Do we or don’t we?: Muslim women wearing the hijab in the South African work environment

This article examines the experiences of Muslim women who wear hijab in corporate South Africa. Muslim women from diverse organisations wearing hijab were interviewed. The study produced mixed results. While women who don the hijab were discriminated against in some organisations, in the majority of...

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Authors: Carrim, Nasima Mohamed Hoosen (Author) ; Paruk, Zeenat (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2020
In: Journal of religion in Africa
Year: 2020, Volume: 50, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 11-31
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Africa / Religious pluralism / Professional life / Muslim woman / Veil
IxTheo Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AX Inter-religious relations
BJ Islam
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
Further subjects:B Social Identity Theory
B corporate South Africa
B Hijab
B Secularism
B Muslim Women
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