Refugee Women: Beyond Gender versus Culture

by Leah Bassel

Book Overview

Debates over the headscarf and niqab, so-called 'sharia-tribunals', Female Genital Operations and forced marriages have raged in Europe and North America in recent years, raising the question - does accommodating Islam violate women's rights? The book takes issue with the terms of this debate. It contrasts debates in France over the headscarf and in Canada over religious arbitration with the lived experience of a specific group of Muslim women:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138020133
• ISBN13: 9781138020139
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"