Review – Yasmin Alibhai-Brown’s Refusing the Veil | Patheos
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown’s Refusing the Veil, part of the Provocations series by Biteback publishing, is a very short, refreshingly honest book about why the author thinks Muslim women should give up wearing the veil, in all its various forms, so that they can be liberated women in the 21st century.
The book begins with a list of all the possible words for veil. It proceeds, taking a conversational tone with very occasional academic flourishes but a merciful lack of jargon, in three parts. The first, the personal, the most conversational, is entitled “what I see, what I hear, what I fear” – a very accurate reflection of the contents.
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Refusing the Veil by Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: Cry freedom for the women of Islam | Independent.co.uk
Brown: ‘The version of Islam that is spreading all over the world is getting more misogynistic and pushing back against female egalitarianism’
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown describes herself as a “leftie liberal, anti-racist, feminist Muslim” and undoubtedly there will be many fellow Muslims and leftie liberals who take issue with her incisive repudiation of the veil.
She fully expects to cause controversy – in her preface she points out that the book is “political, not personal”.
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