Strategic engagements: analyzing the relationships of Indian and Pakistani women's movements to Islam

Both the Indian and Pakistani women’s movements have had a contentious relationship with Islam, particularly since the 1980s. In India the Shah Bano case brought the issue of Muslim women’s rights to the center of national attention and led women’s groups to an impasse on the question of their own r...

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Main Author: Kirmani, Nida (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Heidelberg Asian Studies Publishing 2013
In: Asien
Year: 2013, Volume: 126, Pages: 10-25
Further subjects:B Gender-specific role
B Pakistan
B Islam
B Simile
B Feminist movement
B Political movement
B Social movement
B Woman
B Muslim
B India
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