Essays about: "muslim public"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 46 essays containing the words muslim public.

  1. 6. The Hijab Debate in Sweden

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Laurenta Kofrc; [2022]
    Keywords : Hijab; ban; Sweden; Muslim; covering; veil.;

    Abstract : The current debates on abolishing hijabs in the European Union have seen many countries absolish headscarves. Nations including France, Belgium, and Austria are among the countries that have banned hijabs in public spaces. However, in Sweden, various bills have been presented in the parliament. READ MORE

  3. 7. “I come here to know” : Muslims navigating space, (in)visibility, and fluidity of religious practice in Uppsala, Sweden

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Hossam Eldin Sultan; [2022]
    Keywords : placemaking; space; Muslim; Islam; mosque; religious practice; religion; strategies; tactics; consensus; fluidity; Uppsala; Sweden;

    Abstract : This ethnographic study investigates the process of placemaking in the context of the newly built Al-Hamd Mosque as a Muslim place of worship in Uppsala, Sweden. I consider how access to space e.g., a mosque or a prayer room, affects the religious practices of Muslims in their everyday life at work, school, or in public. READ MORE

  4. 8. Swimming Women : Discursive struggles over women's hours at municipal pools

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Magda Bergkvist Andersson; [2021]
    Keywords : Women s hours; frame analysis; swimming; new institutionalism; discursive institutionalism; feminist institutionalism; pools; multiculturalism; gender equality; Kvinnotider; frameanalys; damtider; badhus; institutionalism; multikulturalism; jämställdhet;

    Abstract : This thesis explores constructions of meaning, or frames, surrounding the policy of women’s hours in public debates and municipal settings, using newspaper articles and municipal documents as main empirical sources. Departing from the puzzle of how women’s hours are depicted as both gender equitable and gender inequitable in the debate, the thesis draws on previous research of how gender equality and multiculturalism relates to each other, potentially producing tensions in policymaking and discourse. READ MORE

  5. 9. A Case Study of France: Religious Liberty of Muslim Women : How does the Contemporary Ban on the Burqa in France interfere with Religious Liberty?

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Özdemir Dilara; [2021]
    Keywords : Laicite; Religious Liberty; Post-colonialism; Quran; Burqa; Muslimah; Gender Equality;

    Abstract : In 2011, France was the first European country to enforce the Concealment Act which statesthat any type of face concealing clothing in the public sphere is banned. France is a memberof the European Union, and the right to freedom of thought, religion and conscience is one ofthe significant fundamental human rights. READ MORE

  6. 10. Gendered Aspects of Islamophobia : A critical discourse analysis of the Danish parliament’s debate regarding the ban on niqab/burqa

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Martina Kristic; [2021]
    Keywords : niqab burqa ban; islamophobia; cultural violence; white feminist discourse; white saviour discourse; orientalist discourse; critical discourse analysis;

    Abstract : A law proposal was passed by the Danish parliament in 2018 prohibiting the wear of niqab and burqa in all public spaces. This study aims to analyse the discourse of the debate in the parliament leading up to the passing of the law by using Fairclough’s method of critical discourse analysis. READ MORE