The burqa affair across Europe : between public and private space / edited by Alessandro Ferrari, Sabrina Pastorelli.

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.