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Critical Coverage of the Middle East Since 1971

Fadi Hirzalla

Fadi Hirzalla is a doctoral candidate in political science at the University of Amsterdam and a member of the editorial board of ZemZem, a Dutch language magazine on the Middle East, North Africa and Islam.

MER Article

Lions of Tawhid in the Polder

The murder of the controversial filmmaker Theo van Gogh by a radical Islamist youth induced a deep national trauma in the Netherlands. Very quickly, debate about the murder and the subsequent outbreak of anti-Muslim violence led to a larger and disturbing debate about the place of Muslims and Islam

Fadi Hirzalla, Paul Aarts • 15 min read