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Making Friends, Making Enemies:

Article Summary by: samah     

Original Author: Jennifer Fredette
Making Friends, Making Enemies: Simulacra of the Islamic Woman in ... 
Summary
The recent
focus on the hijab in Western liberal democracies , that is a result of previous historical background  about Islam and middle east , this mistaken image became the western image about Muslim woman and Islam .
They take their historical background of  the  Colonial studies, Travel Books, Biblical Images, Exposition Colonial and other print images.
Simulacra is a concept concern about the relationship between  original "realty" and fabricated" reality" which became the" reality " for most people.
This concept is a tool to describe looking at Muslims in the west.
 Some liberal scientists Limited Muslims in one single example , although of their varieties and different in regions and cultures and even in explaining Islamic texts.
Attempting to turn "enemy" into "friend" by improving identity term in the liberal state .
Because we are all have different and various identities.
Thus  Western Liberal Democracies should expend their political boundaries to could comprehend and have the "other" .
Published: August 31, 2007
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