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Romdhane, Zeineb (2020)

Imagined Communities, Imagined Passports: The Case of the Muslim Passport

Bachelor thesis | International Studies (BA)

Freedom of movement is a human right. Yet, one might question to what extent certain human rights, specifically freedom of movement, are protected for all human beings. Even though liberal societies tend to offer their citizens freedom of movement in order to protect the aforementioned human right, this appears to be mainly important for one’s own society’s citizens, rather than assuring that this human right is safeguarded for every human being. As a result, some passports already determine the national's “unfreedom” of movement. This research will focus on the role of religion, and how this could possibly influence the power of passports and freedom of movement, as seen with the Muslim Ban. Hence, this thesis will research whether there exists such a thing as a “Muslim” passport by comparing the passport power of Jordan and Cameroon.

Muslim passport

passport power

visa restrictions

freedom of movement

mobility

Islam

Author

Romdhane, Zeineb

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Middle East and North Africa

Supervisors

Bruijn, P. de

ECTS Credits

15

Language

en