The experiences of face veil wearers in Europe and the law /
Brems, Eva,editor.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction to the volume / Eva Brems -- Face-veiling in the Netherlands : public debates and women's narratives / Annelies Moors -- Niqabis in Denmark : when politicians ask for a qualitative and quantitative profiling of a very small and elusive sub-culture / Kate Ostergaard, Margit Warburg and Birgitte Schepelern Johansen -- The Belgian 'burqa ban' confronted with insider realities / Eva Brems, Yaiza Janssens, Kim Lecoyer, Saila Ouald Chaib, Victoria Vandersteen and Jogchum Vrielink -- France vs. England / Naima Bouteldja -- Insider perspectives and the human rights debate on face veil bans / Emmanuelle Bribosia and Isabelle Rorive -- Symptomatic symbolism : banning the face-veil 'as a symbol' / Jogchum Vrielink -- Bas les masques! unveiling Muslim women on behalf of the protection of public order : reflections on the legal controversies around a novel definition of 'public order' used to ban full-face covering in France / Rim-Sarah Alouane -- Islamic veil bans : the gender equality justification and empirical evidence / Erica Howard -- Women's oppression and face veil bans: a feminist assessment / Dolores Morondo Taramundi -- The return of a persecuting society? : criminalising facial veils in Europe / Maleiha Malik -- Asserting state sovereignty : the face veil ban in Belgium / Nadia Fadil -- The performativity of face-veil controversies across Europe / Schirin Amir-Moazami -- Proscribing unveiling -- law a chimera and an instrument in the political agenda / Susan S.M. Edwards.
Muslim women
Hijab (Islamic clothing)
Islamic clothing and dress