Abstract
One prominent feature of Islamic revivalism on the part of women in Thailand is Muslim women’s active participation in the debate about veiling. In Thailand, practice of voluntary veiling as an expression of commitment to Islamic values emerged among the cohort of women who took their undergraduate education both in Thailand and Malaysia in the 1970s and 1980s. It should be apparent that the hijab movement in Thailand provided a space that was conducive to the emergence of Muslim women’s movements calling for religious freedom. This chapter analyses Muslim women’s interpretations of Islam and gender, which have moved toward positions taken by a neo-orthodox Islamic group in Bangkok during the 2000s. The position of Muslims in Thailand is due to the continuity of their communal identity and their role in Thai society. The general idea held by Thai society about Muslim women was that they are subject to male dominance. Keywords:Hijab Movement; muslim women; neo-orthodox Islamic women; religious piety; Thailand
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