Malcolm X Narratives

Expressions of Political Theology

Exploring the kinds of influences of the politico-theological conceptions of Malcolm X and his life trajectory, as a reservoir of concerns and values, illuminates that specific Muslim artists may have become part of the informal Anglophone network of interdependent Islamic teachers and institutions which seems focused on reforming the power structure between Islam and “Muslim old world” views and those of the “Muslim new world” by incorporating the inclusive symbol that Malcolm X is. As such, Muslim performing artists who encountered a mediation of Malcolm X in politico-theological ways may have become more or less involved in complex relationships concerning the bearing ideology in the Muslim world and, similarly, involved in those concerning the bearing ideology in the nation states.

Is Malcolm X een vreedzaam alternatief voor IS?

Het salafisme is een ‘kwaadaardige ideologie’ die fungeert als een ‘voorportaal tot gewelddadig jihadisme’, zegt PvdA-politicus Ahmed Marcouch in Trouw van 28 november 2016. Dat is nogal kort door de bocht. Op grond van mijn onderzoek naar islamitische artiesten in de VS en West-Europa kom ik tot de conclusie dat voor jongeren die vatbaar zijn voor radicale interpretaties van de islam, een rolmodel nodig kan zijn dat het salafisme weet te verbinden met het soefisme door extreme opvattingen los te laten. Zo’n rolmodel kan Malcolm X zijn.

2019-03-31T12:57:34+00:00Door |Categorieën: Opinions|Tags: , |

Malcolm X, Muslims and Self-Definition

The life of Malcolm X, who developed himself from petty criminal to internationally respected human rights activist after converting to the unorthodox Nation of Islam and, finally, widely accepted Sunni Islam, reflects the process from darkness to light or "hell to heaven". The empowering Malcolm X narrative turns out to be a performative, sense making and bonding tool in the field of Muslim performing artists in the US and the UK. After 9/11, the sequence is a salient means to present a non-violent, socially active and enlightened Islam that fits the West to pro-musical as well as anti-musical views.

2020-12-18T09:32:35+00:00Door |Categorieën: Publications|Tags: , |

From Hell to Heaven: the Malcolm X Narrative

The life of Malcolm X, who developed himself from petty criminal to internationally respected human rights activist after converting to the unorthodox Nation of Islam and, finally, widely accepted Sunni Islam, reflects the process from darkness to light or "hell to heaven". The empowering Malcolm X narrative turns out to be a performative, sense making and bonding tool in the field of Muslim performing artists in the US and the UK. After 9/11, the sequence is a salient means to present a non-violent, socially active and enlightened Islam that fits the West to pro-musical as well as anti-musical views.

2020-12-18T09:33:10+00:00Door |Categorieën: Publications|Tags: , |
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