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TALAL ASAD integrity is, of course, fundamental to this. Its administrative institutions may be able to carry through decisions ...

Pim Fortuyn, Theo van Gogh, and the Politics of Tolerance in the Netherlands Peter van der Veer In August 2004, a short film tha ...

PETER VAN DER VEER Islamic terrorism, also seemed to mark the end of an era of cultural transformation in the Netherlands. These ...

THE POLITICS OF TOLERANCE celebration of the liberation of Holland in 1945 and only six days before the general elections, the D ...

PETER VAN DER VEER tainers are usually described, and Fortuyn precisely fitted that image. He could say things in a strident man ...

THE POLITICS OF TOLERANCE who had been part of coalition governments for a century. This reflected the decline of the significan ...

PETER VAN DER VEER In this sense, his political role was similar to that of Jo ̈rg Haider in Austria, Filip de Winter in Belgium ...

THE POLITICS OF TOLERANCE The Collapse of the Pillars and the Rise of Liberty The 1960s were a turning point in Dutch history, a ...

PETER VAN DER VEER Church was still politically strong enough that bishops could threaten to refuse Catholics the sacrament if t ...

THE POLITICS OF TOLERANCE way of life. The government has recently proposed exams for prospective citizens that use pictures of ...

PETER VAN DER VEER experiences or because of an insecurity about their expertise beyond these experiences. Certainly in a politi ...

THE POLITICS OF TOLERANCE this respect, the Netherlands bears particular comparison with Scandinavian countries. The anthropolog ...

PETER VAN DER VEER living tradition, there is much Islamic debate surrounding the issue; but if we want to recognize difference, ...

Can a Minority Retain Its Identity in Law? The 2005 Multatuli Lecture Job Cohen Ladies and Gentlemen, It is an honor and a pleas ...

JOB COHEN Moreover, talking about minorities is always a question of time and context. What a majority denies a minority may in ...

CAN A MINORITY RETAIN ITS IDENTITY IN LAW? pillars, but others, too: it was pivotal in the emancipation of workers, women, and h ...

JOB COHEN Al Qaeda on New York and Washington on September 11, 2001, were a turning point. Since then we have experienced two wa ...

CAN A MINORITY RETAIN ITS IDENTITY IN LAW? that they could one day become a member of a minority. But it is debatable whether th ...

JOB COHEN Freedom of religion is no longer regarded as a key concept of a free society. This represents a break with three cent ...

CAN A MINORITY RETAIN ITS IDENTITY IN LAW? The convention protects the rights of national minorities, namely, minority groups th ...