Why the French Don't Like Headscarves : Islam, the State, and Public Space.

Why the French Don't Like Headscarves : Islam, the State, and Public Space.

The French government's 2004 decision to ban Islamic headscarves and other religious signs from public schools puzzled many observers, both because it seemed to infringe needlessly on religious freedom, and because it was hailed by many in France as an answer to a surprisingly wide range of soc...

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Main Author: Bowen, John R.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Hijab (Islamic clothing) > France.
Veils > Social aspects > France.
Muslim women > Clothing > France.
Clothing and dress > Religious aspects > Islam.
Clothing and dress > Political aspects > France.
Islam and secularism > France.
Islam and state > France.
Hijab (Islamic clothing) > Social aspects > France.
Social conflict > France > Religious aspects.
Social conflict > Religious aspects
Islam and state
Clothing and dress > Religious aspects > Islam
Hijab (Islamic clothing)
Islam and secularism
Muslim women > Clothing
Race relations
Veils > Social aspects
Islam
Kleidung
Kopftuch
Laizismus
Politik
Religion
Schleier
France > Race relations.
France
Frankreich
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Table of Contents:
  • State and religion in the long run
  • Remembering laïcité
  • Regulating Islam
  • Publicity and politics, 1989-2005
  • Scarves and schools
  • Moving toward a law
  • Repercussions
  • Philosophy, media, anxiety
  • Communalism
  • Islamism
  • Sexism
  • Conclusions.

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