1. In praise of pragmatism / Silvio Ferrari
2. Burqa and Islam / Roberta Aluffi Beck-Peccoz
3. Burqa, niqab and women's rights / Letizia Mancini
4. A besieged right : religious freedom and the Italian war on the burqa and the niqab / Alessandro Ferrari
5. The burqa affair in France / Anne Fornerod
6. Legal and social issues concerning the wearing of the burqa and other head coverings in the United Kingdom / Mark Hill
7. Introducing a general burqa ban in the Netherlands / Adriaan Overbeeke
8. The burqa affair in Spain : legal perspectives / Agustin Motilla
9. The Belgian 'burqa ban' : legal aspects of local and general prohibitions on covering and concealing one's face in Belgium / Jogchum Vrielink, Saila Ouald Chaib and Eva Brems
10. A quest for open helmets : on the Danish burqa affair / Lisbet Christoffersen
11. Burqa in Germany, not really an issue : a short note / Jorn Thielmann and Kathrin Vorholzer
12. The anti-burqa movement in Western Europe / Ralph Grillo and Prakash Shah
13. The burqa in Europe : European institutions and the comparative-interdisciplinary approach / Daniele Ferrari and Sabrina Pastorelli.