Abstract

This chapter compares the most important developments in public discourse about women with a Muslim background in the Netherlands and in Norway, with an emphasis on stereotypes. Based on an analysis of newspaper articles and policy documents, the author argues that women with a Muslim background have often been stereotyped as “pitiable” and “oppressed”. In both countries, such stereotypes are increasingly drawn upon to present Muslim minority cultures as “backward” and to stress the incompatibility between Islam and Western values. As a result, being perceived as “oppressed” has increasingly become a stigma for women with a Muslim background. However, whereas Muslim women in Norway are still portrayed mostly in terms of how oppressed or emancipated they are, Muslim women in the Netherlands are increasingly often depicted as dangerous extremists.

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