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In recent years, the wearing of the full-face veil or burqa/niqab has proved a controversial issue in many multi-cultural European societies. Focussing on the socio-legal and human rights angle, this volume provides a useful comparative perspective on how the issue has been dealt with across a range of European states as well as at European institutional level. In so doing, the work draws a theoretical framework for the place of religion between public and private space. With contributions from leading experts from law, sociology and politics, the book presents a comparative and interdisciplinary approach to one of the most contentious and symbolic issues of recent times.
Contents
Introduction, Alessandro Ferrari, Sabrina Pastorelli; Chapter 1 In Praise of Pragmatism, Silvio Ferrari; Chapter 2 Burqa and Islam, Roberta Aluffi Beck-Peccoz; Chapter 3 Burqa, Niqab and Women's Rights, Letizia Mancini; Chapter 4 A Besieged Right: Religious Freedom and the Italian War on the Burqa and the Niqab, Alessandro Ferrari; Chapter 5 The Burqa Affair in France, Anne Fornerod; Chapter 6 Legal and Social Issues Concerning the Wearing of the Burqa and Other Head Coverings in the United Kingdom, Mark Hill; Chapter 7 Introducing a General Burqa Ban in the Netherlands, Adriaan Overbeeke; Chapter 8 The Burqa Affair in Spain: Legal Perspectives, Agustín Motilla; Chapter 9 The Belgian 'Burqa Ban': Legal Aspects of Local and General Prohibitions on Covering and Concealing One's Face in Belgium, Jogchum Vrielink, Saïla Ouald Chaib, Eva Brems; Chapter 10 A Quest for Open Helmets: On the Danish Burqa Affair, Lisbet Christoffersen; Chapter 11 Burqa in Germany - Not Really an Issue: A Short Note 1 We wish to thank Matthias Fleischer for his assistance in writing this chapter., Jörn Thielmann, Kathrin Vorholzer; Chapter 12. Subsequent to the Como meeting there have been further workshops on the face-veil, including Empirical Face Veil Research, Human Rights Centre, Ghent University, 9 May 2012 (Organiser: Eva Brems); and 'Illegal' Covering: Comparative Perspectives on Legal and Social Discourses on Religious Diversity, International Institute for the Sociology of Law (IISL), Oñati, Spain, 17-18 May 2012 (Organisers: Valérie Amiraux and Pascale Fournier)., Ralph Grillo, Prakash Shah; Chapter 13 The Burqa in Europe: European Institutions and the Comparative/Interdisciplinary Approach, Daniele Ferrari, Sabrina Pastorelli; concl Conclusion: The European Burqa Debates: Past, Present and Future 1 These comments are based on a paper presented at the ENAR conference on European Racisms in Brusssels on 27-28 September 2012., Maleiha Malik; oth1 The Religare-Como Declaration on the Issue of the Burqa;
