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Perhaps the most striking feature of contemporary Muslim women’s conversations about gender is the sheer breadth of the territory covered. Such conversations may range from interpretation of disputes among the Prophet’s wives in the sixth century CE, to medieval jurisprudence, to CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women) conventions, domestic violence, militarism, imperialism, and the alleviation of poverty. In some conversations, the question of what is or is not ‘Islamic’ may loom large; in others, the issue of religious identity barely features.
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Hussein, S. (2009). Women’s Engagement with Islam in South and Southeast Asia. In: D’Costa, B., Lee-Koo, K. (eds) Gender and Global Politics in the Asia-Pacific. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230617742_9
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