Women's Islam
Subtitle: religious practice among women in today's Iran
By: Zahra Kamalkhani.
Publisher: Kegan Paul International
Published: 1998
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
Subjects: Women in Islam -- Iran.; Muslim women -- Religious life -- Iran.; Women -- Iran -- Social conditions.; Iran -- Social conditions.
Description: Kamalkhani shows that although Iranian women may not play a leading role in the mosque, they do play an important religious role in other complex forms of organisation, such as the social network of the home and the exclusive female religious houses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-199) and indexes.