Terror(izing) the "Veil": American Muslim Women Caught in the Crosshairs of Intersectionality
Document Type
Book Section
Publication Date
1-2014
Journal Title
The Rule of Law and the Rule of God
ISBN
9781137447760
DOI
10.1057/9781137447760_10
Abstract
The September 11 terrorist attacks transformed the meaning of the Muslim headscarf.1 No longer is the crux of the debate whether the “veil” is used to oppress women by controlling their sexuality and, by extension, their personal freedoms and life choices. Rather, a Muslim headscarf “marks” the wearer as a representative of the suspicious, inherently violent, and forever foreign “terrorist other” in our midst.
First Page
207
Last Page
234
Publisher
Palsgraf Press
Editor
Simeon Elsanmi
Recommended Citation
Sahar F. Aziz,
Terror(izing) the "Veil": American Muslim Women Caught in the Crosshairs of Intersectionality,
207
(Simeon Elsanmi eds., 2014).
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https://scholarship.law.tamu.edu/facscholar/576