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Bibliography – My Writings on Burqas, Niqabs, Jilbabs, Chadors, Hijabs, and other Islamic Coverings

by Daniel Pipes
August 1, 2007

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How to respond to Muslim women who cover their head and face? I take up this spiraling topic in the West from time to time – including an article today, calling for the banning of certain extreme headgear. Here's a bibliography, to be updated as needed.

"Keeping Muslim Girls under Wraps in France." DanielPipes.org, 11 December 2003. Extreme cases concerning children.
"Death to France?" DanielPipes.org, 3 January 2004. Reactions in the Muslim world to the French ban on the hijab in public schools.
"Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts Promote Radical Islam," DanielPipes.org, 21 May 2004. The Scouts celebrate "girls committing to hijab"?
"‘A Jilbab in the School's Colors'." DanielPipes.org, 15 June 2004. Follows the case of Shabina Begum to attend high school in Luton, UK, showing just her face and hands.
"‘A Woman's Right To Choose'." DanielPipes.org, 7 July 2004. Notes the topsy-turvy use of this slogan.
"Europe's Burqa Wars." DanielPipes.org, 25 August 2005. Surveys controversies concerning extreme head coverings.
"Burqas and Niqabs in the Classroom?" DanielPipes.org, 24 October 2005. Traces the pedagogic career of burqas and niqabs.
"Niqab Hospital Gowns." DanielPipes.org, 5 September 2006. About the "Inter-Faith Gowns" introduced at the Royal Preston Hospital in Lancashire, England.
"An Unveiling: Separate, but Acceptable?" National Review Online, 25 October 2006. A preview of the argument at "Ban the Burqa - and the Niqab too.".
"The Niqab and Burqa as Security Threats" DanielPipes.org, 3 November 2006. Documentation of misuses of these vestments by criminals and fugitives, not all of them necessarily male.
"How the Niqab Will Enter British Schools." DanielPipes.org, 22 January 2007. Rich Islamists, poor British state, and a surprise twist.
"The West's First Niqab-Covered Public Official?" DanielPipes.org, 23 February 2007. Traces the political career of Ouafaa Abrazi, a Muslim woman of Moroccan origins who lives in The Hague, Netherlands.
"Ban the Burqa - and the Niqab too." The Jerusalem Post, 1 August 2007. Justifies the policy advice in the title.

(August 1, 2007)

"‘We Hope You Will Wear Your Hijab to School'." DanielPipes.org, 20 November 2007. Takes issue with the title quote.
http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2007/08/bibliography-my-writings-on-burqas-niqabs.html

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