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dc.contributor.authorAndreassen, Bengt-Ove
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-13T07:45:45Z
dc.date.available2020-03-13T07:45:45Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractThe public and political debate about Islam and Muslims in Norway have revolved around issues like topics of integration and “radicalisation” and the compatibility of Islam with democracy and “Western values”. Clothing related to Muslims – i.e. Muslim women – such as hijab, niqab, and burqa are in the public and political debate often referred to as examples that Islam is not compatible with “Norwegian” (or “Western”) values. Several political initiatives in order to ban Muslim garments in public places or in school has been rejected with reference to the Norwegian state’s obligations to Human Rights. This article will illustrate how the political debate about Muslim garments have evolved in the period from 2008 to 2018. Four cases will be presented to illustrate this development, and show how each case have been evaluated by the Ministry of Justice in order to decide whether or not the propositions could be a violation of the Norwegian state’s obligation to Human Rights. The fourth case will illustrate how secular arguments, and the strategic understanding of niqab and burqa as “neutrally designed”, paved the way for a national regulation and a ban on clothing covering the face in educational settings.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAndreassen, B.O.(2019) The Norwegian Political Discourse on Prohibiting Muslim Garments. An Analysis of Four Cases in the Period 2008–2018. <i>Changing Societies & Personalities (CS&P),3</i>, (4), 353-372.en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1767317
dc.identifier.doi10.15826/csp.2019.3.4.082
dc.identifier.issn2587-6104
dc.identifier.issn2587-8964
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/17728
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherUral Federal Universityen_US
dc.relation.journalChanging Societies & Personalities (CS&P)
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2019 The Author(s)en_US
dc.titleThe Norwegian Political Discourse on Prohibiting Muslim Garments. An Analysis of Four Cases in the Period 2008–2018en_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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