Headscarf Enigma: The Contested Terrain of Women Rights, Identity and Secularism in France Abstract:   In this paper the idea of secularism, national-cohesion and integration and hijab (headscarf) as the signifier of Islam in predominantly a heterogeneous and a diversified society of France are to be debated. Segregation of sexes, women’s oppression and emancipation, and patriarchal notions of sexuality will come into play for an adequate understanding of the enigma of hijab. It will......