Mohammedanism: only for Arabs. Or another people.

Text from the preface of a relatively new Quran translation...

This is a pre-publication of my book ‘49:49 ‘, to be published no later than 2025. In Part I I already wrote that the critic who is sober and fearless, against hotheads who demand in a high or highest tone that one must know Quranic Arabic before one can say anything about the contents of… Continue reading Mohammedanism: only for Arabs. Or another people.

Misogynists abusing DSD-victims

Last Sunday, the third and most successful edition of the Dutch LetWomenSpeak took place in Utrecht.Soon all the speeches of the speakers will be available to hear and watch, but for two very different reasons here are three quarters of a minute from a justifiably angry young woman. As with the first edition, the story… Continue reading Misogynists abusing DSD-victims

Mix van Mao en Mussolini: de idealisten.

Kin omhoog en blik op oneindig

Tienduizenden in Nederland ontvingen recent de mei editie van een rijk geïllustreerd blad dat zichzelf de opmerkelijk aanmatigende titel ‘Illuster‘ heeft aangemeten. Volgens VanDale betekent illuster: “Beroemd en van (uitstekend) niveau” …. Ik schrok van die nare foto (op de achterzijde) en besloot eindelijk eens meer aandacht te besteden aan wat er zoal in dat… Continue reading Mix van Mao en Mussolini: de idealisten.

Antifa: hard core communists with a whiff of nihilism

Fighting LetWomenSpeak under the Antifa-banner

Yesterday I published a post in Dutch about Antifa in the Netherlands. However, Antifa is active in many western countries and share the same agenda everywhere. So an English translation could be useful for decent people in many other Western countries. It is mostly a translation but also slightly adapted for the international perspective and… Continue reading Antifa: hard core communists with a whiff of nihilism

TERFs, politiehonden en Stalin

Fighting LetWomenSpeak under the Antifa-banner

Afgelopen zondag werd er een openbaar aangekondigde bijeenkomst in Utrecht gehouden waar gesproken werd over hoe je als getrainde demonstranten door politie linies heen kunt breken.  Dat stond niet in de aankondiging: daarin was sprake van ‘veilig demonstreren’. Met ‘veilig’ bleek men te bedoelen: zonder inmenging door de politie. Het was deels een terugblik op… Continue reading TERFs, politiehonden en Stalin

Angola and the ban on islam

Church in Andolu, Angola

Among critics of Muhammad’s teachings, occasional references pop up to Angola’s peculiar approach to those teachings. There was a worldwide outcry about this in late 2013. The African country was said to have not only banned Islamism but had already begun dismantling mosques. From both the Islamophile and Islamocritical camps (before 2016) I only found… Continue reading Angola and the ban on islam