Elver, Hilal

The Headscarf Controversy

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ISBN 13:
9780199367931
author:
Elver, Hilal
format:
Paperback
publisher:
Oxford University Press
language:
English
Publication Year:
2014
Pages:
288
Dimensions:
160mm / 232mm
Genre:
Civil Service Textbook
Condition:
New
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£43.04

Description

The Headscarf Controversy: Secularism and Freedom of Religion Hilal Elver examines the escalating controversy over Muslim women's right to wear headscarves, exploring legal and political debates in various countries. She argues that exclusion of pious Muslim women from the public sphere is often justified by secularism, democracy, liberalism, and women's rights. Elver shows how social pressures, including immigration, multiculturalism, Islamophobia, and security concerns, influence judges and legislators to restrict individual freedoms. Employing a critical legal theory perspective, she contends that law can be used to change underlying social conditions shaping the role of religion and women's position in modern society. This book demonstrates how changes in law across nations can be used to restore state commitments to human rights, highlighting the importance of protecting essential individual freedoms.

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