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Shenila Khoja-Moolji. University of California Press. Find this book:. Across the world stage, policymakers and journalists envision an ideal Muslim girl as someone equipped with the most effective tool for fighting against their own oppressive local patriarchies and cultures—an education.

The term can refer to any head, face, or body covering worn by Muslim women that conforms to Islamic standards of modesty. Hijab can also refer to the seclusion of women from men in the public sphere , or it may denote a metaphysical dimension, for example referring to "the veil which separates man or the world from God. In its traditional form, it is worn by women to maintain modesty and privacy from unrelated males. According to the Encyclopedia of Islam and Muslim World , modesty in the Quran concerns both men's and women's "gaze, gait, garments, and genitalia. In the Qur'an, the term hijab refers to a partition or curtain in the literal or metaphorical sense. The verse where it is used literally is commonly understood to refer to the curtain separating visitors to Muhammad 's house from his wives' lodgings.

The immigrant experience is deeply ingrained in the fabric of Islam in America. Most U. But the U. It consists of descendants of Muslim immigrants, converts to Islam many of them black and descendants of converts.

Research that focuses on the home as a physical activity setting appears preoccupied with measuring activity. What is less researched is how the home is experienced as a physical activity context. This paper explores the physical activity experiences in and around the home of 13 South Asian, Muslim young women. Data were generated using participatory approaches in focus groups and individual interviews. However, the home also emerges as an important site in the reproduction of gendered power relations.