Beyond Subordination: Stigmatisation, Intersection, and Coping Strategies of Women with Niqab in Langsa, Aceh.

Studies on the practice of wearing the niqab or niqab as a living culture of Muslim women have focussed primarily on transnational political contexts and the association with radical religious movements. Many studies have been conducted on Muslim minority communities, while scholars have neglected t...

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Publicado en:Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities Vol. 34; no. 3; pp. 1171 - 1191
Autores principales: Siregar, Mawardi, Fitria, Syiva, Sembiring, Masdalifah, Zulkifli, Zulkifli
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Publicado: Universiti Putra Malaysia Jun2026
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          Department of Islamic Communication and Broadcasting, IAIN Langsa, 24411 Langsa, Aceh, Indonesia
          Department of Islamic Psychology, IAIN Langsa, 24411 Langsa, Aceh, Indonesia
          Department of Sociology, Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, 15412 South Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia
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        Social stigma
        Intersectionality
        Women's clothing
        Women's empowerment
        Indonesians
        Stress management
        Islamic law
        Ethnology research
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          Social stigma
          Intersectionality
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          Women's empowerment
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          Stress management
          Islamic law
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        Coping strategies
        intersection
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        niqab
        stigmatisation
      ab: Studies on the practice of wearing the niqab or niqab as a living culture of Muslim women have focussed primarily on transnational political contexts and the association with radical religious movements. Many studies have been conducted on Muslim minority communities, while scholars have neglected the subjective experience of women with the niqab in Muslim-majority microenvironments. Based on a case study of a small Indonesian city that practices Islamic law, this article examines stigmatisation, environmental intersectionality, and the coping strategies of niqab-wearing women to overcome unequal power relations. The current study used an ethnographic approach, implementing observation, interviews, and Focus Group Discussions (FGD) as data collection techniques. Using scientific interdisciplinary theory, the main findings of this study reveal that women with a niqab are not passive subjects. Still, they are active agents in overcoming every element that might create stigma. A creative coping strategy is chosen by women with niqabs as an attempt to overcome the stigma pointed at them so that they can subsist and be productive, without any connections with radical actions. In addition, this creativity demonstrates women with a niqab's ability to overcome subordination to others.
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