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Abdulwahid van Bommel

Abdulwahid van Bommel tijdens 'Humor in bange tijden' in Theater aan het Spui/Filmhuis Den Haag op vrijdagavond 18 januari in Winternachten 2008.  - foto Serge Ligtenberg
Abdulwahid van Bommel tijdens 'Humor in bange tijden' in Theater aan het Spui/Filmhuis Den Haag op vrijdagavond 18 januari in Winternachten 2008.  - foto Serge Ligtenberg

(1944, Amsterdam) used to be a jazz musician, but followed an imam training in Turkey. As an expert on islam Van Bommel published various books, amon others Having a Laugh with Those Muslims (2007), Islam and Women's Rights (2005) and Islam, Love and Sexuality (2003). A Dutch paper wrote of the last book: 'Van Bommel stands up for the equality of man and woman and frees sex from its taboos. ….] Yet his book is a clear sign that there is movement in Islamic thought. Van Bommel often mediates between muslims and non-muslims and plays an important role in the interfaith dialogue in the Netherlands. He was imam of a mosque in The Hague, director of the Nederlandse Moslim Omroep besides working as a spiritual counsellor.

(WIN 2008)

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    Winternachten 2008 – Winternachten vrijdagavond

    Humour in anxious days

    In the media we often get to see angry muslims from the Arab world. You would almost think that they have nothing to laugh about and that we in the West have a bigger sense of humour. A programme hosted by Raoul Heertje on subjects and taboos concerning humour in the Arab and western worlds. Provocative cabaret artist André Manuel opens the debate with a column. Other participants are imam Abdulwahid van Bommel, Egyptian writer Ra'oef Moes'ad Basta, who lives in the Netherlands, and Kees van Kooten. With live jokes from the East and the West. In Dutch.