J J de Ruiter

Biographic Data

ID6433556
NAMEJ J de Ruiter
GIVEN NAMESJ J
FAMILY NAMEde Ruiter
SIGNATUREDE RUITER J J
AFFILIATIONSTilburg University
ORCID0000-0001-8911-129X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS1
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2000
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Allah, Allah, Allah

    Open AccessJ J de Ruiter, Mona Farrag AttwaARTICLEReligions2021Cited by: 1References: 8

    This article discusses Arabic expressions referring to God, such as inshallah, mashallah, and alhamdulillah in the 2014 season of the Arab version of the talent show The Voice. It discusses the question to what extent these expressions are used by the various actors in the show, in particular its four jury members and three presenters, and it tries to explain why they use them and to what purpose. The analysis is set against the background of the…

  • Arabic between tradition and globalization. An introduction

    J J de Ruiter, Karima ZiamariARTICLESociolinguistic Studies2019

    This introductory article presents a bird’s eye view of the study of Arabic in all its varieties since Charles Ferguson described these using the diglossia model. The ‘traditional’ studies following since then on Arabic are as diverse as there are varieties of this language. The studies of Arabic discussed in this article are viewed in the light of the most recent phase of globalization that the world, and thus the Arabic speaking world as well, …

  • Imams in Western Europe

    Open AccessJasser Auda, Mohammed Hashas et al.OTHERImams in Western Europe2018

    As European Muslims and Muslims in the Middle East diverge, imams in Europe have emerged as major agents of religious authority who shape Islam’s presence in Western societies. This volume examines the theoretical and practical questions concerning the evolving role of imams in Europe. To what extent do imams act as intermediaries between European states and Muslim communities? Do states subsidise imam training? How does institutionalisation of I…

  • Young Moroccans are speaking out

    Driss Meskine, J J de RuiterARTICLESociolinguistic Studies2015

    This article reports on the outcomes of two major sociolinguistic studies executed among youngsters in Morocco. The first took place in the period 2000–2003 and was carried out among 569 persons; the second took place in the period 2010–2012 among 782 persons. In both cases, a questionnaire was distributed containing questions on language proficiency, language behaviour and language attitudes, focusing on Amazigh (Berber), Moroccan – dialectal – …

  • Morocco's languages and gender

    J J de RuiterARTICLEInternational Journal of the…2008

    This article is a comparative study of the gender approach of Sadiqi (2003) to Moroccan society and the sociolinguistic survey of De Ruiter (2006) carried out among 569 Moroccan students. Sadiqi labels the various languages used in Morocco, Standard and dialectal Arabic, French, and Amazigh (Berber) in terms of gender. Her observations are compared to the De Ruiter data on language proficiency, use, and attitudes of young Moroccan men and women w…

  • The position of Muslim migrants in the European Union

    J J de RuiterARTICLECambridge Review of International…2000References: 1

    This article addresses the question of whether the Muslim migrant communities living in Europe form a destabilising risk to European societies, and whether there is a need to develop a European policy on Islam. A demographic, socio‐economic, educational, juridical and political picture of the Muslim migrant communities is drawn. The article concludes that it is unrealistic to suggest that the Muslim migrant communities form a risk to European soc…