Secularism Is a Women's Affair |
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| Authors: | NILUFER GÖLE |
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| Affiliation: | The Turkish‐born author of The Forbidden Modern: Civilization and Veiling, is professor of sociology at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris. |
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| Abstract: | The drama between the secularist legacy of Ataturk and the popular surge of Islamist‐rooted politics continues in Turkey, centered on the debate over the headscarf. Is it a sign of religious reaction, or a sign of non‐Western modernization that will ensure higher education for Muslim women? We represent here all sides of the debate. Elsewhere in the Muslim world are the reformers and critics listening to each other, or impeding progress with a blame game? Europe's most controversial figures in this debate—Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Tariq Ramadan—engage here. |
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