Islam in the Hinterlands

Introduction: Muslim Cultural Politics in the Canadian Hinterlands / Jasmin Zine

Part 1: Gender and Cultural Politics

1 Unsettling the Nation: Gender, Race, and Muslim Cultural Politics in Canada / Jasmin Zine

2 The Great Canadian "Shar'ia" Debate / Itrath Syed

3 Toward a Framework for Investigating Muslim Women and Political Engagement in Canada / Katherine Bullock

Part 2: Media and Representation

4 Colluding Hegemonies: Constructing the Muslim Other Post-9/11 / Yasmin Jiwani

5 Marketing Islamic Reform: Dissidence and Dissonance in a Canadian Context / Meena Sharify-Funk

6 Toward Media Reconstruction of the Muslim Imaginary in Canada: The Case of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Sitcom Little Mosque on the Prairie / Alia Dakroury

Part 3: Education

7 From Mosques to Madrassas: Civic Engagement and the Pedagogy of Islamic Schools / Nadeem Memon

8 Unveiled Sentiments: Gendered Islamophobia and Experiences of Veiling Among Muslim Girls in a Canadian Islamic School / Jasmin Zine

Part 4: Security

9 The Security Certificate Exception: A Media Analysis of Human Rights and Security Discourses in Canada's Globe and Mail and National Post / Jacqueline Flatt

10 The Anti-terrorism Act and National Security: Safeguarding the Nation against Uncivilized Muslims / Shaista Patel

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