THREATS OF THE HIJAB: HOW FRANCE’S COLONIAL FABRICATION OF THE ISLAMIC HEADSCARF AFFECTS ITS MUSLIM WOMEN

Discourse in France on the Islamic headscarf is omnipresent, even if its presence in schools is not. There are polarizing views in literature on whether Muslim women can truly integrate into French society if their religiosity and headscarf appears to go against the republic’s principles of equality, liberty, and fraternity. While this inquiry may be prevalent, there has been little interdisciplinary discussion on what invokes such negative reactions from the majority of the French population towards the Islamic headscarf. There has been even less discussion and reports on the impact of this reaction on Muslim women in France. This paper seeks to contribute to those apertures in scholarly literature. Using the French ban of 2004 as a case study, I explore how France’s colonial fabrication of the Islamic headscarf is pervasive and impacts the identity and livelihood of Muslim women in France. The term ‘hijab’ in this paper refers to Islamic headscarf Muslim women wear to meet religious requirements. I start by analyzing France’s colonial history with Algeria and its depiction of the hijab during that period. Then, I illustrate its importance in French understandings of the headscarf by highlighting parallels between arguments used for the ban on headscarves and France’s historical repackaging of the Muslim headdress. Concluding illustrations will reveal the harrowing impact of the hijab ban on the rights, identity, education and socioeconomic class of Muslim women in France.

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Socioeconomic Classes of University Students in Pakistan as Predictors of their Personality Traits: A Case Study

ANNALS OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND PERSPECTIVE ◽

10.52700/assap.v2i2.51 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 205-221

Author(s):

Rafaqat Ali ◽

Furrukh Bashir ◽

Rashid Ahmad

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Personality Traits ◽

Regression Models ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Socioeconomic Class ◽

Lower Socioeconomic ◽

Negative Impacts ◽

The Impact

The current study was heading for determining the impact of Pakistani university students’ socioeconomic classes on their personality traits. Demographic and personality questionnaires were filled by available university students online. The stepwise regression technique facilitated to generate regression models to define impacts of different socioeconomic classes on students’ different personality traits. Different regression models highlighted the significant negative impacts of the middle upper socioeconomic class on Agreeableness, Extraversion and Neuroticism personality traits. The lower socioeconomic class was found to have positive impact on only one personality sub-trait self-discipline. Whereas, the upper lower socioeconomic class caused positive impacts on students’ trust sub-trait, Conscientiousness trait and negative impact on excitement seeking sub-trait of personality. The importance of these impacts of socioeconomic classes on different personality traits and the possible implications are discussed with respect to university students’ academic performance and academic behaviour.

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Colonial Values and Asylum Care in Brazil: Reclaiming the Streets Through Carnival in Rio de Janeiro

International Perspectives in Values-Based Mental Health Practice ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-47852-0_18 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 155-161

Author(s):

Julia Evangelista ◽

William A. Fulford

Keyword(s):

Local Community ◽

Well Being ◽

Colonial History ◽

Self Confidence ◽

History Of ◽

The Impact ◽

Mental Well Being ◽

The City

AbstractThis chapter shows how carnival has been used to counter the impact of Brazil’s colonial history on its asylums and perceptions of madness. Colonisation of Brazil by Portugal in the nineteenth century led to a process of Europeanisation that was associated with dismissal of non-European customs and values as “mad” and sequestration of the poor from the streets into asylums. Bringing together the work of the two authors, the chapter describes through a case study how a carnival project, Loucura Suburbana (Suburban Madness), in which patients in both long- and short-term asylum care play leading roles, has enabled them to “reclaim the streets,” and re-establish their right to the city as valid producers of culture on their own terms. In the process, entrenched stigmas associated with having a history of mental illness in a local community are challenged, and sense of identity and self-confidence can be rebuilt, thus contributing to long-term improvements in mental well-being. Further illustrative materials are available including photographs and video clips.

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Exploring the Impact of Islamophobia on Visible Muslim Women Victims: A British Case Study

Journal of Muslims in Europe ◽

10.1163/22117954-12341285 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 137-159 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Chris Allen

Keyword(s):

Women Victims ◽

Sense Of Belonging ◽

Daily Life ◽

Muslim Women ◽

British Society ◽

The Everyday ◽

British Case ◽

The Impact ◽

Depth Interviews

This article presents the empirical findings from a British-based project that sought to explore the nature and impact of ‘street-level’ Islamophobia on women who are visibly recognisable as Muslim—hereafter referred to as visible Muslim women in this article. Drawing on the findings from in-depth interviews with twenty visible Muslim women, this article highlights how despite the fact that such Islamophobia is largely manifested in low-level ways it has significant impacts on the everyday lives of its victims as also the way in which their identities are both perceived and defined. In doing so, this article considers how the experience of Islamophobia not only affects the daily life of these women and their families, but also affects their sense of belonging to British society while making them re-evaluate how they feel about being British.

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Esetek és tanulmányok

Orvosi Hetilap ◽

10.1556/650.2015.30276 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 156 (46) ◽

pp. 1871-1874

Author(s):

András Schubert

Keyword(s):

Impact Factor ◽

Case Studies ◽

Case Reports ◽

Citation Rate ◽

Scholarly Literature ◽

The Impact ◽

Excessive Number

Case studies and case reports form an important and ever growing part of scientific and scholarly literature. The paper deals with the share and citation rate of these publication types on different fields of research. In general, evidence seems to support the opinion that an excessive number of such publications may negatively influence the impact factor of the journal. In the literature of scientometrics, case studies (at least the presence of the term “case study” in the titles of the papers) have a moderate share, but their citation rate is practically equal to that of other publication types. Orv. Hetil., 2015, 156(46), 1871–1874.

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Servant Leadership in the Context of Mosque: A Qualitative Case Study of Muslim Women’s Perspectives

Administrative Sciences ◽

10.3390/admsci10030072 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. 72

Author(s):

Sami Jabarkhail

Keyword(s):

Servant Leadership ◽

Leadership Style ◽

Qualitative Case Study ◽

Muslim Women ◽

Exploratory Analysis ◽

Women’S Perceptions ◽

The Impact

This research provides an exploratory analysis of how Muslim women perceive servant leadership in the context of Mosque. The study consists of 8 long interviews with Muslim women, and conceptualizes sources of servant leadership in the context of Mosque by investigating Muslim women’s perceptions of the Imam’s leadership style The emerging taxonomy illuminates five categories and fifteen sub-categories of Muslim women’s perceived servant leadership origin, relating to the impact Imam and Mosque have on: (1) Serviceability, (2) masculinity, (3) community, (4) accessibility, and (5) inclusivity. Findings show disparities between women and men and demonstrate the fact that Muslim women do benefit from Imam’s leadership, services, and resources offered in Mosque; however, the benefits to women are disproportionate and different from men. In addition to making a vital contribution to the scarce literature on Muslim women’s perspectives, this article provides stakeholders with a comprehensive set of issues which may evoke favorable/unfavorable perceptions and offers insight to direct improvement efforts in addressing these issues.

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OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES IN THE CONTEXT OF OPEN ACCESS

UNIVERSITY LIBRARY AT A NEW STAGE OF SOCIAL COMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENT. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS ◽

10.15802/unilib/2021_249625 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Pablo B. MARKIN

Keyword(s):

Open Access ◽

Critical Role ◽

Secondary Data ◽

Open Educational Resources ◽

Educational Resources ◽

Qualitative Comparison ◽

Scholarly Literature ◽

Raising Awareness ◽

The Impact

Objective. This exploratory literature review seeks to identify both emergent consensus areas and research gaps in recent scholarly literature on Open Educational Resources (OERs). Despite the perception of OERs as universally available, these involve persistent barriers. The presence of institutional policies, adequate incentives and support frameworks for the use and sharing of OERs as well as raising awareness about their availability is likely to be critical for their successful deployment. Methods. This study made use of the case study method to arrive at its conclusions. As part of this, secondary data were collected from relevant article searches conducted in Google Scholar and at the Harvard Open Access Tagging Project website. Only papers published in the last five years, e.g., in the years 2016-2021, were taken into consideration. Given that this study has applied the methodology of qualitative comparison and case study construction, this limits the validity of its conclusions to the settings from which the original primary findings were obtained or for which OER recommendations were produced. Results. As part of this research, 16 scholarly articles and research reports were identified as being of relevance for this study. The research questions this study has sought to answer are as follows: How OERs have developed in recent years? What was the impact of the pandemic period on OER use? What are the key barriers for OER deployment? What are the facilitating factors for OER implementation at libraries, colleges and universities? What are the effects of OERs? Conclusions. Recent reports indicate that the pandemic period has both increased the awareness of OERs among education institutions and provided an impetus for capacity building efforts in this domain. Yet, OER effectiveness continues to be under-researched, despite a tentative consensus in scholarly literature concerning the critical role for OER efficacy of institutional support and collaboration frameworks.

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