Abstract:

This paper deals with the Islamic veil affair in Fatima Mernissi’s work from decolonial theory and methodology. Also, responses from coloniality given by colonized subjects are sorted out, as a basis for analysis. The final aim is to build decolonial Islamic thinking.

Keywords: Hijab/Islamic veil, Mernissi, decolonial Islamic thinking, Muslim women, feminism, Islam.