Muslim Diaspora

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As the Muslim diaspora is growing and migrating throughout the world there is an unrest in many Western countries about women covering themselves with hijabs, jilbāb, etc. Authors such as Wiles, discussed how there are feminists against these Islamic head coverings who consider them to make women unequal. Nations such as Turkey have declared themselves as secular states in order to stop the growth of strict Muslim law including headscarves of any kind. In a Western nation such as France it is becoming impossible for young Muslim girls to observe their religion as well as receive a respectable education. This tradition is clearly becoming viewed as negative throughout the world and a way to oppress women. On the other side of the table there

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