Dr M.J.M. de Koning (Martijn)

Associate professor - Islam, Politics and Society

Contact

martijn.dekoning@ru.nl

Visiting address

Erasmusplein 1
6525 HT NIJMEGEN

Postal address

Postbus 9103
6500 HD NIJMEGEN

Working days Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

Martijn de Koning is engaged in research on activism among Muslims in Europe, Dutch Muslims in the UK, the racialisation of Muslims. He published about militant activism among Muslims, Dutch foreign fighters in Syria, the work of anti-Islamophobia initiatives, Moroccan-Dutch Muslim youth and their religious experiences and the rise and developments of 'Salafism' in the Netherlands.

Member of the editorial team of the Journal of Muslims in Europe.

Tags: salafism, activism, racialization, islamophobia, the Netherlands

Publications

Key publications

Koning, M.J.M. deCloser - Anthropology of Muslims in Europe.
Koning, M.J.M. de (2023). Cited in: Mella Fuchs / Trouw (2023, November 27). Islamofobie raakt de Palestijnen, zelfs als ze geen moslim zijn
Koning, M.J.M. de (2023). Over de zinvolheid van geweld en de problematisering van religie. Tijdschrift Sociologie, 97-107. doi:
Koning, M.J.M. de (2023). The Politics of Cohesion - Salafi Preachers and the Problematization of Muslim Marriages in the Netherlands. In Julie McBrien & Annelies Moors (Eds.), Muslim Marriage and Non-Marriage: Where Religion and Politics Meet Intimate Life (pp. 83-102). Leuven: Leuven University Press doi:
Vliek, M. & Koning, M.J.M. de (2023). The Netherlands. In Richard McNeil-Willson & Anna Triandafyllidou (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Violent Extremism and Resilience (pp. 139-153). London: Routledge doi:
Koning, M.J.M. de (2022). Responsible Muslims and Normalizing Islam: Dutch Muslims and the Politics of Responsibility. Implicit Religion, 23, 313-335.
Koning, M.J.M. de, Becker, C. & Roex, E. (2020). Islamic Militant Activism in Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany - "Islands in a Sea of Disbelief". London: Palgrave doi:
Fadil, N., Koning, M.J.M. de & Ragazzi, F. (Ed.). (2019). Radicalization in Belgium and the Netherlands: Critical Perspectives on Violence and Security. London: Bloomsbury publishing
Koning, M.J.M. de (2019). "No, I'm not a Salafist”: Salafism, secularism, and securitization in the Netherlands. In T. Abbas & S. Hamid (Eds.), Political Muslims: Understanding Youth Resistance in a Global Context (pp. 75-99). Syracuse: Syracuse University Press
Koning, M.J.M. de, Meyer, B. & Moors, A.C.A.E. (2019). Guidelines for anthropological research: Data management, ethics, and integrity. Ethnography, 20 (2), 170-174. doi:
Moors, A.C.A.E., Koning, M.J.M. de & Vroon-Najem, V. (2018). Secular Rule and Islamic Ethics: Engaging with Muslim-Only Marriages in the Netherlands. Sociology of Islam, 6 (3), 274-296. doi:
Koning, M.J.M. de (2015). 'Jongeren met toekomstplannen'. Het verhaal van Abu Muhammed over standvastigheid, rechtvaardigheid en jihad. Religie & Samenleving, 10 (2), 135-156. doi:
Sunier, Th., Koning, M.J.M. de & Witte, M. de (Eds.). (2015-2015) Culture and Religion, 16(2). doi:
Wagemakers, J. & Koning, M.J.M. de (Ed.). (2015). Islam in verandering: Vroomheid en vertier onder moslims binnen en buiten Nederland. Almere: Parthenon
Witte, M. de, Koning, M.J.M. de & Sunier, Th. (2015). Aesthetics of religious authority: introduction. Culture and Religion, 16 (2), 117-124. doi:

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About

Martijn de Koning conducts anthropological research with Muslims in Europe. He focuses on the racialisation of Muslims (Islamophobia) and activism among Muslims. He previously conducted research into Salafism in the Netherlands and into Dutch foreign fighters in Syria.

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