Feminist reinterpretation of Islamic sources : Muslim feminist theology in the light of the Christian tradition of feminist thought / Anne Sofie Roald -- New veils and new voices : Islamist women's groups in Egypt / Soroya Duval -- Contested identities : women and religion in Algeria and Jordan / Wilhelmina Jansen -- Public baths as private places / Marjo Buitelaar -- Female dervishes in contemporary Istanbul : between tradition and modernity / Catharina Raudvere -- Women and Muridism in Senegal : the case of the Mam Diarra Bousso Daira in Mbacké / Eva Evers Rosander -- Reconstruction of Islamic knowledge and knowing : a case of Islamic practices among women in Iran / Zahra Kamalkhani
Summary
The current Islamic revival is frequently associated with fundamentalism and radical politics. This reinforces Western views of Muslim women as victims. Women and Islamization looks at the way many Muslim women are embracing their religion
