Women and Islam / [print]
Zayn R. Kassam, editor.
- Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, (c)2010.
- xxxvi, 400 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Women and religion in the world .
- Women and religion in the world. .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Law and Iranian women's activism Gendered space and shared security: women's activism in peace and conflict resolution in Indonesia Failures of solidarity, failures of the nation-state: nongovernmental organizations and Moroccan women's activism Beyond personal belief? The role of religious identities among Muslim women respect activists In search of faithful citizens in postcolonial Malaysia: Islamic ethics, Muslim activism, and feminist politics Muslim women's scholarship and the new gender jihad New expressions of religiosity: Al Huda international and the expansion of Islamic education for Pakistani Muslim women "Women's spirit" and spiritual matter(s)": gender, activism, and scholarship in an Ethiopian eco-spiritual system Staging politics: new currents in North African women's dramatic literature Indonesian women: activist and Islamist spiritual callings The dialogs of a new Orientalist discourse: telling tales of Iranian womanhood Religious practice and worldview of Muslim women in western Europe From ritual to redemption : world view of Shi'a Muslim women in southern California Religion as a spring for activism: Muslim women youth in Canada Louise A. Halper -- Etin Anwar -- Rachel Newcomb -- Narzanin Massoumi -- Azza Basarudin -- Roxanne D. Marcotte -- Khanum Shaikh -- Patricia H. Karimi-Taleghani -- Laura Chakravarty Box -- Nelly Van Doorn-Harder -- Kahani Beguum -- Kari Vogt -- Bridget Blomfield -- Katherine Bullock.
A collection of essays to stimulate discussion and help readers achieve a more sober understanding of the lives of Muslim women around the world.
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Women in Islam. Feminism--Religious aspects--Islam. Muslim women--Social conditions.--Islamic countries