Random hypothetical scenario: 1. President X of not-existent Eastern European country Bieloslavatia (or the Caribbean Puerto Tobagahamas) declares that himself and his whole nation are ready to accept Islam, but he will not accept foreigners (Muslims or not, economic immigrants or refugees) from too much different cultures – not on the basis of a delusion of not-existent “ethnic purity” nor[Read More…]
Some native European Muslims who, like us, do not support the view of Islam as a religion of only non-whites or immigrants, nevertheless believe that we make the mistake by adopting American “racial” discourse in Europe. They believe that in Europe the problem of anti-white racism under the banners of Islam can be solved through the adherence of European Muslims[Read More…]
An Islamic perspective on one of the great critics of modernity, and our current crisis of identity.
In theory, we know that Muslims should be a single political body – the Ummah. In practice, however, we see that the Saudis are at odds with Qataris, the Emirates with the Turks, the Egyptians with the Sudanese, the Pakistanis with the Bangladeshis and so on. Also, Ibn Khaldun explained why, long before the creation of modern nation-states, the Ummah[Read More…]
Last time, we already talked about the fact that the use of language alone is incapable of creating or eliminating an organically rooted identity. This time we would like to touch upon another misconception that the supporters of such a view have. Namely, their notion of language as something spiritual, while blood relationship is considered to be materialistic. [Read More…]
A conversation of Dutch Muslim Dennis Honig with Haroun Sidorov, CEO of I4E As-salamy aleykum, Dennis! 1. Please, tell us about you. Where are you from, what is your background, occupation, etc. Wa aleykumu as-salam! My name is Dennis Honing, i am 27 years old, father of 4 kids. I have converted to Islam in 2008, alhamduli-Llah. First I was copying[Read More…]
Idealistic illusions and ignoring the obvious reality became the reasons that prevented the leaders of the old format of the European Muslim movement from developing a vital attitude towards the identity problem, which is fundamental for it. For example, one of it’s leaders for years convinced himself and others that for in order belong to Europeans the origin does not[Read More…]
Many white converts do not like the identity politics. One of the reasons for this, is that for them Islam is much more than their identity, it is their conscious choice of the meaning of their life. The other is that there is no place for them in the identity politics. After all, it is based on the opposition of[Read More…]
Slavic Muslim representation in the Balkans is not confined to Bosnians, so loudly had become in the early 90’s. last century. For several centuries the territory of Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey inhabits the other Slavic peoples of Muslim faith, calling themselves ahryane and outside the society known as Pomaks. Modern Pomaks live mostly in southern and south-eastern Bulgaria – mainly[Read More…]
Despite the fact that in the Islamic tradition blood relationship is established through lineage, when discussing the problem of the identity of indigenous European Muslims, we periodically have to deal with the issues of race. Is it necessary for a native European Muslim to be “white”? We have already touched on this issue in a number of our publications, including[Read More…]
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