To Veil or Not to Veil? a Case Study of Identity

question 27

Multiple Choice

To Veil or Not to Veil? A Case Study of Identity Negotiation Among Muslim Women in Austin, Texas JEN'NAN GHAZAL READ and JOHN P. BARTKOWSKI
-In their study of veiling, Read and Bartkowski found that a major reason some Muslim women do not wear the veil is because:

• A) their workmates would treat them in a peculiar and unflattering way if they wore the veil
• B) they are married to men who do not practice the Muslim faith
• C) they think it is illegal, especially in public buildings
• D) they think it is a cultural feature of Arab society, not a religious prescription of Islam
• E) they doubt the core beliefs of Islam and are adopting a different religious orientation

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