All publications (listed per year)
In progress
Articulating ikhtilâf: The Paradigmatic Plurality of Islamic Theology at Western European Universities (working title). Monograph, accepted for review by Brill, Muslim Minorities Series
2022
“Imam Training Programs in the Netherlands. Historical Diversity, Contemporary Trends, and Future Prospects”, in: Pathways to Forming Religious Leadership in Europe. Imams and Female Guides in the Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark, Al-Mesbar Studies & Research Center, EDARA and Brussels International Center, 2022, pp. 69-90
Guest editor, with Leni Franken, special issue Leren in en over de islam op school. Ervaringen uit Nederland en Vlaanderen, Religie & Samenleving, 2022 vol. 17, nr 3, 2022 (open access)
With Leni Franken, “Hoe geven we les in en over de islam? Islam op school in Vlaanderen en Nederland”, Religie & Samenleving, 2022 vol. 17, nr 3, pp. 173-197 (open access)
2021
"Professionalizing the Imam in Europe: Imam Training Programs as Sites of Deliberative Engagement", in: Religions 2021, 12 (5) https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12050308
2020
Country contribution in Dr Niels Valdemar Vinding and Dr Raida Chbib, 2020, International Report: Education and Training of Muslim Religious Professionals in Europe and North America , Frankfurt: Akademie fur Islam in Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft (https://aiwg.de/internationale-publikationen/)
with Mieke Groeninck, "Introduction to Special Issue "Exploring New Assemblages of Islamic Expert Education in Western Europe", Religions 11 (6) . https://doi.org/10.3390/rel11060285
with Gé Speelman, 2020 , Moederland - Vaderland. Verhalen van Nederlanders over vertrouwdheid, vervreemding en verlangen, Oecumenische Bezinning, Amersfoort: Raad van Kerken
2019
“Leiden Islam Academy. A first-hand analysis of an innovative teaching program”,
Studies in Interreligious Dialogue, vol. 29, issue 1, pp. 125-139 DOI 10.2143/SID.29.1.3286458
"Maatschappelijke waarde van moskeeën in Nederland", in: Ineke van der Valk (red.), Mikpunt moskee , Amsterdam: Brave New Books, pp. 142-157
“On being a (good) Muslim in the West: four contributions of Dutch Muslim publicists”, Journal of Muslims in Europe, nr 8, issue 1, pp. 109-118
2018
“Urban Islam in the Netherlands: What Mosques Can Tell”, Islamology. Journal for Studies of Islam and Muslim societies, issue 2018, pp. 26-42 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24848/08.1.02
“Imams as organic public intellectuals. The case of Yassin ElForkani”, with Jan Jaap de Ruiter, in: Mohamed Hashas, Niels Valdemar Vinding, Khalid Hajji and Jan Jaap de Ruiter (eds.),
Imams in Western Europe. Developments, Transformations and Institutional Challenges , Amsterdam University Press, pp. 163-182
2017
“The position of the Leiden Islam Academy in the field of higher education in the Netherlands and Western Europe”, report written for the Board of the Faculty for Humanities Leiden University, 38 pages
Lenneke Tichelaar and Welmoet Boender, “Islamlessen. Solide basis voor een dynamische context. Religiekunde in de lespraktijk, IV”, in Narthex , October 2017, pp. 73-79
Abû Hanîfa; Râbi'a al-‘Adawiyya; Ibn Rushd; Ibn Taymiyya; al-Shawkâni; Shaltût in: Marcel Poorthuis and Laurens ten Kate (red.), 25 Eeuwen theologie , Amsterdam: Boom, 2017
2016
“’t Kennishuys. Een nieuwe islamitische uitgeverij” , www.leiden-islamblog.nl, 8 Dec. 2016
“Su-Shi: toenadering in Nederland” , www.leiden-islamblog.nl, 4 April 2016
“Een doorstart van de Nederlandse imamopleiding?” , www.leiden-islamblog.nl, 1 March 2016
2015
“Volunteering in Religious Communities: Does it Contribute to Society? Calculating Social Yield” , in: Lesley Hustinx, Johan von Essen, Jacques Haers and Sara Mels (eds.), Religion and Volunteering: Complex, Contested and Ambiguous Relationships ,
Cham: Springer, 2015, pp. 329-343 (DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-04585-6_16)
“Oordeel en begrip: wie is (‘goede’) moslim in Nederland. Besprekingsartikel van Hirsi Ali, Quadir, Ajouaou en Honing”, in Religie en Samenleving , 2015, nr. 2 jrg. 10, Delft: Eburon
“Islam- and imam programs at Dutch universities and the rationality of the market”, proceedings of the Berlin Forum for Muslim Thinking , Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Spring 2015
2014
“Dossier imamopleiding: het Nederlandse ‘imamopleidingdebat’ in historisch perspectief”, Tijdschrift voor Religie, Recht en Beleid 2014, jg 5, nr. 2, pp. 26-48
“Polderen in de participatiesamenleving. De kantelende positie van het Contactorgaan Moslims en Overheid”, in: Peter van Dam, James Kennedy, Friso Wielenga (red.), Achter de zuilen. Op zoek naar religie in naoorlogs Nederland , Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2014, pp. 255-277
2013
“Embedding Islam in the ‘Moral Covenants’ of European States: The Case of a State-Funded Imam Training in the Netherlands”, Journal of Muslims in Europe , 2013, 2, pp. 227-247
2012
“Religion and development cooperation in fragile states. The complementarity of roles of Dutch NGOs and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs”, with Merel van Meerkerk, online paper www.religion-and-development.nl (since Februari 2012)
“Teaching Integration: Shifting notions of the Place of Religion in the Public Sphere in the Netherlands”, in: Hakan Yilmaz and Çagla E. Aykaç (eds.), 2012,
Perceptions of Islam in Europe. Culture, Identity and the Muslim ‘Other’, New York: Taurus Academic Studies pp. 145-158
“Mohammed Cheppih: publieke intellectueel en publieke gelovige”, in: MANAzine nr.5, 2012, pp. 40-47
with Meryem Kanmaz, “Oude en nieuwe leiders van de islamitische gemeenschappen in België: betwist leiderschap?”, in: MANAzine nr. 5, 2012, pp. 16-19
2011
Religie en Ontwikkeling, Handreikingen voor de praktijk , Utrecht: Kenniscentrum Religie en Ontwikkeling, 2011 (with interactive webedition in English)
“ The secular burden in the Dutch development sector ”, in: Journal of the Levinas Society , vol.16, 2011, pp 76-84
2010
“The Development of a Dutch Islam. The Case of Ali Eddaoudi”, in: A ctes du colloque ‘Quarante ans d’émigration marocaine en Hollande, Bilan et perspectives, organise par l’Institut Universitaire de la Recherche Scientifique et l’Institut Néerlandais du Maroc –NIMAR- Rabat 14-15 mai 2009 , Université Mohammed V-Souissi, Publications de l’Institut Universitaire de la Recherche Scientifique 2010, pp. 145-156
Book review Mohamed Ajouaou . Imam achter tralies. Casestudies naar islamitisch geestelijke verzorging in Nederlandse penitentiaire inrichtingen met bouwstenen voor een beroepsprofiel, in: Religie en Samenleving , Delft: Eburon, 2010, Jrg. 6, nr. 1
Book review Henk Jochemsen and Jan van der Stoep (eds.), Different Cultures, One World. Dialogue between Christians and Muslims about Globalizing Technology , Amsterdam: Rozenberg Publishers, in: Journal of Rotterdam Islamic and Social Studies, vol. 1, nr. 1, 2010, p. 201
2009
Politicizing Shari’a Law. The Implementation of Shari’a Law in Aceh: Understanding Reactions of Civil Society , research report for ICCO and Kerk in Actie, June 2009
Moskeeën gewaardeerd. Een onderzoek naar het maatschappelijk rendement van moskeeën in Nederland , with Jaap van der Sar, Roos Lombo-Visser, Den Haag: Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties, February 2009
2008
“Religion in fragile states. Which side up? Handle with care!”, background paper for the international conference Religion, Conflict and Development in Fragile States, Den Haag, Knowledge Centre Religion and Development in cooperation with IKV Pax Christi, 20 November 2008, www.religion-and-development.nl, publications (since December 2008)
“Nieuwe spelers bij ontwikkelingssamenwerking. Islamitische hulporganisaties kampen met vooroordelen”, in: Zem Zem October 2008, pp. 111-116
“Dutch Imams: Expectations and Realities” , in: ISIM Review , vol. 21 , Spring 2008, p 21-22
2007
Imam in Nederland. Opvattingen over zijn religieuze rol in de samenleving , Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Bert Bakker, 2007 (dissertation Leiden University)
“Kota Indonesia dalam teori perkotaan”, with Peter J.M. Nas, in: Peter J.M. Nas, Kota-kota Indonesia. Bunga Rampai , Yogyakarta: Gadjah Mada University Press, 2007, pp. 205-228 [Indonesian translation of “The Indonesian City in Urban Theory”]
“Beyond Polarized Thinking. Dilemmas and Tools for Dutch NGO Interaction with Islamic Organizations”, with Anne Aardening and Jennifer Karius, Input paper for the international conference Dialogue with Islamic Movements on Democratization and Human Rights, The Hague 10 September 2007 (since September 2007)
2006
“From Migrant to Citizen: The Role Played by the Islamic University Rotterdam in the Formulation of Dutch Citizenship”, in: Gerdien Jonker and Valérie Amiraux (eds.), The Politics of Visibility. Young Muslims in European Public Spaces , Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag, 2006, p. 103-122
2005
Dick Douwes, Martijn de Koning en Welmoet Boender (red.) Nederlandse moslims. Van migrant tot burger, Amsterdam: Salomé, 2005
2003
“ Islamic Law and Muslim Minorities ”, in: ISIM Newsletter 12 , June 2003, p.13
2002
“Imams in the Netherlands and Islam Teachers in Flanders”, with Meryem Kanmaz, in: Shadid, W.A.R. and P.S. van Koningsveld (eds.), Intercultural Relations and Religious Authorities: Muslims in the European Union , Leuven, Paris: Peeters, 2002, pp. 169-180
2001
“The Indonesian City in Urban Theory”, with Peter J.M. Nas, J ournal of Social Sciences; Interdisciplinary Reflection on Contemporary Society , vol. 5, number 4, October 2001, pp. 257-266
“Religious Freedom and the Neutrality of the State, Conference Report”, in: ISIM Newsletter 7/01 , 2001, p.37
“Multiculturaliteit, islam en burgerschap in Nederland”, in: Dick Douwes (red.), Naar een Europese Islam? Essays, Amsterdam: Metz & Schilt, 2001, pp. 77-93
2000
Exploring Religious Identities; Studies Concerning the Relations between Muslims, Jews, and Christians in Modern Western Europe by the Student Participants of the Honours Class Theology 1999 , with M.J. de Jong (eds.)Leiden, 2000
“Freedom of Religion in The Netherlands: the Immigration Policy Regarding Imams”, in: W. Boender and M.J. de Jong (eds.), Exploring Religious Identities; Studies Concerning the Relations between Muslims, Jews, and Christians in Modern Western Europe by the Student-Participants of the Honours Class Theology 1999, Leiden, 2000, pp. 155-169
1999
“ Imams in the Netherlands ”, CIE Newsletter, vol.1, number 2, September 1999, pp. 23-28