Author: Giorgia Baldi
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030792978
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
This book analyzes the implication of secular/liberal values in Western and human rights law and its impact on Muslim women. It offers an innovative reading of the tension between the religious and secular spheres. The author does not view the two as binary opposites. Rather, she believes they are twin categories that define specific forms of lives as well as a specific notion of womanhood. This divergence from the usual dichotomy opens the doors for a reinterpretation of secularism in contemporary Europe. This method also helps readers to view the study of religion vs. secularism in a new light. It allows for a better understanding of the challenges that contemporary Europe now faces regarding the accommodation of different religious identities. For instance, one entire section of the book concerns the practice of veiling and explores the contentious headscarf debate. It features case studies from Germany, France, and the UK. In addition, the analysis combines a wide range of disciplines and employs an integrated, comparative, and inter-disciplinary approach. The author successfully brings together arguments from different fields with a comparative legal and political analysis of Western and Islamic law and politics. This innovative study appeals to students and researchers while offering an important contribution to the debate over the role of religion in contemporary secular Europe and its impact on women’s rights and gender equality.
Un-Veiling Dichotomies
Author: Giorgia Baldi
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030792978
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
This book analyzes the implication of secular/liberal values in Western and human rights law and its impact on Muslim women. It offers an innovative reading of the tension between the religious and secular spheres. The author does not view the two as binary opposites. Rather, she believes they are twin categories that define specific forms of lives as well as a specific notion of womanhood. This divergence from the usual dichotomy opens the doors for a reinterpretation of secularism in contemporary Europe. This method also helps readers to view the study of religion vs. secularism in a new light. It allows for a better understanding of the challenges that contemporary Europe now faces regarding the accommodation of different religious identities. For instance, one entire section of the book concerns the practice of veiling and explores the contentious headscarf debate. It features case studies from Germany, France, and the UK. In addition, the analysis combines a wide range of disciplines and employs an integrated, comparative, and inter-disciplinary approach. The author successfully brings together arguments from different fields with a comparative legal and political analysis of Western and Islamic law and politics. This innovative study appeals to students and researchers while offering an important contribution to the debate over the role of religion in contemporary secular Europe and its impact on women’s rights and gender equality.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030792978
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
This book analyzes the implication of secular/liberal values in Western and human rights law and its impact on Muslim women. It offers an innovative reading of the tension between the religious and secular spheres. The author does not view the two as binary opposites. Rather, she believes they are twin categories that define specific forms of lives as well as a specific notion of womanhood. This divergence from the usual dichotomy opens the doors for a reinterpretation of secularism in contemporary Europe. This method also helps readers to view the study of religion vs. secularism in a new light. It allows for a better understanding of the challenges that contemporary Europe now faces regarding the accommodation of different religious identities. For instance, one entire section of the book concerns the practice of veiling and explores the contentious headscarf debate. It features case studies from Germany, France, and the UK. In addition, the analysis combines a wide range of disciplines and employs an integrated, comparative, and inter-disciplinary approach. The author successfully brings together arguments from different fields with a comparative legal and political analysis of Western and Islamic law and politics. This innovative study appeals to students and researchers while offering an important contribution to the debate over the role of religion in contemporary secular Europe and its impact on women’s rights and gender equality.
Unveiling Inequality
Author: Roberto Patricio Korzeniewicz
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN: 1610446585
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Despite the vast expansion of global markets during the last half of the twentieth century, social science still most often examines and measures inequality and social mobility within individual nations rather than across national boundaries. Every country has both rich and poor populations making demands—via institutions, political processes, or even conflict—on how their resources will be distributed. But shifts in inequality in one country can precipitate accompanying shifts in another. Unveiling Inequality authors Roberto Patricio Korzeniewicz and Timothy Patrick Moran make the case that within-country analyses alone have not adequately illuminated our understanding of global stratification. The authors present a comprehensive new framework that moves beyond national boundaries to analyze economic inequality and social mobility on a global scale and from a historical perspective. Assembling data on patterns of inequality in more than ninety-six countries, Unveiling Inequality reframes the relationship between globalization and inequality within and between nations. Korzeniewicz and Moran first examine two different historical patterns—"High Inequality Equilibrium" and "Low Inequality Equilibrium"—and question whether increasing equality, democracy, and economic growth are inextricably linked as nations modernize. Inequality is best understood as a complex set of relational interactions that unfold globally over time. So the same institutional mechanisms that have historically reduced inequality within some nations have also often accentuated the selective exclusion of populations from poorer countries and enhanced high inequality equilibrium between nations. National identity and citizenship are the fundamental contemporary bases of stratification and inequality in the world, the authors conclude. Drawing on these insights, the book recasts patterns of mobility within global stratification. The authors detail the three principal paths available for social mobility from a global perspective: within-country mobility, mobility through national economic growth, and mobility through migration. Korzeniewicz and Moran provide strong evidence that the nation where we are born is the single greatest deter-mining factor of how we will live. Too much sociological literature on inequality focuses on the plight of "have-nots" in wealthy nations who have more opportunity for social mobility than even the average individual in nations perennially at the bottom of the wealth distribution scale. Unveiling Inequality represents a major paradigm shift in thinking about social inequality and a clarion call to reorient discussions of economic justice in world-historical global terms.
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN: 1610446585
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Despite the vast expansion of global markets during the last half of the twentieth century, social science still most often examines and measures inequality and social mobility within individual nations rather than across national boundaries. Every country has both rich and poor populations making demands—via institutions, political processes, or even conflict—on how their resources will be distributed. But shifts in inequality in one country can precipitate accompanying shifts in another. Unveiling Inequality authors Roberto Patricio Korzeniewicz and Timothy Patrick Moran make the case that within-country analyses alone have not adequately illuminated our understanding of global stratification. The authors present a comprehensive new framework that moves beyond national boundaries to analyze economic inequality and social mobility on a global scale and from a historical perspective. Assembling data on patterns of inequality in more than ninety-six countries, Unveiling Inequality reframes the relationship between globalization and inequality within and between nations. Korzeniewicz and Moran first examine two different historical patterns—"High Inequality Equilibrium" and "Low Inequality Equilibrium"—and question whether increasing equality, democracy, and economic growth are inextricably linked as nations modernize. Inequality is best understood as a complex set of relational interactions that unfold globally over time. So the same institutional mechanisms that have historically reduced inequality within some nations have also often accentuated the selective exclusion of populations from poorer countries and enhanced high inequality equilibrium between nations. National identity and citizenship are the fundamental contemporary bases of stratification and inequality in the world, the authors conclude. Drawing on these insights, the book recasts patterns of mobility within global stratification. The authors detail the three principal paths available for social mobility from a global perspective: within-country mobility, mobility through national economic growth, and mobility through migration. Korzeniewicz and Moran provide strong evidence that the nation where we are born is the single greatest deter-mining factor of how we will live. Too much sociological literature on inequality focuses on the plight of "have-nots" in wealthy nations who have more opportunity for social mobility than even the average individual in nations perennially at the bottom of the wealth distribution scale. Unveiling Inequality represents a major paradigm shift in thinking about social inequality and a clarion call to reorient discussions of economic justice in world-historical global terms.
Un-Veiling Dichotomies
Author: Giorgia Baldi
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783030792985
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book analyzes the implication of secular/liberal values in Western and human rights law and its impact on Muslim women. It offers an innovative reading of the tension between the religious and secular spheres. The author does not view the two as binary opposites. Rather, she believes they are twin categories that define specific forms of lives as well as a specific notion of womanhood. This divergence from the usual dichotomy opens the doors for a reinterpretation of secularism in contemporary Europe. This method also helps readers to view the study of religion vs. secularism in a new light. It allows for a better understanding of the challenges that contemporary Europe now faces regarding the accommodation of different religious identities. For instance, one entire section of the book concerns the practice of veiling and explores the contentious headscarf debate. It features case studies from Switzerland, France, and the UK. In addition, the analysis combines a wide range of disciplines and employs an integrated, comparative, and inter-disciplinary approach. The author successfully brings together arguments from different fields with a comparative legal and political analysis of Western and Islamic law and politics. This innovative study appeals to students and researchers while offering an important contribution to the debate over the role of religion in contemporary secular Europe and its impact on women's rights and gender equality.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783030792985
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book analyzes the implication of secular/liberal values in Western and human rights law and its impact on Muslim women. It offers an innovative reading of the tension between the religious and secular spheres. The author does not view the two as binary opposites. Rather, she believes they are twin categories that define specific forms of lives as well as a specific notion of womanhood. This divergence from the usual dichotomy opens the doors for a reinterpretation of secularism in contemporary Europe. This method also helps readers to view the study of religion vs. secularism in a new light. It allows for a better understanding of the challenges that contemporary Europe now faces regarding the accommodation of different religious identities. For instance, one entire section of the book concerns the practice of veiling and explores the contentious headscarf debate. It features case studies from Switzerland, France, and the UK. In addition, the analysis combines a wide range of disciplines and employs an integrated, comparative, and inter-disciplinary approach. The author successfully brings together arguments from different fields with a comparative legal and political analysis of Western and Islamic law and politics. This innovative study appeals to students and researchers while offering an important contribution to the debate over the role of religion in contemporary secular Europe and its impact on women's rights and gender equality.
Covert Operations Unveiling Organized Crime
Author: Daniel M. Rudofossi
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000799018
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
New York Police Department "cop doc" Dr. Dan Rudofossi delves into what it meant to live as a deep-cover operative through narratives with Joe Pistone, the FBI agent who spent six years living as Donnie Brasco as a member of the Bonanno crime family. When Operation Donnie Brasco abruptly closed, it was the longest and most successful infiltration of a Mafia family. Dr. Rudofossi underscores Pistone’s genius to survive daily challenges of infiltration by using innovations in the ecological niches of Mafia violence. Donnie Brasco’s "mental toughness," resilience, and ingenuity are understood through Rudofossi’s signature Eco-Ethological Existential Analysis. Mapping out why and how trauma shaped functional dissociation as unconscious adaptation, the author’s experience as a police psychologist—that is, a "cop doc"—helps decode the bigger picture of conflict, resolution, and compromise in the disparate worlds of policing and organized crime. This unique look at the costs and successes of tracking, infiltrating, arresting, and convicting those involved in organized crime is a groundbreaking read for law enforcement personnel, criminal justice, homeland security, law students, police psychologists, as well as anyone fascinated by the world of organized crime.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000799018
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
New York Police Department "cop doc" Dr. Dan Rudofossi delves into what it meant to live as a deep-cover operative through narratives with Joe Pistone, the FBI agent who spent six years living as Donnie Brasco as a member of the Bonanno crime family. When Operation Donnie Brasco abruptly closed, it was the longest and most successful infiltration of a Mafia family. Dr. Rudofossi underscores Pistone’s genius to survive daily challenges of infiltration by using innovations in the ecological niches of Mafia violence. Donnie Brasco’s "mental toughness," resilience, and ingenuity are understood through Rudofossi’s signature Eco-Ethological Existential Analysis. Mapping out why and how trauma shaped functional dissociation as unconscious adaptation, the author’s experience as a police psychologist—that is, a "cop doc"—helps decode the bigger picture of conflict, resolution, and compromise in the disparate worlds of policing and organized crime. This unique look at the costs and successes of tracking, infiltrating, arresting, and convicting those involved in organized crime is a groundbreaking read for law enforcement personnel, criminal justice, homeland security, law students, police psychologists, as well as anyone fascinated by the world of organized crime.
Unveiling the Mysteries of the Gospel of Thomas
Author: Hannah Simeons
Publisher: tredition
ISBN: 3384418115
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
The Gospel of Thomas, one of the most intriguing and enigmatic texts discovered in the Nag Hammadi Library, offers a unique and thought-provoking window into early Christian thought. Unlike the narrative-driven Gospels of the New Testament, this collection of 114 sayings attributed to Jesus invites readers to engage in a deeply personal exploration of spiritual knowledge, transcending conventional doctrines. In Unveiling the Mysteries of the Gospel of Thomas, Hannah Simeons takes readers on a journey through the historical, cultural, and theological significance of this ancient text. She decodes the teachings within their early Christian context, highlighting how the Gospel of Thomas reflects diverse beliefs and Gnostic influences that flourished in the formative years of Christianity. Through accessible analysis and insightful commentary, Simeons reveals the hidden meanings of Jesus' sayings and the profound spiritual paths they offer. For scholars, spiritual seekers, and anyone interested in the broader scope of Christian origins, Unveiling the Mysteries of the Gospel of Thomas sheds light on a gospel that both complements and challenges traditional understandings of Jesus' teachings. Journey into the heart of early Christian mysteries and uncover wisdom that resonates across the centuries.
Publisher: tredition
ISBN: 3384418115
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
The Gospel of Thomas, one of the most intriguing and enigmatic texts discovered in the Nag Hammadi Library, offers a unique and thought-provoking window into early Christian thought. Unlike the narrative-driven Gospels of the New Testament, this collection of 114 sayings attributed to Jesus invites readers to engage in a deeply personal exploration of spiritual knowledge, transcending conventional doctrines. In Unveiling the Mysteries of the Gospel of Thomas, Hannah Simeons takes readers on a journey through the historical, cultural, and theological significance of this ancient text. She decodes the teachings within their early Christian context, highlighting how the Gospel of Thomas reflects diverse beliefs and Gnostic influences that flourished in the formative years of Christianity. Through accessible analysis and insightful commentary, Simeons reveals the hidden meanings of Jesus' sayings and the profound spiritual paths they offer. For scholars, spiritual seekers, and anyone interested in the broader scope of Christian origins, Unveiling the Mysteries of the Gospel of Thomas sheds light on a gospel that both complements and challenges traditional understandings of Jesus' teachings. Journey into the heart of early Christian mysteries and uncover wisdom that resonates across the centuries.
Unveiling Spiritual Wisdom: Eliphas Levi's Path to Personal Enlightenment
Author: Eliphas Levi
Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan
ISBN:
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 7
Book Description
Eliphas Levi's legacy as a visionary occult author and ceremonial magician continues to illuminate pathways to spiritual enlightenment, personal growth, and mystical wisdom through his profound insights and transformative teachings. Through Levi's enduring principles and esoteric knowledge, readers are encouraged to explore the depths of their soul, awaken higher consciousness, and embrace the sacred journey of self-discovery, spiritual transformation, and divine alignment for achieving inner peace, fulfillment, and spiritual enlightenment.
Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan
ISBN:
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 7
Book Description
Eliphas Levi's legacy as a visionary occult author and ceremonial magician continues to illuminate pathways to spiritual enlightenment, personal growth, and mystical wisdom through his profound insights and transformative teachings. Through Levi's enduring principles and esoteric knowledge, readers are encouraged to explore the depths of their soul, awaken higher consciousness, and embrace the sacred journey of self-discovery, spiritual transformation, and divine alignment for achieving inner peace, fulfillment, and spiritual enlightenment.
Unveiling Eve
Author: Tova Rosen
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812203593
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title Unveiling Eve is the first feminist inquiry into the Hebrew poetry and prose forms cultivated in Muslim and Christian Spain, Italy, and Provence in the eleventh through fourteenth centuries. In the Jewish Middle Ages, writing was an exclusively male competence, and textual institutions such as the study of scripture, mysticism, philosophy, and liturgy were men's sanctuaries from which women were banished. These domains of male expertise—alongside belles lettres, on which Rosen's book focuses—served as virtual laboratories for experimenting with concepts of femininity and masculinity, hetero- and homosexuality, feminization and virilization, transvestism and transsexuality. Reviewing texts as varied as love lyric, love stories, marriage debates, rhetorical contests, and liturgical and moralistic pieces, Tova Rosen considers the positions and positioning of female figures and female voices within Jewish male discourse. The idolization and demonization of women present in these texts is read here against the background of scripture and rabbinic literature as well as the traditions of chivalry and misogyny in the hosting Islamic and Christian cultures. Unveiling Eve unravels the literary evidence of a patriarchal tradition in which women are routinely rendered nonentities, often positioned as abstractions without bodies or reified as bodies without subjectivities. Without rigidly following any one school of feminist thinking, Rosen creatively employs a variety of methodologies to describe and assess the texts' presentation of male sexual politics and delineate how women and concepts of gender were manipulated, fictionalized, fantasized, and poeticized. Inaugurating a new era of critical thinking in Hebrew literature, Unveiling Eve penetrates a field of medieval literary scholarship that has, until now, proven impervious to feminist criticism.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812203593
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title Unveiling Eve is the first feminist inquiry into the Hebrew poetry and prose forms cultivated in Muslim and Christian Spain, Italy, and Provence in the eleventh through fourteenth centuries. In the Jewish Middle Ages, writing was an exclusively male competence, and textual institutions such as the study of scripture, mysticism, philosophy, and liturgy were men's sanctuaries from which women were banished. These domains of male expertise—alongside belles lettres, on which Rosen's book focuses—served as virtual laboratories for experimenting with concepts of femininity and masculinity, hetero- and homosexuality, feminization and virilization, transvestism and transsexuality. Reviewing texts as varied as love lyric, love stories, marriage debates, rhetorical contests, and liturgical and moralistic pieces, Tova Rosen considers the positions and positioning of female figures and female voices within Jewish male discourse. The idolization and demonization of women present in these texts is read here against the background of scripture and rabbinic literature as well as the traditions of chivalry and misogyny in the hosting Islamic and Christian cultures. Unveiling Eve unravels the literary evidence of a patriarchal tradition in which women are routinely rendered nonentities, often positioned as abstractions without bodies or reified as bodies without subjectivities. Without rigidly following any one school of feminist thinking, Rosen creatively employs a variety of methodologies to describe and assess the texts' presentation of male sexual politics and delineate how women and concepts of gender were manipulated, fictionalized, fantasized, and poeticized. Inaugurating a new era of critical thinking in Hebrew literature, Unveiling Eve penetrates a field of medieval literary scholarship that has, until now, proven impervious to feminist criticism.
Unveiling Wealth
Author: Peter Bartelmus
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0306482215
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Does money blur perspectives for a better life? Lifting the money veil from our yardsticks of progress, income and wealth, reveals the trade-offs of economic growth. The book presents new indicators of the social, economic and ecological impacts of our lifestyles and production techniques. The indicators help to identify those responsible for these impacts and account for their accountability in terms of environmental and other ("social") costs. Sustainable development is to bring about long-term prosperity without undermining its natural foundation. For the assessment of the opaque concept we need both, physical impact measures and environmentally modified ("green") indicators of income, capital and output. Peter Bartelmus opens the dialogue between frequently hostile camps of economists and environmentalists, data producers and users, and scientists and policy makers. Together, they may steer us towards a sustainable future.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0306482215
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Does money blur perspectives for a better life? Lifting the money veil from our yardsticks of progress, income and wealth, reveals the trade-offs of economic growth. The book presents new indicators of the social, economic and ecological impacts of our lifestyles and production techniques. The indicators help to identify those responsible for these impacts and account for their accountability in terms of environmental and other ("social") costs. Sustainable development is to bring about long-term prosperity without undermining its natural foundation. For the assessment of the opaque concept we need both, physical impact measures and environmentally modified ("green") indicators of income, capital and output. Peter Bartelmus opens the dialogue between frequently hostile camps of economists and environmentalists, data producers and users, and scientists and policy makers. Together, they may steer us towards a sustainable future.
Stephen Hawking: Unveiling Universes, Facing Reality
Author: ChatStick Team
Publisher: ChatStick Team
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
Stephen Hawking: Unveiling Universes, Facing Reality Dive deep into the life and legacy of one of the most celebrated scientists of our time, Stephen Hawking. Discover the Dual Narratives: Journey through Hawking's celestial explorations and his personal battles, painting a vivid picture of a man whose genius was only matched by his indomitable spirit. From Cambridge to the Cosmos: Experience Hawking's transformative years at Cambridge, his pioneering black hole theories, and the release of the groundbreaking "A Brief History of Time." Facing the Unthinkable with Resilience: Witness the tenacity and resilience of Hawking as he faced the life-altering diagnosis of ALS. Beyond Physics: Get a glimpse into lesser-known aspects of his life, including personal anecdotes, his spiritual reflections, and his contributions outside theoretical physics. Legacy of a Luminary: Explore the lasting impact Hawking has left on science, technology, and the new generations of scientists he continues to inspire. Unveil the universes that Stephen Hawking explored and delve deep into the realities he faced, both in the cosmos and in his personal life. An inspiring and deeply moving narrative awaits. Perfect for fans of astrophysics, biographies, and inspirational stories of perseverance against all odds. Dive in now and embark on a journey through time, space, and the life of a legend.
Publisher: ChatStick Team
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
Stephen Hawking: Unveiling Universes, Facing Reality Dive deep into the life and legacy of one of the most celebrated scientists of our time, Stephen Hawking. Discover the Dual Narratives: Journey through Hawking's celestial explorations and his personal battles, painting a vivid picture of a man whose genius was only matched by his indomitable spirit. From Cambridge to the Cosmos: Experience Hawking's transformative years at Cambridge, his pioneering black hole theories, and the release of the groundbreaking "A Brief History of Time." Facing the Unthinkable with Resilience: Witness the tenacity and resilience of Hawking as he faced the life-altering diagnosis of ALS. Beyond Physics: Get a glimpse into lesser-known aspects of his life, including personal anecdotes, his spiritual reflections, and his contributions outside theoretical physics. Legacy of a Luminary: Explore the lasting impact Hawking has left on science, technology, and the new generations of scientists he continues to inspire. Unveil the universes that Stephen Hawking explored and delve deep into the realities he faced, both in the cosmos and in his personal life. An inspiring and deeply moving narrative awaits. Perfect for fans of astrophysics, biographies, and inspirational stories of perseverance against all odds. Dive in now and embark on a journey through time, space, and the life of a legend.
Unveiling the French Republic: National Identity, Secularism, and Islam in Contemporary France
Author: Per-Erik Nilsson
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004356037
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
The Islamic Veil Affairs (2003-4 and 2009-2011), which led to the banning of Muslim girls wearing Islamic headscarves in French public schools and women wearing full-face veils in public, have raised serious concerns about the relationship between secularism and the freedom of religious expression. In Unveiling the French Republic: National Identity, Secularism, and Islam in Contemporary France, Per-Erik Nilsson engages in a careful critical analysis of the Veil Affairs. His critique, for the most part, is not on the decision of Muslim women to wear the veil but rather on the misuse of secular ideology to justify religious intolerance and mask ethnic prejudice.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004356037
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
The Islamic Veil Affairs (2003-4 and 2009-2011), which led to the banning of Muslim girls wearing Islamic headscarves in French public schools and women wearing full-face veils in public, have raised serious concerns about the relationship between secularism and the freedom of religious expression. In Unveiling the French Republic: National Identity, Secularism, and Islam in Contemporary France, Per-Erik Nilsson engages in a careful critical analysis of the Veil Affairs. His critique, for the most part, is not on the decision of Muslim women to wear the veil but rather on the misuse of secular ideology to justify religious intolerance and mask ethnic prejudice.