Women and Islam
By: Zayn R. Kassam, editor
Series: Women and religion in the world; Women and religion in the world
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780275991586; 9780313082740
Subjects: Muslim women; Kvinnor och islam; Social ställning; Muslimska kvinnor; Women in Islam; Sociala förhållanden; Genus; Feminism; Rättslig ställning; Muslimin; Frau; Politisk verksamhet; Religiösa aspekter; Religiös verksamhet; Social conditions; Islam
Description: A collection of essays to stimulate discussion and help readers achieve a more sober understanding of the lives of Muslim women around the world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: Law and Iranian women's activism / Louise A. Halper; title: Gendered space and shared security : women's activism in peace and conflict resolution in Indonesia / Etin Anwar; title: Failures of solidarity, failures of the nation-state : nongovernmental organizations and Moroccan women's activism / Rachel Newcomb; title: Beyond personal belief? The role of religious identities among Muslim women respect activists / Narzanin Massoumi; title: In search of faithful citizens in postcolonial Malaysia: Islamic ethics, Muslim activism, and feminist politics / Azza Basarudin; title: Muslim women's scholarship and the new gender jihad / Roxanne D. Marcotte; title: New expressions of religiosity : Al Huda international and the expansion of Islamic education for Pakistani Muslim women / Khanum Shaikh; title: "Women's spirit" and spiritual matter(s)" : gender, activism, and scholarship in an Ethiopian eco-spiritual system / Patricia H. Karimi-Taleghani; title: Staging politics : new currents in North African women's dramatic literature / Laura Chakravarty Box; title: Indonesian women : activist and Islamist spiritual callings / Nelly Van Doorn-Harder; title: The dialogics of a new Orientalist discourse : telling tales of Iranian womanhood / Kahani Beguum; title: Religious practice and worldview of Muslim women in western Europe / Kari Vogt; title: From ritual to redemption : world view of Shi'a Muslim women in southern California / Bridget Blomfield; title: Religion as a spring for activism : Muslim women youth in Canada / Katherine Bullock.