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" What If? An Experiment to Include a Religious Narrative in the Approach of the European Court of Human Rights "
Anicée Van Engeland

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1072512
Doc. No	:	LA116141
Call No	:	‭10.1163/22124810-00702004‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Anicée Van Engeland
Title & Author	:	What If? An Experiment to Include a Religious Narrative in the Approach of the European Court of Human Rights [Article]\ Anicée Van Engeland
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill \| Nijhoff
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of Law, Religion and State
Date	:	2019
Volume/ Issue Number	:	7/2
Page No	:	213–241
Abstract	:	According to some interpretations of Islam supported by gender activists, the veil can be perceived as a passport that enables women to participate in public affairs. This argument has been overlooked by the courts, including the European Court of Human Rights. The latter has adopted a discourse that considers the veil to be a threat to public order and gender equality, and more recently, an obstacle to social cohesion. By doing so, the Court has excluded veiled European Muslim women from the public sphere. The Court has justified curbing freedom of religion by granting states a wide margin of appreciation on the basis of the concept of “living together.” I argue that the Court needs to take the “passport veil” into account to be consistent with its argument on living together. A shift of approach and discourse would constitute a new way of understanding integration through the veil.
Descriptor	:	Comparative Law
Descriptor	:	European Court of Human Rights
Descriptor	:	History of Religion
Descriptor	:	Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Descriptor	:	International Law
Descriptor	:	Islamic Law
Descriptor	:	Middle East and Islamic Studies
Descriptor	:	Religion Society
Descriptor	:	Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	social cohesion
Descriptor	:	Social Sciences
Descriptor	:	veil
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/22124810-00702004‬