Basarudin, Azza,

Humanizing the sacred : sisters in Islam and the struggle for gender justice in Malaysia / Azza Basarudin. - 1 online resource (350 pages). - Decolonizing Feminisms .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: faith, self, and community -- Islam, the state, and gender: the malaysian experiment -- The politics of the sacred: returning to the fundamentals of Islam -- In the path of the faithful: activism for social and legal reforms -- Who speaks for Islam? Religious authority and contested justice -- Negotiating lives, crafting selves: narratives of belonging -- The local in the transnational: gender justice and feminist solidarities -- Conclusion.

9780295806341


Feminism--Malaysia.
Feminism--Religious aspects--Islam.
Muslim women--Political activity--Malaysia.
Women's rights--Malaysia.
Women--Social conditions.--Malaysia


Electronic books.

HQ1750.6 / .B373 2015

305.4209595