Veiled Integration: The Use of Headscarves among a Christian Minority in Sweden

In this article, we trace a specific ‘situated bodily practice’, namely the ‘act of covering’ head with scarf during liturgy, in church that has migrated from Middle East to Sweden. This ‘veiled tradition’ is interpreted as ‘ritual migration’ can cast light on complexities re-producing traditions new setting, functioning ‘cultural prism’ for question integration. The broader aim nuance symbolic value given veil political discourse West, sign (non-)integration. empirical basis study mainly been film analyses liturgies Syriac Orthodox congregations Building an analysis material, four different usages headscarf could be traced: ordinary dress, theory should cover hair, but seldom did; festal resembling accessory; liturgical used both token piety and spiritual authority, not dress headscarf, resisting gender discrimination. These are compared to, fully explained by idea ‘new veiling’ among Muslim women, therefore broaden understanding veiled migration context.