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Muslim Women
- Salima Bhimani (Author)
Majalis al-ilm: Sessions of Knowledge. Reclaiming and Representing the Lives of Muslim Women. TSAR Publications - Sajida S. Alvi (Editor), H. Hoodfar (Editor), and S. McDonough (Editor)
The Muslim Veil in North America: Issues and Debates. Women's Press
Reviewed by Heiko Henkel
Seeking to bring to bear the particular experiences of Muslim women living in Canada on the ongoing debate on the role of Islam in liberal multicultural society, The Muslim Veil in North America and Majalis al-ilm are engaged in a delicate double conversation. They aim at countering the Western stereotype of the passive and oppressed Muslim women that has become emblematic in liberal representations of Islam, while the authors seek to counter the often male dominated interpr […more…]