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discussion in Arena, a Swiss political talkshow, and argues that her burqa is an expres-
sion of “free choice” (fig. 1). She says that the face of a woman, unlike the face of a
man, is a source of temptation and that was a long process for her to come to this
realisation, but in the end she chose to follow God’s will. The core of her argument
runs, “This is my religion and I am exercising my right to freedom of religion.”2
Second image: A poster from 2009 of
a woman in a burqa; only the woman’s
eyes are visible. She is positioned among
seven minarets, designed to look like
rockets, standing on the Swiss flag. In
the lower part of the poster a short sen-
tence looms: “Yes to the prohibition of
minarets” (fig. 2).
2 Arena 2013.
Fig. 1: Screenshot from Arena, a Swiss political talk show, 28 September 2013, © Elham Manea.
Fig. 2: Campaign against the
construction of minarets in
Switzerland, autumn 2009
© Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati, Neggio.
JRFM
Journal Religion Film Media, Volume 02/01
- Title
- JRFM
- Subtitle
- Journal Religion Film Media
- Volume
- 02/01
- Authors
- Christian Wessely
- Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati
- Editor
- Uni-Graz
- Publisher
- SchĂĽren Verlag GmbH
- Location
- Graz
- Date
- 2016
- Language
- English
- License
- CC BY-NC 4.0
- Size
- 14.8 x 21.0 cm
- Pages
- 132
- Categories
- Zeitschriften JRFM