Displaying a murdered Muslim woman’s body anchors white audience solidarity

Evidence

Wikan’s presentation began with Power Point slides of the funeral of Fadime Sahindal, a Kurdish woman murdered by her father (an immigrant to Sweden) when she decided to leave home to live with a non-Kurdish man. Sahindal received a state funeral in Sweden, broadcast live on Swedish television. She had expressed a wish to be buried in a church, and Wikan showed slides of the bishop, who called her a martyr, and the six women who carried her coffin, a practice Wikan speculated that the Muslim men in her community agreed to ‘probably because they realised they didn’t have a choice.’ The keynote presentation continued with many pictures of the beautiful Sahindal, her long, curly hair flowing. There were even pictures of her grave. — Sherene Razack, Casting Out, 336

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to earlier chapter finding ‘Displaying the murdered Muslim woman’s body generates white solidarity and regenerates European identity.’