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.
"‘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.
"Niqab Hospital Gowns." DanielPipes.org, 5 September 2006. About the "Inter-Faith Gowns" introduced at the Royal Preston Hospital in Lancashire, England.
"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.
"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.
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