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Islam and Education: The Manipulation and Misrepresentation of a Religion

symbol. The book also underscores the tensions that exist between local and individual legal cases and the larger issues they each raise—the micro-question of whether a particular person can wear a religious symbol, such as a headscarf, under specific circumstances and in a particular place and time (individual right) versus the macro-question of whether to permit the wearing of religious symbols in public spaces and more specifically in educational settings (community right). Given the ample social dimensions and political discussions of this issue, which extend well beyond the legal domain, the book would have benefited from less repetition and a less narrow focus on the legal facets of the question and thus from a somewhat broader scope, beyond the legal aspects of the wearing of religious symbols. The author could perhaps have further developed her analysis by examining, for example, the role of the media and press headlines, namely their interpretation and coverage of court decisions as well as the overall impact of court cases and legal claims on political discourses on key issues, such as immigration policy and the integration of migrants and minority groups. This point should, however, not detract from the main thrust of this review, which is that this is a very well-documented and supported analysis of the complex legal aspects of banning the wearing of religious symbols in European educational institutions.