TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ferrari,Alessandro
AU  - Pastorelli,Sabrina
TI  - The burqa affair across Europe: between public and private space 
T2  - Cultural diversity and law in assocation with RELIGARE
SN  - 9781409470656 (hbk.)
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Farnham, Surrey, England
PB  - Ashgate
KW  - Burqas (Islamic clothing)
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Europe
KW  - Freedom of religion
KW  - Religious minorities
KW  - Legal status, laws, etc
KW  - Religion and sociology
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction; Alessandro Ferrari and Sabrina Pastorelli --; In praise of pragmatism; Silvio Ferrari --; Burqa and Islam; Roberta Aluffi Beck-Peccoz --; Burqa, niqab and women's rights; Letizia Mancini --; A besieged right: religious freedom and the Italian war on the burqa and the niqab; Alessandro Ferrari --; The burqa affair in France; Anne Fornerod --; Legal and social issues concerning the wearing of the burqa and other head coverings in the United Kingdom; Mark Hill --; Introducing a general burqa ban in the Netherlands; Adriaan Overbeeke --; The burqa affair in Spain: legal perspectives; Agustin Motilla --; The Belgian'burqa ban': legal aspects of local and general prohibitions on covering and concealing one's face in Belgium; Jogchum Vrielink, Saila Ouald Chaib and Eva Brems --; A quest for open helmets: on the Danish burqa affair; Lisbet Christoffersen --; Burqa in Germany: not really an issue: a short note; Jorn Thielmann and Kathrin Vorholzer --; The anti-burqa movement in Western Europe; Ralph Grillo and Prakash Shah --; The burqa in Europe: European institutions and the comparative-interdisciplinary approach; Daniele Ferrari and Sabrina Pastorelli --; The European burqa debates: past, present and future/  Maleiha Malik --; The RELIGARE-Como declaration on the issue of the burqa
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