Unveiling the French Republic - (Studies in Critical Research on Religion) by Per-Erik Nilsson (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>In <em>Unveiling the French Republic</em>, Nilsson uses his analysis of the Veil Affairs to critique the misuse of secular ideology to justify religious intolerance and mask ethnic prejudice.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>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.</p><p>In <em>Unveiling the French Republic: National Identity, Secularism, and Islam in Contemporary France</em>, Per-Erik Nilsson engages in a careful critical analysis of the Veil Affairs. His critique 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.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><strong>Per-Erik Nilsson</strong>, Ph.D (2012) is director and researcher at the Centre for Multidisciplinary Studies on Racism, Uppsala University. He has written and published extensively on the intersections of secularism, religion, and violence, including "Where's Charlie?", in the <em>Cambridge Companion to Religion and Terrorism</em> (ed. James Lewis, Cambridge University Press, 2017).
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