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" Liberalism and the Impact on Religious Identity: Hijab Culture in the American Muslim Context "
Butheina Hamdah
Heberle, Renee
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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805138
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TL49987
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2150808701; 11011097
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Bahkali, Rafan Ahmed
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Liberalism and the Impact on Religious Identity: Hijab Culture in the American Muslim Context\ Butheina HamdahHeberle, Renee
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The University of Toledo
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2017
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M.A.
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Political Science
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2017
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71
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Committee members: Anjum, Ovamir; Nelson, Samuel
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-0-438-64950-7
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This paper examines the strategies by which the American Muslim community seeks to normalize its presence within mainstream American culture, and assesses how the social and moral customs of liberal society are internalized and operationalized by American Muslims as orthopraxy, or correct practice and conduct. Recent trends by American Muslims toward “inclusivity,” particularly as it requires the prioritization of non-religious, social and/or political understandings of the function and purpose of the <i>hijab, </i> will form the primary focus of this examination. What has become increasingly prevalent is the use of non-religious language pertaining to the <i>hijab,</i> particularly as a religious symbol functioning in and engaging with the public sphere. The central argument will demonstrate exactly how and why the <i>hijab,</i> a key religious symbol, and being a <i>“hijabi,”</i> (an identifier of women who wear the hijab) is being liberalized (and consequently secularized). This liberalization and secularization of the <i>hijab</i> result from the increasing appeal by American Muslim public figures to individualism, autonomy, and other liberal sensibilities over established theological edicts when making sense of why they cover and what it means to cover.
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Womens studies; Islamic Studies; Political science
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Social sciences;American islam;American muslims;Hijab;Islam;Liberalism
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Heberle, Renee
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Political ScienceThe University of Toledo
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