The burqa affair across Europe :  between public and private space / 
edited by Alessandro Ferrari, Sabrina Pastorelli. 
 - Farnham, Surrey, England :  Ashgate,  2013. 
 - vi, 268 p. ;  24 cm. 
 - Cultural diversity and law in assocation with RELIGARE .
 - Cultural diversity and law in association with RELIGARE. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Introduction /  In praise of pragmatism /  Burqa and Islam /  Burqa, niqab and women's rights /  A besieged right: religious freedom and the Italian war on the burqa and the niqab /  The burqa affair in France /  Legal and social issues concerning the wearing of the burqa and other head coverings in the United Kingdom /  Introducing a general burqa ban in the Netherlands /  The burqa affair in Spain: legal perspectives /  The Belgian'burqa ban': legal aspects of local and general prohibitions on covering and concealing one's face in Belgium /  A quest for open helmets: on the Danish burqa affair /  Burqa in Germany: not really an issue: a short note /  The anti-burqa movement in Western Europe /  The burqa in Europe: European institutions and the comparative-interdisciplinary approach /  The European burqa debates: past, present and future/  Maleiha Malik --  The RELIGARE-Como declaration on the issue of the burqa.  Alessandro Ferrari and Sabrina Pastorelli --  Silvio Ferrari --  Roberta Aluffi Beck-Peccoz --  Letizia Mancini --  Alessandro Ferrari --  Anne Fornerod --  Mark Hill --  Adriaan Overbeeke --  Agustin Motilla --  Jogchum Vrielink, Saila Ouald Chaib and Eva Brems --  Lisbet Christoffersen --  Jorn Thielmann and Kathrin Vorholzer --  Ralph Grillo and Prakash Shah --  Daniele Ferrari and Sabrina Pastorelli -- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781409470656 (hbk.)  RM314.93 1409470652 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Burqas (Islamic clothing)--Social aspects--Europe.<br/>Freedom of religion--Europe.<br/>Religious minorities--Legal status, laws, etc.--Europe.<br/>Religion and sociology--Europe.