Code of Conduct to Law: Islam, Nationalism, and Laicité in Quebec
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Code of Conduct to Law: Islam, Nationalism, and Laicité in Quebec
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| Abstract |
The author explores how Islam has been used as a counter to Quebec nationalism in six key public documents produced between 2007 and 2019. In this study, she examines and analyzes the way symbols of Islam, especially related to Muslim women, are used in these documents, proposing that they are instrumentalized within a narrative that depicts Islam as the antagonist in a narrative where Quebec nationalism is the protagonist and saviour. More specifically, the author analyzes the Hérouxville declarations (2007); the Bouchard-Taylor Commission Report (2007); Bill 94, the Act to establish guidelines governing accommodation requests within the Administration and certain institutions (2010), Bill 60, Charter affirming the values of State secularism and religious neutrality and of equality between women and men, and providing a framework for accommodation requests (2013), Bill 62, the Act to foster adherence to State religious neutrality (2017), and finally Law 21, the Act respecting the laicity of the State (2019). These texts are read contextually against the history of Quebec national discourses, particularly in relation to Islam. Finally, the author engages with a variety of scholarly work on laicité as well as Islam in the province of Quebec to identify how they assert the ways in which Islam and Muslim women have been used as a counter to Quebec nationalism.
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Master's Thesis
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McGill University
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Montreal
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2023
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101p.
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en
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Abou-Bakr, Sarah. “Code of Conduct to Law: Islam, Nationalism, and Laicité in Quebec.” Master’s Thesis, McGill University, 2023. https://escholarship.mcgill.ca/concern/theses/g732dg421.
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