Abstract

LAMRABET, Asma. Muslim women's veil (hijab): between colonialist ideology and Islamic discourse: a decolonial view. Tabula Rasa [online]. 2014, n.21, pp.31-46. ISSN 1794-2489.

The debate on muslim women's veil (hijab) has always been central in contemporary feminist discussion, and therefore it embodies the core of the conflict between two antinomic views: the one in neo-orientalist and hegemonic neo-western discourse, and a certain majoritarian traditionalist Islamic discourse. For some, it embodies patriarchal oppression while for others it is the ultimate symbol of Islamic identity. Muslim women's body seems to incarnate a spot of tension between representations of modernity and antimodernity. This text intends to perform a double criticism and deconstruction from a decolonial perspective both of neo-orientalist feminist ideology and that "mirroring" view of traditionalist Islamic discourse which is opposed to any reformist approach.

Keywords : veil; Hijab; women; Quran; Islam; orientalism; colonial ideology; decolonial; body; patriarchal oppression; modernity; emancipation.

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