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- Title
The British Veil Wars.
- Authors
KILIÇ, SEVGI
- Abstract
The article focuses on debates over the restriction of rights towards Muslim women in Great Britain. Particular attention is given to Muslim women wearing the niqab, which is a face veil. The article argues that despite the political conflicts caused by the "veil debate" in 2006 on the niqab, government regulation against wearing it was not predicted. The article suggests that wearing the veil is not against the law because of Britain's church and state policies as well as Article Nine of the European Commission of Human Rights.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; EUROPE; VEILS -- Religious aspects; RELIGIOUS disputations; MUSLIM women's clothing; CHURCH &; state; HUMAN rights; MULTICULTURALISM; NIQAB (Islamic clothing); GOVERNMENT policy; RELIGION
- Publication
Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society, 2008, Vol 15, Issue 4, p433
- ISSN
1072-4745
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/sp/jxn021