To Veil or not to Veil is a great reading. Thank you, Rodney!

> You might find these of interests...rdc
> The Veil That Covered France's Eye: The Right to Freedom of Religion and
> Equal Treatment in Immigration and Naturalization
> Proceedings<https://litigation-essentials.lexisnexis.com/webcd/app?action=DocumentDisplay&crawlid=1&doctype=cite&docid=10+Nev.+L.J.+732&srctype=smi&srcid=3B15&key=68f15167fc419114ec1ad86dd6f4ae65>
> K Davis - Nev. LJ, 2010 - litigation-essentials.lexisnexis.com
> ... suspicion of organized Islam leads some French to regard these outward
> manifestations of religion
> by students as "efforts to subvert republican values." 76 Even Chirac
> stated that the French find
> it difficult to accept the sort of aggression manifest in wearing a veil
> and that ...
>
>
> \\'To veil or not to veil': students speak out against
> Islam(ophobia) in class
> Shirin Housee
>
> University of Wolverhampton
> School of Law, Social Sciences and Communications
> Millennium City Building
> Wulfruna Street
> Wolverhampton WV1 1LY
>
> [PDF] 'To veil or not to veil': students speak out against Islam (ophobia)
> in
> class<http://www-new1.heacademy.ac.uk/assets/documents/subjects/csap/eliss/2-3-HOUSEE_-_FINAL_PDF.pdf>
> S Housee, W Street - Enhancing Learning in the ..., 2010 -
> www-new1.heacademy.ac.uk
> ... to the more specific issue of wearing the veil and asked them to
> consider the statement from The
> Sun that the full headdress 'impedes one's educational ... [Wearing the
> veil] is a human right, and
> as for the health and safety argument, isn't a tie just as dangerous in
> class? ...
>
>
> Embodying Nationhood? Conceptions of British national identity,
> citizenship, and Gender in the 'Veil
> Affair'<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-954X.2009.01877.x/full>
> N Meer, C Dwyer, T
> Modood<http://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=3crWBS0AAAAJ&oi=sra>
> - The Sociological Review, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
> ... For a few Muslim girls in this country, wearing the veil is a form of
> oppression imposed
> by their families; for more, it is a form of teenage rebellion, of showing
> more commitment
> than their parents - a religious version of wearing a hoodie (ibid.).
>
>
>
> From: The Partners Project [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
> Of Harriett Romo
> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 12:23 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: FW: U.S. Indigenous Women's Rights
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> I'd definitely like material on the wearing of the veil as a number of
> U.S. students are now wearing it, and several on our campus.
>
> From: The Partners Project
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]<mailto:[mailto:[log in to unmask]]>
> On Behalf Of Enzo Colombo (enzo.colombo)
> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 2:03 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: R: FW: U.S. Indigenous Women's Rights
>
> thanks Rodney,
> very interesting reading (I find it very useful for discussing the
> contradictions of strong multiculturalism and the cul de sac of
> considering culture as an essence that should never be modified). I'm
> thinking to add this reading to a more theoretical paper as:
> S. Okin, Is multiculturalism bed for women? At:
> http://www.bostonreview.net/BR22.5/okin.html
>
> For whom is interested in European examples, I can try to find reports and
> debates on:
> the wearing of the veil and hijab in public spaces
> forced and arranged marriages
> female genital mutilations
> ... let me know ...
>
> enzo
>
>
>
> Il 27/08/12, "Coates, Rodney D. Dr."
> <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> ha scritto:
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>
> What does it mean for a Native American woman to be denied information
> after a sexual assault that could prevent an unwanted pregnancy; to not be
> informed of, or offered, Emergency Contraception and at a later date be
> faced with the dilemma of a pregnancy from a rape? What kind of a
> Government would impose such a trauma on a woman, to force her to
> experience such a cruel and emotional life event? For thousands of Native
> American women this is reality.
>
>
>
> Read the entire report here:
>
> http://www.nativeshop.org/images/stories/media/pdfs/Plan-B-Report.pdf
>
> For those suggesting that we look at culture, Here is one that might be
> used for comparatively or for those in the U.S., here is an very good
> paper -dated Feb. 2012, dealing with Indigenous Women's Rights..
>
> rdc
>
> For more of my work please check me out at -
> http://redroom.com/member/rodney-d-coates
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> The song that lies silent in the heart of a mother sings upon the lips of
> her child..
> Kahlil Gibran
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>
>
> Rodney D. Coates
> Professor and Interim Director of Black World Studies
>
>
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Dr. Georgia Sitara
Sessional Lecturer
Departments of History
and Women's Studies,
University of Victoria

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