Soccer Hijabs

Yet another incidence of hijab discrimination, this time the story comes from the US. See the news coverage here, here, here.

See my thoughts on this issue here and here.

Those interested in doing academic study of this issue may like to note that the countries I mention in these previous posts have their own local and national dynamics and histories of politics. Yet they all seem to discriminate the hijab using the same liberal political principles. It is this commonality in the liberal-secular framework of politics existing in all these countries that makes their comparison methodologically possible. And by extension, making broader, critical statements about the "West" possible while avoiding false essentializations. The comparisons in some studies could be just about discerning the differences and similarities in the operations and forms of power and discrimination among these countries on the hijab issue.

While we are at it, I recommend watching this 8-min, short Spanish film, 'Hijab in Europe,' by Xavi Sala. The film exposes the hypocrisy and shallowness of the anti-hijab, anti-muslim politics.