The Muslim Veil in North America
Title | The Muslim Veil in North America PDF eBook |
Author | Sajida Sultana Alvi |
Publisher | Canadian Scholars’ Press |
Pages | 331 |
Release | 2003-02-06 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0889614083 |
The issue of veiling has been remarkably under-researched and over-ideologized. In recent years, the adoption of the veil has come to symbolize a brave expression of choice: women reaching out to tradition, but hoping it will not jeopardize their place in the larger North American society. It is with this in mind that the Canadian Council of Muslim Women (CCMW) invited scholars in the fields of anthropology, history, sociology, and Islamic studies to carry out a systematic study of issues surrounding different practices of the hijab among Muslim communities. This book is the result of that study.
MUSLIM VEIL IN NORTH AMERICA.
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ILL THE MUSLIM VEIL IN NORTH AMERICA ...
Title | ILL THE MUSLIM VEIL IN NORTH AMERICA ... PDF eBook |
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The Face Behind the Veil
Title | The Face Behind the Veil PDF eBook |
Author | Donna Gehrke - White |
Publisher | Citadel Press |
Pages | 453 |
Release | 2006-03-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0806528273 |
“Proud, defiant, brave, these are the Muslim women of America. Hear them roar!” —Asma Gull Hasan, author of Why I Am a Muslim For years, the image of the Muslim woman in America has been as mysterious as the face behind the veil. Is she garbed in the traditional hijab and chador? Is she subservient to a male-dominated culture and religion? Does she grocery shop, do her nails, go to the gym? “A superb attempt at helping us to discover the emerging identity of American Muslim women.” —Dr. Sayyid M. Syeed, Islamic Society of North America In this moving book, journalist Donna Gehrke-White provides a rare, revealing look into the hearts, minds, and everyday lives of Muslim women in America. Here, in their own words, are the many different voices of doctors, soccer moms, rebels, reformers, former political prisoners, survivors, and activists—women of faith, courage, hope, and change—all Muslims, all Americans. “Enlightening. . . . In their diversity, forthrightness, and honesty, the voices of these women ultimately sound more American than anything else—and therein lies the strength of this book.” —Library Journal
Books-In-Brief: Rethinking Muslim Women & The Veil
Title | Books-In-Brief: Rethinking Muslim Women & The Veil PDF eBook |
Author | Katherine Bullock |
Publisher | International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) |
Pages | 37 |
Release | 2010-01-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1565643585 |
Until now the bulk of the literature about the veil has been written by outsiders who do not themselves veil. This literature often assumes a condescending tone about veiled women, assuming that they are making uninformed decisions choices about veiling makes them subservient to a patriarchal culture and religion. “Rethinking Muslim Women and the Veil” offers an alternative viewpoint, based on the thoughts and experiences of Muslim women themselves. This is the first time a clear and concise book-length argument has been made for the compatibility between veiling and modernity. Katherine Bullock uncovers positive aspects of the veil that are frequently not perceived by outsiders. “Rethinking Muslim Women and the Veil” looks at the colonial roots of the negative Western stereotype of the veil. It presents interviews with Muslim women to discover their thoughts and experiences with the veil in Canada. The book also offers a positive theory of veiling. The author argues that in consumer capitalist cultures, women can find wearing the veil a liberation from the stifling beauty game that promotes unsafe and unhealthy ideal body images for women. This book also includes an extensive bibliography on topics related to Muslim women and the veil.
The Muslim Veil in America
Title | The Muslim Veil in America PDF eBook |
Author | Hannah R. Blakeman |
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Pages | 0 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Hijab (Islamic clothing) |
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Muslim Women Activists in North America
Title | Muslim Women Activists in North America PDF eBook |
Author | Katherine Bullock |
Publisher | Austin : University of Texas Press |
Pages | 244 |
Release | 2005-09 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
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In the eyes of many Westerners, Muslim women are hidden behind a veil of negative stereotypes that portray them as either oppressed, subservient wives and daughters or, more recently, as potential terrorists. Yet many Muslim women defy these stereotypes by taking active roles in their families and communities and working to create a more just society. This book introduces eighteen Muslim women activists from the United States and Canada who have worked in fields from social services, to marital counseling, to political advocacy in order to further social justice within the Muslim community and in the greater North American society. Each of the activists has written an autobiographical narrative in which she discusses such issues as her personal motivation for doing activism work, her views on the relationship between Islam and women's activism, and the challenges she has faced and overcome, such as patriarchal cultural barriers within the Muslim community or racism and discrimination within the larger society. The women activists are a heterogeneous group, including North American converts to Islam, Muslim immigrants to the United States and Canada, and the daughters of immigrants. Young women at the beginning of their activist lives as well as older women who have achieved regional or national prominence are included. Katherine Bullock's introduction highlights the contributions to society that Muslim women have made since the time of the Prophet Muhammad and sounds a call for contemporary Muslim women to become equal partners in creating and maintaining a just society within and beyond the Muslim community.