Transnational religion; Hindu and Muslim movements

Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 4-18

  Van Der Veer, Peter ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cosmopolitanism; Globali sation; Hindu; Identity; Migrants; Muslim; Nation state; Orientalist imagination; Tradition; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247186822     PISSN: 15830039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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20. This similar to the Dutch understanding of the Turkish demand to wear headscarves in schools. Since this is forbidden in Turkish schools this demand is seen by the Dutch as a sign of growing conservatism. There is a serious neglect of the political context of Turkey in which a radical secularist government tries to get rid of public Islam but seems to be losing that battle.
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