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- Title
Making Sense of Ḥijāb and Niqāb in Contemporary Western Societies.
- Authors
Abdul Kabir Hussain Solihu
- Abstract
Hijāb, an Islamic ethico-religious and socio-cultural symbol, is increasingly becoming visible in the Western public arena giving rise to a debate over its compatibility with dominant Western culture and values. Placing it in an argumentative genre, the paper highlights the sociological, religious and cultural rationales for the increasing visibility of the Islamic dress code among young Muslim women. It provides a discursive framework based on a cultural sociology through which hijāb and niqāb could be accepted.
- Subjects
HIJAB (Islamic clothing); NIQAB (Islamic clothing); MULTICULTURALISM; DEMOCRACY; MUSLIM women's clothing; ISLAMIC clothing &; dress
- Publication
Intellectual Discourse, 2009, Vol 17, Issue 1, p25
- ISSN
0128-4878
- Publication type
Article