File spoon-archives/bourdieu.archive/bourdieu_2004/bourdieu.0401, message 19


From: suzume-AT-mx82.tiki.ne.jp
Subject: Re: [BOU:] Islam
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2004 18:47:39 +0900


On 4 janv. 04, at 18:11, john.kaman wrote:

> meant when I made the distinction between the sunnite majority here in
> France which supports the government's position on the veil as opposed 
> to
> the more extreme manifestations of Islam which of course do not.

And is it possible to see this veil thing as totally unrelated to Islam 
as a religion ? Where we would find "progressive" groups and 
"extreme/obscurantists" ones ? What about adolescents who try to assert 
their identity as all adolescents do ? Some wear mini skirts, some wear 
old worn out jeans some wear a head scarf etc ... Of course the symbol 
chosen to assert one's identity reflects one culture/upbringing, but 
considering everything that has been written on the subject I see much 
more Republican fundamentalism than Muslim fundamentalism in what is 
going in France now. We (?) have to worry more about the French State 
that only takes cosmetic measures to satisfy a conservative electorate 
without doing anything about the real causes of unemployment etc than 
of a few young ladies who probably will get a reality check  in a few 
years if not taken to the front of the stage for wearing a head scarf 
and not being willing to show their body to boys during sport classes.

JC Helary
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