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Banning Full-Face Coverings in France
Memorial University (February 2010)
Analyse der eidgenössischen: Abstimmungen vom 29, November 2009
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Interview with Dr. Jocelyne Cesari
Actuel (January 2010)
Rotterdam Mosque at Center of Debate
Radio Netherlands Worldwide - December 17, 2009
Interview with Dr. Jocelyne Cesari
Hanène Zbiss
Published by Actuel
Professor Jocelyne Cesari, Director of Harvard’s Islam in the West Program discusses today’s most pressing integration issues in this interview.
She explores how Muslims in America and Europe differ, Islam’s compatibility with democracy, homegrown radicalism in the West, Switzerland’s minaret ban, France’s national identity debate, and ways to build stronger bridges between our two worlds.
Banning Full-Face Coverings in France
Reflections on Secularism, Immigration and Women’s Bodies
Written by Jennifer Selby
Earlier this week, a 32-member French parliamentary panel recommended that several limitations be placed on niqab and burqa-wearing Muslim women. Led by André Gerin, former mayor of the city of Venissieux, the 130-page report suggests barring fully-covered Muslim women from citizenship, social benefits and from access to the country’s public sphere. The six-month 32-multi-party-membered commission [...]
