The Islamic Veil and its Discontents:

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" The Islamic Veil and its Discontents: "
Ekaterina Yahyaoui Krivenko

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1082439
Doc. No	:	LA126068
Call No	:	‭10.1163/187103212X624229‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Ekaterina Yahyaoui Krivenko
Title & Author	:	The Islamic Veil and its Discontents: [Article] : How Do They Undermine Gender Equality\ Ekaterina Yahyaoui Krivenko
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Religion Human Rights
Date	:	2012
Volume/ Issue Number	:	7/1
Page No	:	11–29
Abstract	:	The article addresses the use of notions of gender equality and non-discrimination in the discussions concerning the practice of Islamic veiling by the European Court of Human Rights as well as by French authorities in relation to the recent adoption of the law banning full face veils in public spaces in France. The author argues that the use of the rhetoric of gender equality without the required knowledge and understanding of the justifications for and discussions about this practice existing within Islam is in both cases very inadequate and leads to results opposite to those they intended to promote. Based on insights into the discussions of Muslims about the practice of veiling the author makes some proposals for a more adequate approach to this practice both from the point of view of women’s status as well as from the point of view of relationship between Islam and the West. The article addresses the use of notions of gender equality and non-discrimination in the discussions concerning the practice of Islamic veiling by the European Court of Human Rights as well as by French authorities in relation to the recent adoption of the law banning full face veils in public spaces in France. The author argues that the use of the rhetoric of gender equality without the required knowledge and understanding of the justifications for and discussions about this practice existing within Islam is in both cases very inadequate and leads to results opposite to those they intended to promote. Based on insights into the discussions of Muslims about the practice of veiling the author makes some proposals for a more adequate approach to this practice both from the point of view of women’s status as well as from the point of view of relationship between Islam and the West.
Descriptor	:	equality
Descriptor	:	European Court of Human Rights
Descriptor	:	France
Descriptor	:	Islamic veil
Descriptor	:	sexuality
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/187103212X624229‬