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Omaima Abou-Bakr, Islam 21 Project, The International Forum for Islamic Dialogue
A Muslim woman's reflections on gender
Gender Perspectives in Islamic Tradition
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Assembly of Muslim Jurists in America (AMJA)
Communique concerning the issue of the Islamic dress code (Hijab) in France, Islamonline website
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Margot Badran, Visiting Research Professor, Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University
Exploring Islamic Feminism
"Islamic Feminism Means Justice to Women" (interview)
Islamic Feminism: What's in a Name?
Two Heads are Better than One
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Azza Basruddin
Are Islam and Human Rights Compatible? Revisiting Muslim Women's Rights
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Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy
Why Democracy and Why Now?" May 16-17, 2003, Annual Conference
"Islamisation and Its Impact on Democratic Governance and Women's Rights in Islam: A Feminist Perspective" -- Address by Zainah Anwar
Executive Director
Sisters in Islam, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Khaled Abou El Fadl , Law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles
Islam and the Theology of Power, Middle East Report 221, Winter 2001
The Place of Tolerance in Islam: On reading the Qur'an and misreading it
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Asghar Ali Engineer, Institute for Islamic Studies, Mumbai, India
Shari'ah Law, Civil Society, and Human Rights
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Heba Raouf Ezzat, Islam 21 Project, The International Forum for Islamic Dialogue
Women and the interpretation of Islamic sources
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Dr. Lois Lamya' al Faruqi
Islamic Traditions and the Feminist Movement: Confrontation or Cooperation?
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Mansoor Hekmat
Islam, Children's Rights, and the Hijab-gate of Rah-e-Kargar: In Defence of the Prohibition of the Islamic Veil for Children
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Institute for the Secularisation of Islamic Society
A Declaration of the Rights of Women in Islamic Societies
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Azam Kamguian, NTPI.org
The Liberation of Women in the Middle East
"Crimes of Honour": Women's Tragedy Under Islam and Tribal Customs
Stifled Steps: Islam and Education
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KARAMAH, Muslim Women Lawyers For Human Rights
Articles
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Muqtedar Khan, Islam 21 Project, The International Forum for Islamic Dialogue
The Condition of Muslim Women: What Can We do?
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Juman R. Kubba, Islam 21 Project, The International Forum for Islamic Dialogue
Women in Islam
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Hadayai Majeed, The Milli Gazette
Muslim Women: The Gatekeepers of Our Own Oppression
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Chibli Mallat, Jean Monnet Chair of European Law and Director of the Centre for the Study of the European Union at the University of Saint Joseph, Beirut
Introduction: Variations on State Identity and Community Rights". in Chibli Mallat and Jane Connors, editors, Islamic Family Law, London; Boston : Graham & Trotman, c1990.
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Manzurul Mannan, Assistant Professor, School of Liberal Arts and Science, Independent University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Islam, Gender and Conflict Models: NGOs and the Discursive Process
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Gema Martin-Munoz
Islam's Women Under Western Eyes
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Maryams.Net -- Muslim Women and their Islam
Biographical Sketches of Famous Muslim Women
Articles and essays on issues that affect Muslim women in the modern world
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Ebrahim Moosa, Associate Research Professor, Department of Religion, and Co-director of the Center for the Study of Muslim Networks, Duke University, North Carolina
The Poetics and Politics of Law After Empire: Reading Women's Rights in the Contestations of Law
. UCLA Journal of Islamic and Near Eastern Law, V. 1, N. 1, Fall/Winter 2001-2002
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Lily Zakiyah Munir, Director,
Director of the Center for Pesantren and Democracy Studies, Jombang, Indonesia
Islam, Gender, and Formal Shari'a in Indonesia
Islamic Fundamentalism and its Impact on Women
Islam, gender and equal rights for women, The Jakarta Post -- Wednesday, December 10, 2002, p. 6
Has sharia brought justice?, The Jakarta Post -- Monday, March 17, 2003, p. 6
Misunderstanding of polygamy lingers in Islam, The Jakarta Post -- Saturday, May 24, 2003, p. 7
Querying Polygamy Award, The Jakarta Post -- Saturday, August 2, 2003, p. 6
View Lily Zakiyah Munir's research project
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Abdal Hakim Murad, Research Fellow, University of Oxford
Islam, Irigaray, and the Retrieval of Gender
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Karen Musalo, Director,
International Human Rights and Migration Project, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Santa Clara University
When Rights and Cultures Collide. Issues in Ethics - V. 8, N. 3 Summer 1997
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Muslim Women's League, USA (MWL)
Publications
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National Council Resistance of Iran, Foreign Affairs Committee
Women, Islam and Equality (html version)
Women, Islam and Equality (PDF version)
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Rahima: Center for Training and Information on Islam and Women's Rights Issues
Articles
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Abdelaziz Sachedina, University of Virginia
Woman Half the Man? Crisis of Male Epistemology in Islamic Jurisprudence
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Zahra Seif-Amirhosseini, Islam 21 Project, The International Forum for Islamic Dialogue
The deconstruction of the myth of the "oppressed Muslim women"
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Ali Shariati
Expectations from the Muslim Woman.
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Meena Sharify-Funk, School of International Service, American University
Overcoming the Barriers: The Role of Critical Islam in Empowering Muslim Women, Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy, Fourth Annual Conference
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Simona Sharoni, Assistant professor of peace and conflict resolution at American University
Women & Gender in Middle East Studies: Trends,
Prospects & Challenges, Middle East Report, October-December 1997
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Yoginder Sikand, Editor, Qalandar: Islam and Interfaith Relations in South Asia
Articles from Qalandar (www.islaminterfaith.org). Reproduced with kind permission of, and thanks to Yoginder Sikand and Qalandar.
An Islamic Critique of Patriarchy: Maulana Kalbe Sadiq’s Approach to Gender Relations in Islam
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Paul Silverstein, Reed College
Headscarves and the French Tricolor
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Jonas Svenson, Lund University
Globalisation and the 'Islamization' of women's human rights
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Amina Wadud, Islamic Studies Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University
A'ishah's Legacy
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Women for Women's Human Rights (WWHR)
Publications
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