The headscarf controversy secularism and freedom of religion
Hilal Elver offers an in-depth study of the escalating controversy over the right of Muslim women to wear headscarves. Examining legal and political debates in Turkey, several European countries including France and Germany, and the United States, Elver shows the troubling exclusion of pious Muslim...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Oxford University Press
2012, c2012
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| Series: | Religion and global politics / Religion and global politics
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Hilal Elver offers an in-depth study of the escalating controversy over the right of Muslim women to wear headscarves. Examining legal and political debates in Turkey, several European countries including France and Germany, and the United States, Elver shows the troubling exclusion of pious Muslim women from the public sphere |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 265 p. |
| ISBN: | 9780199933136 0199933138 |