![]() ![]() In 2002, Abu-Lughod warned us against the imperialist logic in discourses about ‘Afghan culture’ that had accompanied the military intervention in Afghanistan: As the French legislator recently discussed the opportunity to ban headscarves in Universities, after having banned face veils in public spaces in 2011 and headscarves in schools in 2004, and as controversies around Islam have emerged everywhere in Europe, it is indeed time to deconstruct some misconceptions about Muslim women. The question still holds relevance in 2014, since the plight of Muslim women continues to be used as a moral grammar to justify interventions both ‘at home’ and abroad. ![]() ![]() After the success of her article published in American Anthropologist in 2002 under the same title, Lila Abu-Lughod released her new book ‘ Do Muslim Women Need Saving ?’ in 2013. ![]()
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