Nancy Faeser, has called on Muslim groups in the country to explicitly condemn the October 7 attacks by Ḥamās on Israel.
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Intercultural and interreligious dialogue brought Cornelis Hulsman from a conservative Christian Reformed bubble in the Netherlands to a deeply ecumenical attitude, refraining from absolutist statements about faith since any religion is the outcome of a human search for meaning in life.
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This text about Dutch Arabist and scholar of Islam Prof. Dr. Johannes (Hans) G. Jansen (1942-2015) is based on Cornelis Hulsman’s personal experiences with Prof.
Date of source: Friday, December 29, 2023
This study analyses recent Qurʾān desecration incidents in Europe and some of the ways they have been addressed, with a particular focus on the Netherlands.
Date of source: Friday, December 8, 2023
On Thursday, December 7th, Denmark’s parliament adopted a law prohibiting the burning of copies of the Holy Qurʾān in response to a series of incidents where Islam's holy book was desecrated, which sparked outrage in Muslim countries.