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Religious Dress Between Freedom And Restriction: Review Of The Jurisprudence Of The European Court Of Human Rights, Dr. Salahaddin Boujalal

UAEU Law Journal

It is widely held view that human beings have a basic need to create a positive social identity for themselves, either as individuals or as members of a group. In this regard, choice of dress is likely to be particularly important. A person’s clothes can reveal much about their identity, in relation to their gender or religious beliefs. At this level, religious expressions vary in terms of the individual's choice of dress. There is a veil, niqab or burqa for Muslim women, or the special religious dress of Christian monks and nuns, the skullcap for the Jews, the turban of …