FROM THE EDITOR v What is Society Publishing For? DAVID YAMANE SPECIAL ISSUE INTRODUCTION 231 The Politics of Veiling in Comparative Perspective JEN’NAN GHAZAL READ ARTICLES 237 Visible through the Veil: The Regulation of Islam in American Law KATHLEEN M. MOORE 253 The Post-9/11 Hijab as Icon YVONNE YAZBECK HADDAD 269 Hijab and American Muslim Women: Creating Space for Autonomous Selves RHYS H. WILLIAMS AND GIRA VASHI 289 France Upside Down over a Headscarf? SOPHIE BODY-GENDROT 305 From a Community of Believers to an Islam of the Heart: “Conspicuous” Symbols, Muslim Practices, and the Privatization of Religion in France CAITLIN KILLIAN COMMENTARY 321 Global Contexts and the Veil: Muslim Integration in the United States and France KRISTINE J. AJROUCH VOLUME 68 No. 3 FALL 2007