The veil (the hijab) of Muslim women: between colonialist ideology and Islamic discourse: a decolonial vision
El velo (el hijab) de las mujeres musulmanas: entre la ideología colonialista y el discurso islámico: una visión decolonial
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The debate about the veil - Hijab - of Muslim women, has always been central within the contemporary feminist debate and hence expresses the heart of the conflict between two antinomic views: the vision of the hegemonic neo-orientalist and neo-western discourse and that of a certain majority traditionalist Islamic discourse. For some it represents patriarchal oppression while for others it is the ultimate symbol of the
Islamic identity The body of Muslim women today seems to embody the place of tension between the representations of modernity and those of anti-modernity. This text attempts a double criticism and deconstruction from a decolonial vision, both of the dominant neo-orientalist feminist ideology, and also of that "mirror" vision of the traditionalist Islamic discourse refractory to any reformist vision.
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