• Gender Issues and the Hijab/Burqa

    New book: The Religious Identity of Young Muslim Women in Berlin

    by  • May 14, 2013 • Discrimination and Xenophobia, Featured, Featured Publication, Gender Issues and the Hijab/Burqa, Germany, Immigration and Integration

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    “The Religious Identity of Young Muslim Women in Berlin: An Ethnography Study” by Synnøve K.N. Bendixsen About the book: The Religious Identity of Young Muslim Women in Berlin offers an in-depth ethnographic account of Muslim youth’s religious identity formation and their engagement with Islam in everyday life. Focusing on Muslim women in the organisation...

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    BBC Responds to Criticism of Panorama Documentary

    by  • May 14, 2013 • Gender Issues and the Hijab/Burqa, Islamic Practice and Jurisprudence, Issues in Politics, United Kingdom

    8 May 2013   The Leyton Islamic Sharia Council, the institution which was the subject of a recent BBC Panorama documentary on sharia councils in Britain, has criticized the BBC for its undercover reporting and for editing the footage out of context.   The documentary features an undercover BBC reporter posing as a woman...

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    Islam: Pisa, 12 year old is beaten by father because she wanted to live in Western society

    by  • May 14, 2013 • Gender Issues and the Hijab/Burqa, Immigration and Integration, Italy

    A little 12 year old girl of Senegalese descent was flogged and beaten by her father because she wanted to live like her friends and classmates. The story has been confirmed, emerging because the child was hospitalized. Healthcare workers inquired about the bruises and wounds on her body which she told them that her...

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