SOSC 2350 Study Guide - Final Guide: Minaret, Noor Mosque
19 Apr 2017
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Essay #5: using either the example of hate crimes (and the readings of jenness and jacobs & Potter) or the example of the building of mosques (and the reading by isin and. Siemiatycki), discuss the struggle and recognition for a type of legal identity that is structured upon legal recognition, claims-making and inclusive citizenship. Legal identity is defined as having the legal standing in the eyes of the law. In the article by isi(cid:374) a(cid:374)d ie(cid:373)iaty(cid:272)ki, (cid:272)alled (cid:862)maki(cid:374)g pa(cid:272)e fo(cid:396) mos(cid:395)ues,(cid:863) the legal identity of the muslim community is assumed to have the identity of immigrants. The way in which legal identity is exercised is through formal and informal strategies of citizenship. Informal citizenship is the practice of immigrants that claim public space as their own to foster the formation of new group identities. Whereas formal citizenship is defined being a membership of a nation-state, which includes activities, such as voting.
