'In the face of neofascism, neutrality amounts to complicity. There is no "middle ground" between argument and nonsense' - @ericfassin.bsky.social , State anti-intellectualism & the politics of gender and race.

European politicians, journalists, academics...who just now "realise" what a genocide looks like, failed us and failed humanity. ... They are trying to write themselves into the right side of history. Do not let them.

I love our students

📢 Next IED lecture: "Breathing Hearts in Suffocating Times. Sufi healing practices and anti-Muslim racism in Germany", by @nasimaselim.bsky.social

🕛 Monday, March 31st, 3.00 - 4.30 CET
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Some more daily statements of white supremacism/ fascism

In two weeks, IED will be hosting Johan Rasanayagam and Laura Menin to talk about hope, trust, personal agency, and destiny among young Muslims in Morocco. All are welcome!

iednetwork.ugent.be

The most logical non-sensical response to Trump's non-sensical statement that there will only be two genders.

This Monday: "Navigating colourblind societies" by Amani Hassani. All welcome!

Coming up soon: Amani Hassani's talk on her book 'Navigating Colour-Blind Societies', Monday, 27/1.

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(Via Sam Elias) 'Here’s a real Nativity for you: a baby girl, haloed by the flashlights of the Wise Men who rescued her from the rubble in Gaza last night. Her parents were also found, lifeless. No one knew her name, so her new uncles gave her a very special one: Salaam • Peace • سلام'

Exciting new critical work on solidarity practices in the context of violent migration regimes, in DiGeSt: www.digest.ugent.be
Check out the Special Issue guest-edited by Sarah Murruh, Robin Vandevoordt, Naïké Garny & A. Tancrède Pagès.
All articles are open access.

We launched a new network 'Islam, Ethics and Diversity (IED)' to advance interdisciplinary research bridging anthropology/sociology and Islamic studies.

-> iednetwork.ugent.be

Coming up: a digital lecture series, open to academics & non-academics.

📌16/12 Sufi politics in Europe, Francesco Piraino

And atheists who have found a new struggle in the defence of Christmas markets