Dedication

pp v-vi

Acknowledgements

pp vii-x

Contents

pp xi-xviii

List of Cases

pp xix-xxvi

List of Abbreviations

pp xxvii-xxx

List of Contributors

pp xxxi-xlii

An Introduction to the Interdisciplinary Considerations of the “Burqa Ban” Trend: Criminalizing the Trivial or Separating National and International Law?

pp 1-32

PART I - Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Strategy of Prohibition

pp 33-34

The “Burqa Bans” and Superficial Politics

pp 35-54

Philosophical Analysis as a Pathway to Progress: From the Burqa to the Emperor’s New Clothes

pp 55-80

A Taxonomy and Criticism of Rationales for Banning Face Veils

pp 81-92

Toward “Living Together” as (A)religious Convergence: Against the Burqa Ban

pp 93-114

PART II - Legal Perspectives: Religious Clothing, Law, and a Veil-Wearer’s Experiential Account

pp 115-116

The Law and Religious Dress

pp 117-130

Wearing Religious Clothing at the Workplace in EU Law and the Risks of a “Neutrality Policy” in Private Employment

pp 131-146

I Am the “Veil Woman”: A Muslim Narrative

pp 147-164

Part II - Legal Perspectives: Human Rights Perspectives

pp 165-166

Burqas and Niqābs as Protected Expression: “This is My Face”

pp 167-186

Social Conditions of Freedom, International Human Rights Law, and Women’s Dress: Identity, Belonging, and Recognition

pp 187-204

Dressing Neutrally v. Religious Freedom in European “Headscarf Cases”: Looking for a Rationale to Legitimize the Ban on Concealing Faces in International (Human Rights) Jurisprudence

pp 205-230

Conflicting Human Rights Perspectives on the French Burqa Ban: European Court of Human Rights v. UN Human Rights Committee

pp 231-262

The Use of Artificial Intelligence for Public Security Among Prejudices, Secularism, and Respect for Fundamental Guarantees

pp 263-280

Part II - Legal Perspectives: National Perspectives

pp 281-282

The Italian Uncertain Approach to the Burqa: A Testing Ground for the Unifying Role of “Laicità”

pp 283-300

Inter-American Perspectives on the Burqa (Ban)

pp 301-328

The Perspective of Post-Soviet States on the Burqa Ban: A Study of the Delegalization of Religious Headwear in Post-Soviet States

pp 329-348

Denmark’s Blanket Burqa Ban: A National(ist) Perspective

pp 349-390

PART III - Responses To Otherness: Gender, Race, And The Veil Factor

pp 391-392

Wearing the Ḥijāb: Cultural Awareness, Cross-Cultural Competence, and Interactions in an Unfamiliar Cultural Context

pp 393-410